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Contribution of BARI Cereal Crops to the National Gdp of Bangladesh

M. R. KARIM
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur

M.A. BASET
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur

Q. M. ALAM
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur

S. HOSSAIN
T&C Wing, BARI, Joydebpur, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted to estimate the contribution made by BARI cereal crops to GDP in the national economy of Bangladesh during the financial year 2005-2006. For the purpose of GDP calculation of BARI cereal crops, both primary and secondary data were collected from the concerned scientists of BARI, BBS, and DAM. Bangladesh has produced total goods and services those valuation at constant market price of Tk. 3150370.14 million in the financial year 2005-2006, where the contribution of agriculture and forestry was found Tk. 467436.18 million. Primarily producers sell their crops to the different users at farm-gate price and then the final output flour, bread, biscuit, poultry feed and its by-product straw, cattle feed, fuel and fodder for further value added when it is marketed to the consumer via a number of intermediaries. The value added price of the goods and services of BARI cereal crops were found at constant market price of Tk. 31434.75 million that comes as GDP valuation to the national economy. Finally, the contribution of BARI cereal crops to the agricultural and forestry GDP as worked out at 6.72 percent. On the other hand, contribution to GDP of BARI cereal crop technologies was found to be 4.40 percent.

Keywords: Contribution, BARI cereal, National GDP.

Location: BARI, Gazipur

Start Date: 00-00-2005

End Date: 00-00-2006

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Performance

Objectives:

The objectives were

to determine the area and production of BARI cereal crops,
to quantity the contribution made by BARI cereal crops
to the agriculture and forestry (GDP) and
to formulate a policy guideline for scientists, extension personnel, planners, and policy makers.

Methodology:

Generally, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) means total valuation of goods and services produced annually in a country. There are two sides for GDP calculation. The income side of the accounts measures the factor incomes that earned by workers in produced goods and services in the economy. On the product side, the flow of goods and services currently produced by workers is measured by expenditures of these goods and services by consumers, business and government (Branson, 1979). For estimating the contribution of BARI cereal crops to GDP needs first to quantify the percentage amount of BARI cereal crops used for various value added Products based on Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2000, BARI Annual Reports of 2003-04 and 2004-05. Accordingly, the wheat used as seed amounted to 8 percent of total production and thereafter the rest was used for producing flour, bread, biscuit and others amounted to 65,10,21 and 4 percent, respectively. In addition, 8 percent wheat bran was found in the process of making flour from wheat. The wheat straw as calculated by multiplying twice the total grain production. While the total maize grain used for producing 96 percent of feed and the rest used as other products. The fodder and fuel from maize were calculated considering 4 t/ha and 2 t/ha, respectively. On the other, after keeping the seed hundred percent of minor cereals barley and millet used only for producing other products (BARI Annual Reports, 2003-04 and 2004-05). After that, we accounted the farmgate price of total production, value added prices of seed. flour, bread, biscuit, others, maize feed, maize fodder, maize fuel, wheat straw and wheat bran. It contributes to the rural farm employment as sell as countries national economy. The present study was carried out considering the cropping year 2005-2006. For calculating GDP of BARI cereal, secondary data were collected from BBS Pocket Book, 2005. Krishi Diary, 2007, Bangladesh Economic Review, 2006, Hand Book of Agricultural Technology, 1999. the year 1999-2000 was considered as base year and GDP was calculated at constant market price for the period 2005-2006. Bangladesh has produced total goods and services valuation at constant market price of Tk. 3150370.14 million in the financial year 2005-06 where the contribution of agriculture and forestry was at 14.84 percent (467436.18 million) (Economic Review, 2006).

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 33(3): 565-570, December 2008 ISSN 0258-7122

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Achievement/Findings:

Total GDP of agriculture and forestry was Tk. 467436.18 million at constant price in 1900-2000 while BARI cereal crops contributed Tk. 31434.75 at constant price in 1900-2000. In percentage, BARI cereal crops contributed 6.72 percent of agriculture and forestry to the national GDP. When the adoption of BARI cereal crops technologies considered then its percentage becomes 4.40 percent.

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