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100	1		_aAhmed, Raisuddin, _d1933- _949651
245	1	0	_aRetrospects and prospects of the rice economy of Bangladesh / _cRaisuddin Ahmed.
260			_aDhaka : _bThe University Press, _c2001.
300			_aix, 128 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [123]-126) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Agro-Ecological Environment for Rice Production -- 1.2 Rice in the Cropping Pattern -- 1.3 Objectives -- 1.4 Analytical Approach -- 1.5 Organization -- Chapter 2 Analysis of Long-Term National Trends in Rice Production -- 2.1 Seed-Fertilizer-Irrigation Technology: The Engine of Growth -- 2.2 Irrigation Development: The Leading Factor -- Chapter 3 Analysis of Long-Term Regional Trends in Production -- 3.1 Further Quantitative Analysis of Technology and Rice Yield -- 3.2 Power Tillers-The Emerging Draft Power Technology -- 3.3 Determinants of Power Tiller Adoption and Impact -- Chapter 4 Total Factor Productivity in Rice -- 4.1 Method of Measurement of TFP -- 4.2 Data Issues -- 4.3 Indexes of Output, Input and Productivity -- 4.4 Policy Implications -- Chapter 5 Evolution of Agricultural Input Markets and Their Impact on -- Rice Production -- 5.1 Liberalization of Input Markets -- 5.2 Impact of Liberalization -- 5.3 Methodology -- 5.4 Estimation and Results -- 5.5 Conclusions and Lessons -- Chapter 6 Comparative and Competitive Advantage of Rice -- 6.1 Methodological Approach -- 6.2 Results and Discussion -- 6.3 Trends in Domestic and International Prices and Nominal Protection -- Coefficients -- 6.4 Comparison with Thai Prices -- 6.5 Comparison with Indian Rice Prices -- Chapter 7 Potential of Production and Consumption of Rice -- 7.1 Potential for Increasing Production -- 7.2 Technical Factors for Increasing Production -- 7.3 Expansion of Irrigated Area -- 7.4 Using Quality Seeds of High-Yielding Varieties -- 7.5 Use of Higher Levels and Balanced Composition of Fertilizers -- 7.6 Projections of Rice Production -- 7.7 Projection of Demand for Rice -- Chapter 8 Strategy for Increasing Rice Production -- 8.1 Rice Production and Poverty Alleviation -- 8.2 A Further Probe into Regional Income -- 8.3 The Package of Policy Instruments -- 8.4 Water Control and Irrigation Development -- 8.5 Supply of Quality Seeds -- 8.6 Research on Rice -- 8.7 Fertilizer Supply and Marketing Policies -- 8.8 Allocation of Resources: Indicator of Priority -- 8.9 Price and Trade Policies on Rice to Sustain Incentives -- Chapter 9 Conclusion: Achievements and Challenges -- Appendices -- References -- Index.
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650		0	_aRice trade _xGovernment policy _zBangladesh. _949653
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