Seventh Five Year Plan (7FYP)

FY2016-2020

Focused Write-up, Ministry of Agriculture

(Agriculture Sub-sector: Crops and Horticulture)

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 Seventh Five Year Plan (7FYP), FY2016-2020
Focused Write-up, Ministry of Agriculture
(Agriculture Sub-sector: Crops and Horticulture)

Introduction
Agriculture is the main economic activity and lifeline of the Bangladesh economy; and it is
firmly integrated with the life and livelihoods of the people of Bangladesh. Agriculture sector
makes an important contribution to GDP of the country, provides employment of about half of
the labor force, remains a major supplier of raw materials for agro-based industries, and
contributes significantly to export earnings of Bangladesh. Agriculture sector comprises crops,
fisheries, livestock, and forestry sub-sectors with crop sub-sector being the predominant. In spite
of the gradual decline of the relative importance of crop sector in agriculture and in national
economy, it still remains the most important sub-sector of agriculture contributing about 12% of
national GDP in the financial year 2013-14 where agriculture sector’s total contribution to GDP
was around 18.5%. More importantly, the crop sub-sector provides staple food and other food
items, raises rural income and creates jobs for rural poor people.

Though the share of agriculture in GDP has declined from over 50% at the time of independence
to around 18.5% currently, but the total contribution of agriculture to GDP has increased, and
still it remains the predominant sector in terms of employment and livelihood. Agriculture is the
principal source of food and nutrition. So, its role is important in improving the wellbeing of the
vast population through enhancing productivity, profitability and employment generation in the
rural areas. Agriculture sector is a special field of social activities that are directly involved in
food and nutritional security, income generating opportunities and poverty reduction. Besides, it
is the largest source of market for a variety of consumer goods, particularly in the rural areas.
Hence, improvement of agriculture and acceleration of its growth is essential to reduce the rural
poverty and enrich the national economy.

Agriculture provides food, feed, fiber and fuel and plays a key role in economic development
of Bangladesh. However, it faces great challenges today as it has to confront climate change,
loss of biological diversity, loss of soil fertility, water shortage, etc. In Bangladesh,
agricultural land and water resources for irrigation are shrinking. Land is declining by 1% per
annum and the land quality is deteriorating due to degradation of soil fertility (e.g. nutrient
imbalance), soil erosion, soil and water pollution and increased soil salinity. There is non-
regulated and excessive use of groundwater and very little effort to augment surface water. In
order to produce more food for an ever increasing population, raw materials for agro-
industries and higher income for farming communities from a decreasing land and water
resources, it is necessary to develop existing agricultural production system into a more
dynamic, market oriented and sustainable commercial sector by higher productivity and
profitability through irrigation expansion, agricultural intensification, diversification,
mechanization and value addition.

For achieving the set goal of MDG and turning Bangladesh into a middle income country by
the 2021, the GDP has to grow by 7% per year. To attain the rate and to keep pace with the
population growth, agriculture must grow at a constant rate of minimum 4-4.5% per year,
which is not at all too optimistic to attain. There will be serious gap between demand and
supply if the current rate of productivity and production continues. Thus, the production rate
and productivity in all the subsectors of agriculture has to be elevated to meet the future
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demand. This can only be possible through an increase in agricultural productivity from a
shrinking land resource base by adequate and effective development, dissemination and
adoption of demand meeting agricultural technologies along with a viable supply chain
linking farmers with the buyers/consumers both at the domestic and overseas.

Sustainable intensification, diversification and commercialization of agriculture through

desired technological and management changes require an efficient and productive
agricultural technology system (particularly green growth, water/time economy and climate-
smart technologies e.g. IPM, INM, AWD, renewable/solar energy, salt/drought/stress tolerant
and low-water requiring crop varieties, etc.), good agricultural practices, and stronger
research-extension-farmer linkages. This needs to be supported by appropriate value addition
and market linkages. Enhancing productivity, resource use efficiency, using cutting age
science, experimental facilities and above all maintaining a reservoir of skilled and first-rate
human resources has become critically important to sustain knowledge-intensive and highly
productive agriculture. Bangladesh agriculture requires more scientific and technological
cooperation; and demands considerable increase in the effectiveness of the public expenditure
in research and extension systems.

Major challenges for Bangladesh agriculture are to raise productivity and profitability, reduce
instability and production costs, increase resource-use efficiency, loss of arable land, hazards
of climate change, providing consumers safe food, yield gap minimization, expansion of
irrigation facilities & farm mechanization, quality seed production & distribution, quality
horticultural crop production, popularization of good agricultural & IPM practices, linking
farm-produces with market, and low price of products, low investment in agriculture and
inadequate credit support to farmers. Encouraging agricultural growth requires various
policies ranging from applying new technology and extension services to providing credit to
small farmers. The past growth in agriculture was helped by the new HYV (high yielding
variety) technology, particularly in rice, in which both the state and the market played
important roles. All out support to achieve the stipulated objectives in the field of crop
production, yield gap minimization, expansion of irrigation facilities, quality seed production
& distribution, farm mechanization, quality horticultural crop production and popularization
of IPM practices.

The Government would continue its pro-active role in delivering key public goods,
technology and technical know-how in agriculture, particularly in improving the ability of
farmers to adopt new technology and providing appropriate mix of incentives to pursue
profitable and market oriented operations. Particular attention would be given to develop and
adopt technologies and improved agricultural practices and make available quality inputs
(seed, fertilizer, chemicals and implements) in ecologically vulnerable areas such as saline,
flood and drought prone locations. In recognition to women’s various contributions in
agricultural productivity (homestead fruits and vegetables, fisheries, livestock, poultry, etc.)
and growth, special measures would be taken to increase women’s participation in these sub-
sectors.

1. Review of past development policies, strategies, programs/ projects of the sectors/ sub-
sector:
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) has provided continuity to most of the efforts initiated
in accelerating the aims & objectives have taken for agricultural development and poverty
reduction. Among the declared 8 MDGs eradication of extreme poverty and hunger ensuring
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environmental sustainability are the two important goals related to agriculture sector specially
crop sub-sector. Since 2009, poverty has been showing a declining trend due to the government
supportive policy to agriculture. It now stands at 24% in place of 40% during 2008-09. In the
National Agriculture Policy 2013, emphasis has been given on ensuring food safety, innovative
improvement for e- agriculture, promoting urban agriculture & homestead gardening, yield gap
minimization, expansion of irrigation facilities & farm mechanization, quality seed production &
distribution, supply of quality inputs, quality horticultural crop production and popularization of
good agricultural & IPM practices. The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) has
been suggested to face and meet the environmental challenges in the way to development. NSDS
fulfils Bangladesh’s commitment to the international community to formulate and implement a
sustainable development strategy addressing environmental issues. Adoption of IPM technology
in agricultural production by mass people is also a good example regarding environmental
sustainability. National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS), approved in February 2013
emphasized on:

i) Arresting conversion of good agricultural land into non- agricultural purposes. It is to be

noted that about 1.0% of agricultural lands is being diverted to non- agricultural use
every year.
ii) Revising trend of nutrient mining and depletion of soil organic matter due to mono-
culture in intensive crop agriculture.
iii) Utilization of agricultural land that remains fallow or seasonal fallow in drought prone,
flood prone and coastal area due to environmental stress factors which will be aggravated
further due to climate change.
iv) Location specific production packages and agricultural technologies to facilitate growth
of agriculture sector.
v) Reduction of yield gap and large scale adoption of proven agro-technologies at farm
level which need adequate training at farmer level.
vi) Availability of adequate quality seeds.
vii) Development of marketing & storage facilities and mobilizing farmers groups.

2.0 Lessons learned from past development interventions and key constraints. These
should include adopted policies, appropriateness of institutional framework, and human
resource needs and capabilities.

While implementing agricultural programs in the past some useful lessons were learned, and
also some constraints or drawbacks were identified. Those are as follows:

2.1 Lessons Learned

1) Under present practices, both organizational and program development is headquarters

based. Agricultural research and extension, both need to be decentralized to address
location specific problems and issues, and also for quicker decision making. To this
effect, outreach facilities (research, training, communication, etc facilities for RARS &
ARS) to be developed/improved and used effectively.
2) Policy documents mainly focus on food production, especially rice production, giving
lesser attention to other crops i.e. pulses, oilseeds, wheat, vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc.
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 Accordingly policy prescriptions for input distribution and input levels, extension
services, credit delivery and output marketing are directed to major cereal food crop, rice,
not much to other. Crop diversification to be strictly considered for human nutrition and
soil health besides agricultural intensification and commercialization.
3) Technology transfer is more effective and quicker through farmer-groups than
individuals; so farmers’ mobilization into effective farmer-organizations (club, group,
school, etc) may be considered for effective technology transfer.
4) Knowledge-based skilled first-rate human resources in both research and extension have
become critically important to sustain knowledge-intensive and highly productive
agriculture.
5) Knowledge and skill gap of farmers, traders, and entrepreneurs is identified as the main
reason for yield/trading gap; so capacity building and skill developing trainings to be
imparted to farmers, traders and entrepreneurs.
6) Low input use efficiency and use of low quality inputs causing low productivity and
higher production cost in agriculture; supply of quality inputs to be ensured and input use
efficiency to be increased.
7) Poor development of market chain and unstable market price of agricultural products
discourages farmers to produce more; agricultural market management system needs to
be strengthened; transport, storage and processing facilities for agricultural commodities
to be created/improved; Producers Organizations (POs) and Rural Business Center
(RBC) as developed under NATP-1 may be considered as the model.
8) Unplanned and unwise development of infrastructures (dams, roads, industries, houses,
etc.) causing water-logged and loss of cultivable lands; this requires regulation.
9) Overlapping of tube wells with less command area, causing over pumping and wastage
of groundwater resulting in high depletion of groundwater table; this is to be regulated
strictly.
10) Indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals threatening the soil and human health, inland
fisheries and other forms of bio-life, and degrading of agricultural environment; use of
environment friendly green technologies (e.g. IPM, INM, AWD, etc.) to be emphasized.
11) Agricultural commercialization needs intensification, diversification and promoting
mechanization.
12) Bangladesh is the most climate vulnerable country with its agriculture as the most
affected sector. Thus, climate-smart technologies to be developed and practiced to
alleviate the effects climate change.
13) Mainstreaming women in agriculture, strengthening urban agriculture and the use of ICT
in agriculture to be ensured.
14) Low investment in Agricultural Research and Development hinders agricultural
development and growth; both public and private sector investment in agriculture should
be increased to a standard level.

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 2.2 Key Constraints or Drawbacks
1) Inadequate production and supply of quality agricultural inputs (e.g. seed, fertilizer,
irrigation, pesticides, etc.), low input use efficiency, and weak management in quality
control of agricultural inputs;
2) Shrinking cultivable land and degrading soil health/soil fertility;
3) Declining water resource for irrigation, overlapping of irrigation units with less
command area, causing huge loss of groundwater and resulting in unusual depletion of
groundwater table due to over pumping;
4) Excessive and injudicious use of agro-chemicals/fertilizers by the farmer, threatening
soil and human health and degrading of agricultural environment;
5) Unplanned and unwise development of infrastructures (dams, roads, industries, etc.)
causing water-logged and loss of agricultural lands;
6) Weak agricultural market management system, lack of development of market chain,
and unstable market price of agricultural products;
7) Post-harvest management is weak and loss is high;
8) Inadequate public sector budget allocation for agriculture, especially for research; private
sector investment is insignificant; inadequate capital of farmers’ own, and limited
institutional credit;
9) Insufficient technologies to cope with unfavorable environment (e.g. drought/saline
prone areas, climate change, etc);
10) Insufficient trained scientists/professionals and infrastructural facilities for emerging
advanced agricultural science;
11) Poor diversification and mechanization in agriculture;
12) Lack of effective coordination among the agricultural organizations; and weak research-
extension-farmer linkages;
13) Insufficient use of ICT in agriculture sector;
14) Inadequate training for farmers and agri-business communities;
15) Insufficient storage, transport and processing facilities for agricultural commodities; and

3. Development vision, goals, objectives and targets for 7FYP of the sector/sub-sector
drawn from the Constitutional Obligation, Election Manifesto of the government,
Perspective Plan, National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS), MDGs, SDGs and
other commitments and/or national and sectoral concerned reviews and papers.

Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of the economy of Bangladesh. Food security
and poverty alleviation is mostly lies with these macroeconomic based activities. As stated in the
vision 2021 in line with the election manifesto of the present government that Bangladesh has to
reduce the import dependency, and again become self sufficient in food production by the year
2013. By the year 2021, malnourishment would be reduced by 85%, and Bangladesh will
become food exporting country. The major focus of the Seventh Five Year Plan (7FYP) in the
sector will center on consolidating and expanding the productivity gains already achieved in
food grain production as well as designing policies, strategies and actions to accelerate the crop
diversification and commercialization process by increasing local and export market
opportunities by the farmers and other stakeholders. Further attention will have to be given to
reduce knowledge gaps as a means to sustain production and dealing with emerging issues
arising out of globalization and trade. The development vision of agricultural research would be
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to generate demand-led green and climate-smart technologies/information suitable for highly
productive high value intensive agriculture. The development vision of agricultural extension
should be to continue improved technological support, technical know-how, where possible
input support and updated information to the farmers, in order to contribute in national economic
growth. The goal is to ensure national and household food security, increasing farmer’s income
and creation of employment opportunities at farm and home level.

Constitutionally it is the obligation of the government to protect the fundamental rights of the
people enabling access to safe and nutritious food adequately and sufficiently corresponding to
the tradition and food habit of the people. However, legislative protection is needed to ensure the
implementation of the access and right to food. Constitution of Bangladesh has reflected the
right and focuses agricultural policy in such a way to make it applicable. Election Manifesto of
the present government highlighted various initiatives for poverty alleviation that committed to
freeing the nation from its current crisis of hunger. Ensure “Food for all” policy is the main aim
of the government. To that effect, government has introduced various forms of development
initiatives: i) subsidy for agricultural inputs, ii) increase easy agricultural loan for all categories
of farmers, iii) development of rural warehouses, iv) ensure fair price for all crops & agricultural
produces, etc. In this regard, the government took several significant steps like, loan for share
cropper; face the challenges of globalization, development of commercial agriculture, rural
infrastructure development, etc. Agricultural Perspective Plan endorsed potential merits of the
national views on food production and availability having consensus from the stakeholders. Plan
incorporated the vision and strategic thrust on priority and role of agricultural sector
development. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) has provided continuity to most of the
efforts initiated in accelerating the aims & objectives that have been taken for agricultural
development and poverty reduction. The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS)
has been suggested to face and meet the environmental challenges in the way to development.
The challenges are: degradation of agro-ecosystem, rivers and wetlands, coastal environment
and urban environment; degradation and depletion of ground water; deforestation and
desertification in different parts of the country etc. NSDS fulfils Bangladesh’s commitment to
the international community to formulate and implement a sustainable development strategy
addressing environmental issues. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), made over a decade
ago highlighted three important issues on poverty, slums and water; have been targeted to
achieve by 2015. Significant and substantial progress has been made in meeting many of the
targets—including halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and the proportion of
people without sustainable access to improved sources of drinking water. There have been
visible improvements in all health areas as well as primary education. According to the SAARC
Charter, SAARC Development Goals (SDGs) is to strengthen and push forward bi-lateral
cooperation among the member countries enhancing technology generation & transfer and
promote trade, etc for improving the quality of life. SDGs consolidated four broad categories:
livelihood, health, education and environment. The goals include: i) eradicate extreme poverty &
hunger, ii) achieve universal primary health, iii) promote gender equality & empower women,
iv) reduce child mortality, v) improve maternal health, vi) combat HIV/AIDs, malaria and other
diseases, and vii) ensure environmental sustainability.

3.1 Vision
Ensure food and nutritional security, enhancement of sustainable agricultural production and
commercialization, and livelihood improvement through technological innovations and use,
decentralization of research and extension system, value addition to agricultural produces, and
linking farming community with markets.

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3.2 Goals
 To generate demand driven innovative agricultural technologies, particularly for agro-
ecologically constrained locations;
 To develop low input requiring water/time economy production systems;
 To establish decentralized extension approach for technology, knowledge and information
transfer and diversified and market oriented production;
 To strengthen research-extension-farmers linkages for sustainable commercial agriculture.

3.3 Objectives

Sustainability of high yield and environmental protection remain the principal concern in recent
years. Loss of soil fertility followed by unbalanced use of chemical fertilizers, lack of adequate
quantity of water in some areas as well as their appropriate conservation and management are
the major factors causing divergence between potential and actual output of major agricultural
commodities. Thus, the major objectives of the 7FYP are to:

 establish need-based decentralized research and extension system to cater the national as
well as regional needs and address the emerging issues;
 attain self-sufficiency in food grain production along with increased production of other
nutritional and high value crops;
 increase productivity and real income of farm families in rural areas on a sustainable
basis;
 encourage export of agricultural commodities, particularly vegetables and fruits
keeping in view domestic production and need;
 promote adoption of modern agricultural practices in dry land, wetland, hills and coastal
areas;
 promote commercialization of agriculture and ensure market price of the produces for
sustainable and profitable agriculture;
 encourage research and adoption of modern agricultural practices for development of
drought, submergence and saline prone agriculture considering water and time economy,
adaptation to climate change, proper use of genetically modified technology in
agriculture;
 ensure sustained agricultural growth through more efficient and balanced utilisation of
land, water and other resources;
 promote use of environment friendly green technologies (e.g. IPM, INM, AWD, etc.)
and climate-smart/resilient technologies; introduce salinity, submergence and other
stress tolerant varieties specially in the Southern regions;
 encourage more use of surface water for irrigation and reduce pressure on groundwater;
 encourage comparatively large farm to graduate into commercial farming;
 encourage wider women participation in homestead based agricultural production, post
harvest management, agro/food processing, marketing and decision making for ensuring
women empowerment ;
 create opportunity for agricultural product processing and establishing agro-based
industry ensure easy marketing and fair price of agricultural commodities by
strengthening agricultural market management system and creating/improving transport,
storage and processing facilities; and
 promote the effective use of ICT in agriculture.

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3.4 Targets
Crops production and achievement of targets is mostly depends on favourable weather
conditions as the major cereal crops production is susceptible to climate change and variability.
However, quality seeds, fertilizers, timely rainfall, sunny weather, effectiveness of extension
services also contribute to record production. Furthermore, adaptation strategies namely- higher
levels of irrigation, cultivation of short-duration rice varieties, changing planting dates, use of
different crop varieties and cultivation of non rice crops, etc support the targeted yields.
Therefore, target of crop production is determined boosting farmers’ adaptation diminishing the
adverse effects of climate change. In Bangladesh the major cereal crops are rice and wheat
although main focus is on rice production, with 79.4 percent of the total cultivatable land area
under rice crop. Three separate rice crops are recognized: the rainfed Aus crop with 10 percent
of area, the rainfed Aman crop with about 51 percent area and the increasingly important
irrigated Boro crop with about 39 percent of the cropped area. Bangladesh’s rice yields range
from 1.25 tons per hectare for local varieties (Aus crops) to 4.5 tons for hybrid varieties (Boro
crops). Yields are increasing as more farmers adopt hybrid seed varieties; invest in small-scale
mechanization, and use fertilizer and agrochemicals more efficiently. However, Bangladesh has
got the lowest productivity among the world’s rice producing countries. It is possible to produce
a maximum of 0.7 metric tons of paddy (not rice) per acre, against the global average of two
tons per acre. In this situation, there is no other alternative but to increase the yield of food
grains to ensure food security for the nation. In the preceding plans, rice production was
projected as 33.2 mmt in 2010-2011; 34.0 mmt in 2011-2012; and 34.2 mmt in 2012-2013.
Based on the previous projection and adding some 5.23 percent to that, rice production required
may be projected to be 53.06 mmt in the year 2019-2020 (Table below).

Table: Rice production projection

Production projection
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020
Rice (mmt) 43.27 45.54 47.92 50.42 53.06

4.0 Current and Future Challenges for Crop Agriculture

Crop sector deals with research, extension, input supply and marketing of crops grown in the
country. Rice is the dominant staple food crop occupies over three fourths of cropped area; and
other major crops are jute, wheat, potato, pulses, oilseeds, spices, vegetables, sugarcane, tobacco
and tea. In recent years, the cropped area under Boro rice, maize, potato and vegetables has
increased.

Since independence, rice production has tripled from 11 million tones (milled rice) in 1972 to
about 34 million tons in 2012. Growth in rice production was 2.8% per year in the 1980s, and
3.5% per year since 1990/91. Since late 1980s, most of this growth has occurred through
development and adoption of improved rice varieties (lately with stress tolerant: salt, water
logging/submergence tolerance varieties and hybrid rice varieties) supported by irrigation in
Boro rice in the dry season; supplementary irrigation in Aman rice; and introducing Boro rice in
low lying areas by replacing rain fed Aus rice of local varieties with high yielding varieties.

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Since the start of the millennium, maize production has been gaining momentum due to
favorable environment for higher productivity and a stable and expanding market as feed for the
poultry and livestock sub-sectors and has now overtaken that of wheat. Since maize is used as
poultry feed, the substitution of wheat by maize has had a negative impact on the supply of
staple food for people and has put more pressure on rice to meet the growing food grain demand.

Over the last two decades significant progress has also been made in the production of potato
and vegetables. The major problem faced by potato and vegetable production is the volatility in
prices leading to increasing production and large post harvest loss, occasionally over 40%. It
will be difficult to sustain the growth of production of these high-value and labor-intensive crops
unless investment is made in the post harvest management (a 10% reduction of post harvest loss
would add 10% additional food for the nation), processing and storage to stagger marketing of
the crops throughout the year to match the demand that remains stable across the season. In
addition, it is also important to exploit international markets with investment in packaging,
Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Standards (SPS), and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). Protocols
for Bangla GAP should be developed and practiced for safe food production.

The production of other crops including pulses, oilseeds, jute and sugarcane has either remained
stagnant or declined over time. The production of oilseeds and jute has picked up in recent years
due to favorable markets, availability of higher yielding varieties, and identification of favorable
agro-ecological niche for these crops. Major drivers of crop production have been the
development and diffusion of improved crop varieties, and more effective on-farm water
management, crop management particularly expansion of irrigation infrastructure (mostly
shallow tube well based groundwater irrigation). In addition to the modern varieties of different
crops, production technologies have been developed in the national agricultural research systems.
Use of non urea fertilizer has been increased because of government subsidy that brings more
efficient fertilizer management in the field. However, yield gap between potential and actual
yield of a crop variety realize by farmers, still remains high. New technology generation for
vulnerable areas e.g. stress tolerant varieties and management practices, quality improvement of
major crop varieties, pest and disease management, resource conservation, value addition and
post harvest management, and climate smart technology, continue to be the major challenges.

In recent years, some private sector farms have started producing seeds of hybrid rice and maize
within the country through contract farming. Gradual adoption of these improved varieties by
replacing low-yielding traditional varieties have contributed to increasing yield, reducing
production cost, and increased profitability in farming. The technological progress has been
supported by public and private farmers investment for irrigation, flood control and drainage,
and farm mechanization especially expansion of power tiller for land tilling, power threshing and
processing as well as milling. The optimum exploitation of the yield potential of improved
varieties depends on good irrigation-water management, farm mechanization, transportation and
marketing. The irrigated area has expanded rapidly since 1989 with the liberalization in the
import of diesel engines and reduction in import duties and withdrawal of restrictions on
standardization of irrigation equipment and power tiller replacing draft power and facilitating
farm operations.

The recent crop sector development has contributed to transform from subsistence agriculture
into semi commercial agriculture. Now emphasis will be given to transform agriculture into
commercial venture for which more investment is needed. Application of GAP for safe food
production, farm mechanization, post harvest management, agro-processing, market
development will get priority.

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Major Challenges
Future growth and raising productivity in crop agriculture could come from five main sources: i)
judicious use of agricultural inputs; ii) dissemination of improved technology; iii) use of good
quality seed; iv) shift to higher-value crops for commercialization and v) removing market
distortions. In this context the challenges are as follows:
Sustained Growth through the Use of Additional Inputs: Additional land could be brought
under crops through increases in actual area cropped (conversion of non-crop or non-
agricultural land and restoration of degraded land) and increases in cropping intensity. But,
rather than bringing more land under crops in the future some contraction is an active possibility.
Productivity Enhancement: Productivity gain can come from two sources – technical change
and correction of market distortions. Technical progress resulting in improved seeds (HYV) was
responsible for doubling yields per acre during the 1970s. Whereas 50% of cropped area today is
under HYV, with current rates of conversion, almost all suitable land is expected to come under
HYV within the next decade or so.
Effective Research: Agricultural research has been a neglected area with low budgetary
allocation and comparatively lower research and financial facilities for scientists. This largely
resulted in the “brain drain” of trained professionals who migrated to research centers overseas.
This trend needs to be reversed by increasing research and extension allocation of budget at least
5% of Agricultural GDP as against 1.5% of current allocation, including in-situ promotion with
good governance and accountability.
Commercialization of Agriculture: Crop agriculture is mainly subsistence which needs to be
commercialized with high value crops such as aromatic rice, vegetables and fruit production and
processing. Good agricultural practices need to be employed for production and post harvest
management.

Diversification with High Value Crops: Bangladesh given a receptive market and the right
policy environment could have a comparative advantage in certain high-value crops, including
traditional fruits and vegetables. The future of non-rice crops will depend on the removal of a
number of constraints that currently inhibit their expansion, including comparatively less
attention given to development of appropriate technology for non-rice crops and inadequacies of
market infrastructure and services, which need proper attention.

Agro-Processing: Food processing e.g. pineapple canning, mushroom growing and dried food
production also has considerable potential, provided quality control can be imposed. To ensure
that their production and export potential are fully realized, the government needs to continue its
current commitment to investing in manufacturing and infrastructure. Cotton is an important
cash crop in Bangladesh. About 75065 farmers are engaged in cotton cultivation. During 2013-
14 season, a program was taken to produce 2, 05,000 bales in 52,000 ha of land. Out of which an
area of 41, 498 ha of land were brought under cultivation. A total of 1, 44, 616 bales of cotton
were produced in the country in 2013-14 Fiscal Year. But we need atleast 42 lac bales cotton to
meet our national demand. We need to spend 21000 crore taka annually to import rest of the
portion of cotton to meet our national demand. So cotton production is required to be raised
immediately. Jute is the major fiber crop of the country. Potential exists for the fiber to increase
its contribution to the economy through productivity increases and diversification. The share of
raw jute and jute goods in the total exports of the country has been increasing with increased
world demand for natural fiber. In this situation, special measures will be taken during the 7FYP
period to encourage farmers to further intensify jute production in order to satisfy domestic and
increased export demand. To enable jute to compete with synthetics, emphasis will be given to
related agricultural and technological research efforts.
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Farm Mechanization: Rapid expansion of mechanization is needed due to the dearth of animal
draft power, farm labors and declining interest of young people in traditional agriculture. The
available animal draft power is insufficient and unreliable. As against this farm mechanization
can help in improving productivity, reducing cost of production, increasing input use efficiency
(water, seed, fertilizer, land and labor) and achieving timeliness of crop production operations.
Agricultural mechanization is also required to reduce the turn-over time. There is a need for
development of more efficient and less costly equipment so that farmers can benefit. In BARI,
research on the use of solar panel to generate power for irrigation is in progress. Since
agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, promotion and development of agro-related metal
working industries to provide support to agricultural production is a major concern. Selective
mechanization based on traditional devices conducive to productivity will be adopted. In the
context of market economy, emphasis will be given to the collaborative role of public and
private sectors in technology development and its diffusion.

Other Challenges: There exists several other challenges in crop subsector: a) low quality and
adulterated agricultural inputs (seeds, feeds, fingerlings, breeds, broods, fertilizers and
pesticides) marketed by unscrupulous traders, b) abrupt depletion of soil organic matter, c)
insufficient discharge of irrigation water at the peak demand hours of Boro crop due to depletion
of groundwater table, d) intrusions of saline water into the groundwater table, e) flash flood and
drainage problem, f) degradation of land (salinity, erosion, water logging etc.), g) combating
climate change effects on agriculture, and h) farm gate price support for the producers, etc.

5.0 Strategies of Crop Sub-Sector for 7FYP

Creating Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture and Green Growth: Integrated pest
management (IPM) program will be intensified and expanded in order to safeguard crops from
pest and combat environmental degradation due to pesticide uses. Pheromone technology is used
for combating selected pests in fruits and vegetables. Organic farming along with use of crop
residues, compost, and animal waste has been popularized but need more effort. Actual plant
protection activities are in the private hands. However, the public sector programs are confined
to qualitative and quantitative aspects of plant protection: pest’s surveillance, monitoring and
early warning against pest attacks, advisory service to farmers, traders and others dealing with
pesticides and quality control of pesticides marketed by the private sector. Sustainable
agriculture will be built on current agricultural achievement adopting sophisticated approach that
can maintain high yields and farm profits without undermining the resource conservation on
which agricultural system depends. The system will be built on approach that will explore
connection between farming and other aspects of social, economic and ecological environment.
Sustainable agriculture will be planned and implemented in such a way that it will be resource
conserving, socially supportive, commercially competitive and environmentally sound. The
following activities will be promoted:

1. Partnership among the public-private and international organizations will be promoted to

make sustainable agriculture to work;
2. Protecting and conserving environment by promoting ICM, INM, IDM, IPM (Sex
pheromone, botanical pesticides, biological control, etc.), surface and rainwater utilization,
utilization of solar energy in farm activities;

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 3. Capacity building will be targeted at all segments of agriculture: farmers, extension
providers, dealers, distributors, entrepreneurs, agribusiness people, trainers and
researchers (man, woman, youth will be the target groups) through knowledge and skill
development;
4. Improving rain-fed agriculture;
5. Technology transfer through famer group approach;
6. Protect biodiversity (plant, animal, fisheries, pollinator, etc.);
7. Food safety, nutrition and dietary diversification;
8. Natural resource management (land, water and biodiversity);
9. Sustain economic viability of farming practices; and
10. Creating enabling environment for the institutions.

Crop Zoning and Land Use Planning: Considering the increasing demand for food production,
it is an essential task to promote optimum land use and its conservation. Historically, land use
planning has largely been an economic concern. Focus will be given on comprehensive land use
planning through integration of economic, ecological, social and cultural values in production
program in order to develop options so that informed choices can be made. In the seventh five
year plan, emphasis will be broadened to include soil and water conservation, land development,
drainage and flood control, and reclamation program. The integrated and dynamic nature of
people’s livelihood strategies and how these affect their decision making and capacity to use and
manage the natural resource base will be an important consideration for land use planning.
Production program will be organized based on crop zoning.

Agricultural Inputs- Seeds and Fertilizers: At present, BADC, as per seed policy 1993,
concentrates its efforts on the production of HYV seeds of paddy, wheat, potato and jute in the
seed farms and also uses farmers to multiply seed on contract basis. Production program of all
other crops beyond foundation seed will be done by contract growers. With the introduction of
seed policy, emphasis has been given to private sector involvement in research and development
of hybrid and HYV seed. The concerned agencies under the MOA will be further strengthened
in order to ensure quality of seed at all stages of its production- breeder, foundation and certified
seed and encouraged farmer to produce quality seed and farmer to farmer seed exchange.
Emphasis will be given on creating facilities and infrastructure support for hybrid seed
production and marketing. Farmers will be given training and technical assistance to extend
improved methods of seed production, testing and storage. Private sector will be encouraged to
invest in research and development in seed system, production, processing, storage and
marketing.

Fertilizer is one of the critical inputs required for increasing crop production. The expansion of
modern agricultural practices together with intensified cultivation has led to an increasing
demand for fertilizers. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure timely supply of fertilizers to meet the
increasing demand. Imbalanced use of chemical fertilizers is causing land degradation and
excessive mining of plant nutrients resulting in the decline of soil fertility on the one hand and
reduction in the potential yield on the other. It is, therefore, important to adopt pragmatic
measure to encourage farmers using balanced fertilizers to maintain soil fertility. Fertilizer
marketing will be monitored to maintain its quality and availability at farm level.

Promotion of Precision Agriculture: For resource conservation and judicious use of inputs, the
Seventh FYP will give more focus on the Precision Agriculture (PA). Precision agriculture will
ensure optimization of inputs use and maximization of returns while preserving resources and
reducing environmental risks. Precision agriculture will be adopted wherever possible. Land
leveling with laser equipment, buried pipe irrigation, drip & sprinkler irrigation, hydroponic
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culture of vegetables, bed planting, and use of USG & IPM are some of the examples of
precision agriculture. This will save inputs, increase yield and profitability, and improve
environmental management.

Use of Water Resources and Water Economy: Water is a very essential input for increasing
crop production and sustainable agriculture. Due to climate change and lifting ground water in
an unplanned way, a significant portion of the country is not getting irrigation water during dry
season. Therefore, a well-planned irrigation management system is essential for gradual increase
of cropping intensity as well as yield. Irrigation efficiency will be ascertained and modern water
management technology will be promoted to enhance irrigation efficacy and water productivity
through optimal use of available water resources. The government has laid special emphasis on
the increased use of surface water and reduced use of groundwater in irrigation to protect the
ecological balance and reduce irrigation expenses. Thus, conjunctive use of surface and
groundwater would be stressed. About 3000 liters of water is needed to produce one kilogram
(1kg) paddy; so water-economy and availability should be considered while planning crops and
cropping patterns for different regions.

Introduction and Popularization of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP): Standard setting,

certification and accreditation will continue to be the main focus for safe food production and
marketing at local and export markets. Protocol development for Good Agricultural Practices
(GAP) suitable for Bangladesh agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions should be the
major priority. New Agriculture Policy of GOB also calls for development and implementation
of such protocols, i.e. codes, standards and regulations for fulfillment of trade and food safety
and quality requirements. There are four pillars of GAP: economic viability, environmental
sustainability, social acceptability and food safety and quality. Research and extension will put
effort jointly to promote the process. Establishment of GAP will ensure:

 Safety and quality of food and other agri-products;

 Capturing new market opportunities for farmers and exporters; and
 Better natural resources use, workers health and working conditions.

Farm Mechanization: Use of farm tools and machinery improves work efficiency and resource
use efficiency; helps intensify crop production and transform to commercial agriculture;
enhances productivity and profitability of land, labor and inputs. Use of machinery reduces
harvest and post-harvest losses, production costs, and drudgery of farm workers; ensures timely
operation, faster speed, higher precision and quality produce. Mechanization creates
employment opportunities; provide dignity to agriculture profession and better livelihood, and
increases gross income. Moreover, animal draft power is drastically reduced on the farm due to
high maintenance cost, shortage of feeds/fodders, and lack of grazing fields. Rural people
migrated to urban areas for employment and better amenities; this caused a shortage of
agricultural labor on the farm.

The Government would play its pro-active and catalyst role in popularizing the use of selected
demand-led agricultural tools and machinery through field demonstration, trade levering and
providing subsidy on key machinery, and imparting training to operators and mechanics for
improving their technical know-how and skills in machinery operation, repair and maintenance.
Particular attention would be given to develop custom hiring and/or cooperative ownership
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system in mechanization. Mechanization will generate interest among young educated people to
take up farming.

Post Harvest Management: Bangladesh experiences seasonal surpluses in several agricultural

commodities of perishable nature. Development of agro-processing facilities can prevent
postharvest losses and enhance farmers’ income. The agro-processing industries are at present in
their nascent stage of development. Most of the technologies and facilities for handling, storage,
processing and packaging of farm products and by-products are substandard and outdated as
they cater primarily to the domestic market. There exists considerable underutilization of
capacity as well. Agricultural research institutes like BARI and BRRI will carry out research on
technology development for post harvest management e.g. packaging and agro-processing.
Meanwhile, some technologies are already available with these institutes for the development
and growth of agro-processing industries in the country. Nevertheless, some specialized
extension activities could be delegated to the private sector such as those related to fruits and
vegetables enterprises. The process of supporting agro-business will be continued and
strengthened during the Seventh Plan period.

Value Chain Development: Value chain development for identifying constraints to marketing
supply channel is a new tool for rationalizing prices of agricultural produce between farm gate
and consumer. MOA has been supporting value chain development of selected vegetables and
fruits through its development projects. In the seventh five year plan the approach will be
applied to other crops such as aromatic rice. The main effort will be to improve the efficiency of
agricultural marketing to reduce market distortions and the cost of marketing, and to ensure that
farmers get proper price for their produce and consumer gets quality products. The seventh plan
will improve marketing services with a view to ensuring fair returns to the growers for their
produces and adequate supply to the consumers at reasonable prices. In this regard, the
establishment of HORTEX, a private board for value chain promotion for high value
commodities, is an important institutional development. In addition, the Seventh Plan
emphasizes the importance of capacity building of government extension agencies and will take
necessary steps in this regard.

Agricultural Credit: Lack of access to credit has plagued poor farmers and rural dwellers for
many years. Inadequate capital of farmers’ own and limited institutional credit hinders the
production of rural poor seriously. Rural people need credit to allow investment in their farms
and small agro-business practically agricultural inputs to smooth consumption and to reduce
their vulnerability to weather and economic shocks. Because they have little access to formal
financing institution, they mostly rely on costly informal credit source. Recognizing this,
government has made lower interest rate for agricultural credit especially for pulse, oilseed and
spice crops. This will be continued further during the seventh five year plan to ease investment
in agriculture.

Agricultural Research: The main objective of research organizations is to generate demand-led

technology (varieties and management practices) and information; and also scaling-up the
developed technologies including validation trials. Priority will be given to address the problem
areas (like hills, coastal, haor and barind areas) that are more prone to weather vagaries and that
have proportionately higher populations of poor and vulnerable people. The research will
develop and refine technologies that will bridge yield gaps and promote diversification,
sustainable natural resources management: rain water & river water harvesting for agricultural
production, disease and pest management, development of varieties/species with post harvest

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technology of high value agricultural commodities, mechanization, etc. It will also address
climate change effects by breeding and introducing saline and drought tolerant, short duration
varieties, introduction of high value commodities and low-cost, high-impact post-harvest
technologies as well as research on packaging, harvesting, maturity index, food processing and
market intelligence. Research on IPM, on-farm water management, food technology, bio
technology, bio-security and socio economic condition will have special emphasis along with
other contemporary issues. Research thrust would includes, but not limited to, yield and quality
improvement program of rice, wheat, maize, pulses, oilseeds vegetables, fruits and stress
tolerant and climate change resilient variety development; improved management practices for
field crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers with thrust on marginal and unfavorable eco-system; post
harvest management, processing and value addition of agricultural commodities; pest and
disease management for crop, natural resource management (NRM): land, water and bio-
diversity; energy management in agriculture; equipment development for farm mechanization;
socio-economic, policy and extension research, etc.

Farming system research will be undertaken on a pilot basis to extrapolate advanced technology
and identify adoption constraints and their solution and establish strong linkages among
research-extension and local communities. Other programs/activities to be undertaken by and/or
for research are:

i) Packaging of developed technologies for their scaling-up and adoption by the users;
ii) Upgrading the facilities of ARIs (e.g. development of land, lab, training facility,
infrastructure) with due attention to regional and sub-stations;
iii) Arranging higher studies, training, study visits, etc for HRD and capacity building; and
iv) Strengthening in-country training providing capacity of ARIs and developing ToTs and
training manuals.
v) Establishing Agricultural Museum for public awareness of agricultural research development.

Demand led Agricultural Extension: Transfer of technologies, diversification and

intensification of crop production program through appropriate extension services are of crucial
importance. Technology extension mapping will be done based on agro-ecological niches,
prevailing productivity gap and regional specificity. The extension services must be able to
render required technical advice and management support at the appropriate time and place.
Pluralistic extension approach will be adopted to enhance production and productivity. The goal
will be to attain food and nutrition security. For which pro-poor services will be strengthened
with due care. Extension services will address skill gap, productivity gap and agricultural
diversification for attaining food safety, dietary diversity and volume and value addition for
agricultural commodities. Currently, the extension service draws its strength from research
findings as well as from farmer’s innovation. Research-extension-farmers linkages will be
further strengthened to sustain high level of productivity. Feedback mechanism from farmers-
extension-research linkages will be established for possible solution and again takes back the
results to the farmers for their field adoption. Further strengthening of these three way linkages
and communicating among research, extension and farmers community will be made in 7FYP
for effective research-extension-farmer linkages. The technical committee and Agricultural
Technical Committees (ATC), each covering 2-6 districts in similar agro-ecological zone (AEZ)
will be strengthened. The composition of National Technical Co-ordination Committee (NTCC)
has been amended to include representatives from NGOs and farming community. Agricultural
extension together with nutritional awareness program will be further strengthened. The
following priority activities will be pursued in 7FYP for extension services:
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  Strengthen research –extension - farmer linkages;
 Production program will be organized to promote diversification and value addition;
 Utilization of fallow lands for cultivation;
 Expansion of small scale irrigation technology and surface water for irrigation;
 Extension of Boro rice cultivation in southern Bangladesh;
 Popularization of salt tolerant variety in the coastal region;
 Diversification to high value crops in Barind tracts and Hill districts;
 Seed, pesticide and fertilizer quality will be maintained through field monitoring;
 Organizing technology demonstration, field days, agricultural exhibition, etc;
 Adoption of decentralized extension approach, bottom up planning and micro planning;
 Strengthening of field level activities through proper delegation of authority from
headquarters to field level;
 Addressing all categories of farmers with special emphasis on marginal, small, tenant and
women farmers;
 Development and promotion of environment friendly farming practices ;
 Promotion of farm mechanization;
 Promotion of community seed production, storage and distribution;
 Promotion of Rice Yield Gap Minimization ( RYMG) techniques;
 Reduce yield gap, knowledge gap and productivity gap by productivity enhancing
technology;
 Promotion of green growth agriculture using IPM, IDM, ICM, AWD, solar energy, organic
farming, use of compost, crop residue, and animal waste;
 Promotion of value chain with efficient marketing system
 Strengthening human resources development program of extension agencies through higher
education, training and exposure visit;
 Strengthening MIS (ICT) based knowledge management system and e-agriculture;
 Establishment of more Farmer’s Information and Advisory Center (FIAC) at union level;
 Business development initiative in agriculture;
 Support to farmers during agricultural vulnerability; flood, drought, tidal wave, storms, etc;

Promoting Agricultural Diversification: To make Bangladesh agriculture profitable,

sustainable and competitive, agricultural diversifications need to be intensively promoted. Crop
diversification is important for increasing productivity, human nutritional security, maintaining
soil health and increasing cropping intensity, employment and farm incomes. Bangladesh agro-
climatic and socioeconomic conditions support agricultural diversification. Attention towards
diversification will allow shifting from cereal-cereal cropping patterns to cereal- non-cereal high
value horticultural crop patterns with value added product. Diversification will also help
commercialization of agriculture making it more competitive, productive and returning.
Through diversification food habit will be changed and nutritional security will be increased.
With emphasis on much needed diversification in agriculture, the availability of quality seeds,
particularly in case of oil seeds, pulses, horticultural crops become a crucial component for
agriculture led growth and development. This would require efficient field operation, improving
processing, conserving, marketing, and quality assurance; and strengthening infrastructure for
rapid multiplication of disease free planting materials. Agricultural diversification will be
strengthened through system based production practices.

Main-streaming Women in Agriculture: Women are crucial in transformation of agricultural

products into food and nutritional security in Bangladesh. Gender based inequalities all along
the food production chain must be reduced and the active engagement of women at all levels of
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decision making is absolutely necessary to attain food and nutritional security. Women will
require access to infrastructure services, information, skill and knowledge development training,
credit and other business development services in order to targeting new market opportunities
along with changing or emerging value chains. The formation of women groups to improve
rights and access to services is a well established means of social and economic empowerment
in which members increase productivity and income collectively. Capacity building is required
to ensure that women remain active members and assure important positions in leadership and
decision making in economic organizations. Special policies and provision are often required to
ensure that women have control over important income generating activities:
 Developing women friendly technology and business environment;
 Food safety and nutritional training to woman farmers;
 Capacity development of women for small-scale entrepreneurships;
 Collective action and market linkages;
 Supporting homestead agricultural value addition strategies;
 Recruit more women agricultural extension providers and researchers;
 Protection of women and children from health hazards during agricultural operation.

Rural Human Resources Development: Extension departments organize training and

demonstration for farmers on agricultural, social and environmental development in their
technology transfer process. Several other training institutions teach and train personnel who
serve agriculture sector. These institutions are Central Extension Resources Development
Institute (CERDI transforming to NATA) in Joydebpur, Graduate Training Institute (GTI)
attached to Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh and 12 Agricultural
Training Institutes (ATIs) located throughout the country. However, the training facilities vary
considerably among the institutes, they are generally inadequate and need support for overall
improvement. In order to reduce ‘yield gap’ government will try to reduce ‘information gap’.
Modern ICT/MIS tools would be used for agricultural information dissemination. In this
connection Farmer’s Information and Advisory Center (FIAC) has been established at union
level linking farmers and extension official through ICT/MIS. This will be further strengthened
and expanded in the Seventh Five Year Plan (7FYP) period.

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6.0 List of policies/programs/projects of achieving the targets of 7 FYP
including indicative costs (see Attachment-1)
Attachment-1
Ministry: MoA
Implementing Agency: Crop Research Institutes (BARC, BARI, BRRI, BJRI, BSRI, BINA,
CDB)
Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Generate demand-led i) Development  Collection & conservation of genetic
agricultural crop verity resources BARC= 78805
technology and  Varietals development of different
information crops BARI= 150000
 Production of breeder seeds and
saplings BRRI= 62150
 Development of protocol for tissue
culture BJRI= 15000
 Development of stress tolerant crop
verities BSRI= 20500
ii) Development of  Development of soil, agronomic &
management water management technology for BINA= 15000
technology different crops
CDB = 26600
 Development of crop management
technology for constrained areas (Hill,
Coastal, Drought, Flood prone, etc.)

iii) Development of  Development of IPM and IDM

pest management technology
technology  Strengthening of bio-rational based
research and developmental activities
 Development of vertebrate pest
management technology

iv) Location specific  Developmental of sustainable irrigation

technology and water management technology for
development hill, saline and drought prone areas
 Strengthening farming system research
and development
 Development of location specific eco
friendly cropping pattern

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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
v) Development  Development and popularization of
and operator friendly agri machinery
popularization of  Training to operators and mechanics
farm machinery

vi) Socio economic  Study of adoption status of released

and market crop verities
information  Constraints in marketing systems

vii) Post harvest  Assessing post harvest loss of different

technology crops
development  Development of improved post harvest
management
 Development of agro processing as
income generation activities

viii) Frontline  Organizing technology transfer

technology workshop
transfer and  Strengthening research-extension-
strengthening farmers and GO-NOG linkages
research-  Training to extension providers (TOT)
extension- and farmers on transferable technology
farmers linkages

ix) Strengthening  Creating ICT facilities

use of ICT in  Capacity building in ICT
agriculture  Use of ICT in Training &
Communication

x) Strengthening  Development laboratory facilities

research  Strengthening field research facilities
infrastructure  Training aids
facilities  Infrastructure development

xi) Increase cotton  Technology Transfer

productivity,  Expansion of Cotton Cultivation
production,  Providing credit facility to the
marketing, farmers
ginning, credit  Strengthening Ginning and
facilities and Marketing System
farmers will
being by
providing

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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
effective
extension service
(for Cotton
Development
Board)

Implementing Agency: Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI)

Generate demand-led i) Preparation/upda  Semi detailed soil survey for updating
agricultural ting of location Upazaila Nirdeshika
technology and specific user  Conducting semi-detailed soil survey SRDI= 37000
information friendly for ground truthing and soil sampling
agricultural  Preparation of final map and reports
planning tools. (Land and Soil Resource Utilization
Guide, popularly known as Upazila
Nirdeshika) and publications.

ii) Providing  Analyses of soil samples in static and

demand-led mobile soil testing laboratories
analytical and  Fertilizer Recommendations for
soil survey different crops based on soil test and
services to crop requirement.
farmers and other
stakeholders

iii) Development of  Development/adoption of soil

soil and water conservation and watershed
management management technologies.
technology for  Development saline and acid soil
problematic areas management technologies.

iv) Strengthening  Development laboratory facilities

research  Strengthening field research facilities
infrastructure  Training aids
facilities  Infrastructure development

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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Implementing Agency: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
Increase crop 1.Technology  Establishment of 3,50,000 nos 510000.00
productivity & Transfer demonstration (with distribution of
production and quality seed).
farmers wellbeing by  Arrangement of 12,00000 nos of
providing effective farmers training.
extension services  Arrangement of 3,50,000 nos of Field
Day.
 Establishment of 2,40,000 Farmers
Field School.
 Arrangement of 2500 nos of agriculture
fair and organizing 2000 nos of
national & regional workshop/seminar.
2.Expanction of  Establishment of 6000 nos of AWD
Irrigation Facilities demonstration.
 Distribution of 3600 nos of hand
shower irrigation tools.
 Distribution of 3000 nos of hose pipe.
 Establishment of 3000 nos of raised
bed irrigation.
3.Popularization of  Subsidy to 2,00000 farmers for farm
Farm Machineries machinery procurement.
 Distribution of 2000 nos of agricultural
implements to farmers.
 Arrangement of training for 10,000 nos
of mechanic/ unemployed people.
4. Popularization of  Block demonstration-70,000 nos.
IPM/ICM/INM  Arrangement of farmers training for
practices 2,00000 person.
(Environmental  Overseas training for 35 batch.
friendly or green crop
production.
5. Promotion of high  Establishment of 50,000 HVC
value crops and demonstration with distribution of
nutrition security. quality planting materials.
 Arrangements of training for 6,50,000
farmers.
 Arrangements of 2000 field day.
6. Strengthening use  Online office management.
of ICT in  Video conferencing from head quarter
Agricultural to field office.
Extension Services  Data base development of 4 crore
farmers.
 Input card Data base development of 3
crore farmers.
 Establishment of digital technology
compendium.
 Publication of Agricultural
Encyclopedia.
 Establishment of mobile apps store.
 Establishment of digital documentation
& GIS centre.
 Establishment of E- Agriculture cell for
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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
all upazila.
 Development of 10(ten) decision
support system.
7. Knowledge, skill  Arrangements of farmers training for
& technology base 7,50,000 person.
farmers training.
8. Organizational  Infrastructural development
Development. ( construction, renovation of office
building, ATI’s & Horticulture centre)-
104 nos
 Higher education for officers- 500 nos.
 Creation of transport facilities for HQ,
Region, District & Upazila- 500 nos.
 Overseas Training -100 batch.
Implementing Agency: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)
Increasing i) Expansion of  Installation of irrigation equipment and 129295.00
productivity, irrigated area maintenance.
production and ii) Conjunctive use  Rain & runoff water harvesting through
diversification in of surface and re-excavation of canal, ponds and
Barind tract ground water construction of submerged weir and
providing irrigation iii) Production and rubber dam.
facilities marketing of  Construction of burried pipe line water
certified seeds distribution system.
iv) Improving rural  Utilization of renewable energy (solar).
communication  Afforestation.
v) Aforestation  Certified seed production & marketing.
 Rural road construction.
 Dug well construction.
 Training of farmer and official person
for technology transfer.
 Strengthening of institute.
Implementing Agency: Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)
Increasing crop vi) Expansion of  Installation of irrigation equipment and 691157.00
productivity, irrigated area maintenance.
production and vii) Conjunctive use  Development of irrigation cannels
diversification of surface and  Installation of rubber dam for irrigation
providing seeds, ground water  Construction of burried pipe line water
fertilizer, irrigation viii) Production and distribution system.
and mechanization marketing of  Utilization of renewable energy (solar).
facilities certified seeds  Certified seed production & marketing.
ix) Marketing of  Fertilizers marketing
fertilizers
 Training of farmer and official person
for technology transfer.
 Strengthening of institute.
Implementing Agency: SCA (Quality Seed Development Distribution Extension)
Ensuring quality i) Field certification  Procurement of technical equipments. 18734.00
crop seed  Increasing transport facilities.
development  Field inspection and sample collection
 Modernization of certification tags.
 Increasing infrastructure facilities
ii) Seed testing  Procurement of seed testing laboratory
equipments

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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
 Establishment of dehumidified cold
storage rooms.
 Development of seed health testing
facilities
 Seed test for purity, moisture and
germination
iii) Post harvest  Increasing transport facilities
monitoring  Collection of seed samples
 Seed test for purity, moisture and
germination
iv) Verity release  Procurement of variety testing
and registration laboratory equipments
 Increasing facilities for control farm
 Conduction of DUS, VCU and DNA
finger-printing tests
 Establishment of dehumidified cold
storage rooms.
v) Human Resource  Procurement of training equipments
Development  Increasing training facilities
 Strengthening ICT facilities
Implementing Agency: Agricultural Information Service (AIS)
Dissemination of i) Technology  Printing and publications 120000.00
agricultural transfer using ICT  Electronic and print media
information (newspapers, magazines, bulletins etc.)
ii) Agricultural  Establishment of regional KCCs
service through  Human Resources development
Krishi-Call Center  Logistic supports
iii) Early alert on  Community Radios
natural hazards  Community Television
 Websites and social networks
iv) Strengthening  Capacity development
AIS for effective  Digitalized printing machines
information  Revisit (restructuring)
dissemination  Establishment of Agriculture
Information and Community Center
(AICC)
 Infrastructure and logistic support
 Development of area specific
information repository (knowledge
hub)
Implementing Agency: Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM)
Improving i) Providing access to  Improvement of marketing information 131000.00
agricultural products marketing collection and dissemination system
marketing formation  Improvement of ICT infrastructures
 Market access  Formation of farmers marketing
facilitation to groups
farmers, producers  Training and motivational tours for
and entrepreneurs farmers group
 Promotional activities
 Strengthening of market management
system
 Development market linkage

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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
 Support to agro-  Development of agribusiness
processors and entrepreneurs
agri-business  Provide credit support
entrepreneurs  Development of value chain linkage
ii) Support to group  Promoting agro-processing
marketing  Establishment of processing
infrastructure
 Improvement of  Establishment/ renovation of market
marketing infrastructure
infrastructure  Establishment/ renovation of storage
system and expansion of SHOGORIP
model
 Establishment of multipurpose cold
storage facility
 Provide transport support for
producers and market functionaries

4 Improvement of  Support transfer and use of modern

marketing post harvest technologies
extension services  Development of post harvest skill and
and value addition knowledge
 Development of Quality and Safety
Certification System

 Capacity building  Training for DAM human resources

of DAM for better  Development technical and research
marketing service skill development for DAM human
delivery resources
 Research on various marketing related
issues

Implementing Agency: BIRTAN (Nutrition & Human Health)

Improve nutritional i) Nutritional  Trainers Training on Food Based 26100.00
status of people awareness building Nutrition
of people  Infrastructure development and
ii) Determination of strengthening of Bangladesh Institute
nutritional value of Research and Training on Applied
iii) To construct Nutrition (BIRTAN)
buildings for  Integrated Agricultural Approach for
BIRTAN head ensuring Nutrition and Food Security
office, regional Project (IANFP)
offices, research  Applied nutrition and food science
laboratories, education and training activities
training centers, project
residential
quarters, and to
develop
experimental fields
and farms for the
research activities
of BIRTAN.

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Sl. Goals Targets Activities (policy/program/project) Program/projec
No. Researchable areas t wise indicative
cost (Lakh Tk.
at 2014-15
prices)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Implementing Agency: For All Research & Extension Agencies (Human Resources Development)
Human resources i) Higher study (MS, PhD/Post Doc) at
development and home & abroad;
institutional capacity ii) Skill development training for officers
building for all and staffs at home & abroad;
research & extension iii) Capacity building training in ICT;
agencies iv) Overseas training & study visits,
seminar, workshop for
scientists/officers;
v) Knowledge & technology based skill
development training for farmers,
traders & entrepreneurs;
vi) Motivational tours/exposure visit for
farmers.

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 7.0 Institutional mechanism for monitoring progress of 7FYP implementation
and list of indicators (covering input, output and impact indicators
(Attachment-2)

Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact

No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
A. Sub-Sector: Crops
1 Ensure food Improve crop Development of high yielding and Developed a Production
security productivity modern varieties with of appropriate number of high will be
and production production package technologies of yielding varieties increased
major crops to increase production
to meet up the future demand.
Development of climate resilient Increases crop Livelihood will
crop varieties and technologies to production be changed and
address the challenges of climate improve farmers
change through biotechnological income
tools
Development of technologies for Production Quality seed
quality seed production, processing, increased will be available
packaging and improve to the growers
management/distribution system
Dissemination of newly developed Yield increased Production of
agricultural technologies to the end crops will be
users (farmers). increased
2 Development of Crop Development of suitable Proper used of Production will
suitable diversification technologies for hill farming, char- hilly land, char, increased
technologies for for potential land, drought and coastal saline and
saline and utilization of agriculture. drought areas
drought prone agricultural
areas Safe food Safe food production and protect Healthy food Healthy food
production environment through minimizing available will be available
hazardous chemical (pesticides) in the markets
uses.
Promotion of Development of technologies for the Horticulture Vegetables and
high value crop production of high value horticulture crops and aromatic rice
crops, spices, aromatic and fine aromatic rice will be
grain rice etc. available available to the
consumers
Reduction of Development of technologies to Reduce post Farmers will
post harvest reduce post harvest loss, improve harvest loss get more benefit
loss and value processing
addition.
B. Sub-Sector: Livestock
1 Maintenance of Conservation Conservation and improvement of Egg, milk and
native germplasm and indigenous ruminant germplasm for meat production Quality egg,
improvement rural development will be increased milk and meat
of native Conservation and development of available in the
germplasm native chicken and duck germplasm local markets
for rural development
Fodder germplasm conservation,
improvement and production
matching with cropping system
2 Ensure nutrition Nutrition and Housing, feed information and Quality of meats,
of the people productivity feeding standards for livestock and milk and eggs Quality of

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Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
improvement poultry; Value addition of livestock will be improved meats, milk and
and poultry products and bi-products and the presence eggs, vaccines ,
Food safety Investigation on the quality of of antibiotic drugs will
and quality meats, milk and eggs, and the residues, fungal available in the
control presence of antibiotic residues, toxins, vaccines local markets
fungal toxins (Aflatoxins) and other and important
toxins in meats, milk and eggs; drugs will be
Efficacy studies of livestock and reduced..
poultry vaccines and important
drugs available in Bangladesh
C. Sub-Sector: Fisheries
1 Production Enhancing Development of fish biotechnology Quality fish Quality fish
enhancement and aquaculture for stock improvement, in-situ increased will be available
self sufficiency in production conservation, disease prevention and
fish produces by quality control
2020 Gene pool conservation and gene
banking of endangered fish species
and improved strains
Development of organic aquaculture
practices
Development of cost-effective
quality feed for fish and shrimp
Aquaculture hygiene, bio-safety and
disease control
Climate change adaptation on fish
breeding and aquaculture
Coastal Brood development and seed Development of Fish production
aquaculture production of brackish water shell culture practices in the coastal
development and fin fishes and increases of area will be
Development of organic and capture fisheries increased
improved shrimp/prawn culture in saline water
technique
Integrated and rotational production
system of rice-shrimp-fish/prawn in
the coastal region
Biotechnological management of
ecosystem and shrimp health
Empowerment in shrimp culture
system and value chain addition to
south-west Bangladesh
Integrated Coastal Fisheries
Management and adaptation of
aquaculture to climate changes
Development of eco-friendly and
export-oriented shrimp culture
practice in Bagerhat region
Management Hilsa fisheries Management Increase Inland open
and Brood development and seed production of water fishes be
biodiversity production of riverine species Inland open available in
conservation of Refinement and promotion of cage water fisheries local market
Inland open and pen culture
water fisheries Population dynamics, stock
assessment and identification of
major spawning and nursery
grounds of hilsa, major carp and
catfish
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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Survey of existing crafts and gears,
their CPUE and development for
selective fishing in open water
ecosystem
Bio-monitoring of the water
pollution in major rivers
D. Sub-Sector: Agricultural Economics
1 Ensure markets Improved Subsidy on Inputs (Fertilizer and Ensure the Farmers will be
price of the market Irrigation) and Price Supports to product prices benefitted
produces and linkages Farm Products
value chain
Marketing Channels, Price
development of
Fluctuations and State Interventions
high value crops
towards Price Stability of Farm
Products including milk, eggs etc.
BADC’s Seed Production
Programmes: Limits and
Constraints.
Export of Fresh Vegetables:
Benefits to Growers.
Studies on Agri-business in
Horticultural crops
E. Sub-Sector: Human Resource Development (HRD)
1 Capacity building Skilled PhD at home and abroad 100 PhD; 20 Post Skill of the
of the NARS manpower Post Doctoral Programme in abroad Doctoral, 100 NARS scientists
scientists Development (One year each) Short term will be
training increased to
Short term training Programme in Programmes, 400 aconsiderable
abroad (2-3 months each) Study tour/ extent
Study tour/ Seminar/ Workshop Seminar/
programme in abroad Workshop
Local training including Seminar/ programmes in
Workshop abroad, 200 local
training including
Seminar/
Workshop
F. Sub-Sector: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
1 Capacity building Development In-country training Skilled Use of ICT in
in ICT of skilled Foreign training management in agriculture will
manpower in Training on Hardware ICT be extended.
ICT Training on Database Development
Training on repair and maintenance
of Hardwares
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
1. Ensure food Improve crop  To develop HYV of BARI  High yielding Production will
security productivity mandated crops along with varieties be increased
appropriate production  Improved Livelihood will
technologies. technologies be changed
 Increased yield
 To ensure the supply of quality  Easy Production will
seeds/saplings. availability of be increased
seeds/saplings
 To enrich the plant genetic  Rich collection Scope of crop
recourses of plant improvement

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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
genetic will be ensured
resource
 To strengthen the hill farming  Proper use of Improved
hilly areas livelihood
 To minimize the post harvest loss  Reduced post Improved
harvest loss economic
condition
2. Mitigation of Strengthening  To ensure safe management of Availability of safe Healthy
climate change climate based insect pests yield commodities
effect research will be available
capabilities  To develop proper water Judicious use of Safe
management technologies water environment
 To identify environment friendly Healthy Healthy life
cropping patterns through carbon environment
sequestration and green house gas
measurement
3. Improvement of Reducing  To improve the socio-economic Increased flower Improved
livelihood poverty & condition of growers through production livelihood
generating increased flower production
income of  To develop location specific Improved Farmers will be
farmers integrated farm development integrated farm benefited
technologies development
technologies
 To popularize diverse use of Increased maize Improved
maize yield and economic
utilization condition
4. Socio-economic Assessment of  To assess the livelihood patterns, Livelihood patterns Proper planning
study adoption level adoption of BARI technologies & adoption level can be
and constraints and constraints are known formulated
Constraints
identified
5. Manpower Human  To strengthen the training Increased training Increased
development Resource facilities and manpower facilities capacity of
Development development Skilled manpower research.
6. Improvement of Easy  To pave the way for quick and Strong network Easy
ICT. communication easy dissemination of information Easy dissemination availability of
and and BAR! developed technologies of information and information and
dissemination technologies technologies
of technology
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
1 Generation of 1. 1. Development of modern and Rice variety- 20 - per capita
Demand-lead Development hybrid rice variety using consumption of
Rice Technology of rice variety conventional and biotechnological rice
and Information tools { Abiotic (Salinity, drought, - agricultural
water submergence, cold, heat, etc) wage rate
and biotic (diseases, insect, etc) - agricultural
resistant, Vitamin A (Golden rice) growth rate
and other mineral enriched rice - household
varieties} food security
2. Breeder seed and truthfully level 625 metric. tones - employment
seed (TLS) production and by sub-sector,
distribution program -head-count
3. Characterization of rice 7000 ratio
germplasm and conservation of rice
heritage
2. 1.Crop-Soil-Water management 10
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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Development technology development program
of rice
management
technology
3. Pest 1. Rice disease, insect and weed 10
management management program
4. Location 1. Rice based profitable cropping 5
specific rice pattern as well as cropping system
technology development
development
(On-farm
research)
5. 1. Development and popularization 5
Development of farm tools and machinery
of farm tools 2. Standardization of farm tools and 10
and machinery machinery
6. Socio- 1. Socio-economic aspect of rice 5
economic and production technology
market
information
7. Post-harvest 1. Research and popularization of 3
technology post harvest technology
development
8. Front-line 1. Validation and adaption of rice 30
technology technology
transfer and 2. Rice production technology 25,000
research- training for extension workers/
extension service provider
linkage 3. Publication of rice journal and 45,000 copies of
different research reports 7 types reports
9. Human 1. Manpower development program 200
resources (PhD, MS, Short/long duration
development training, etc)
(HRD)
10. 1. Out-reach research facilities 10
Strengthening development and modernization of
Research research laboratory
Capacity of
Bangladesh
Rice Research
Institute(BRRI)
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI)
1. Generation of Development Experimental field and laboratory, 7 High Yielding Develop new
demand led of High Equipment and chemicals laboratory Variety of JAF variety,
agricultural Yielding of biotechnological research, Crops including increase jute
technologies on Varieties of agricultural inputs, budgetary 2 stress (Biotic production
jute and allied Jute and allied allocation, scientific manpower. and abiotic)
fibre crops. fibre (JAF) tolerant varieties
crops. will be
developed.
30 Intellectual
Property Right
will be
established

Development Experimental field, agricultural 5 agronomic Develop new

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Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
of crop inputs, budgetary allocation, information for technology,
management scientific manpower. new varieties will increase jute
technologies be developed, production
for JAF crops. 50% Yield gap
will be reduced,
5 technologies of
soil & fertilizer
management will
be developed

Pest Experimental field and laboratory, 5 new disease Ensure

management agricultural inputs, budgetary and pest intellectual
for quality allocation, scientific manpower. management property right.
fibre and seed technologies will
production of be developed.
jute and allied
fibre crops.
Development Laboratory, budgetary allocation, 2 machineries Develop new
of farm tools scientific manpower. will be technology,
and developed. increase jute
machineries. production
Location Experimental field, agricultural 5 new jute based Fibre
specific inputs, budgetary allocation, profitable production
technology scientific manpower. cropping pattern increment and
generation. will be farmers income
developed.. generation.
Front line Demonstration, training, publicity, 10000 farmers Transfer
technology budgetary allocation and scientific will be trained. technology and
transfer and manpower. farmers income
research generation.
extension
linkage.
Post harvest Experimental field and laboratory, Microorganism Increase of
technology agricultural inputs, budgetary based appropriate quality fibre and
development allocation, scientific manpower. fast retting price.
on jute retting. technology and
power ribboner
will be
development
Post harvest Laboratory, necessary equipment, 20 new Increase
technology budgetary allocation, scientific diversified jute diversified use
development manpower. products and demand of
on jute including jute.
industry. reinforced jute
composite, jute-
plastic, bio-pulp,
environment
friendly dyeing
and printing
technology, jute-
cotton blended
yarn and fabric
etc. will be
developed

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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Strengthening Budgetary provision and technical 9 MIS module, Improve
ICT sector manpower. WAN with e-governance.
regional/sub-
stations,
remaining LAN
will be
established.

Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI)

1. Strengthening  Manpower  Expenses on building  Established two  Amount of
research recruitment establishment regional cane, chewing
capabilities and stations two cane, beet and
 Recruitment and manpower
development sub-stations, goor production
development expenditure
and one
 Establishmen  Advanced
 Procurement of Implements and breeding
t of sub- research
instruments station
stations and Initiation
regional  Developed
 Improved
stations research
technology
facilities both
 Establishmen development
in
t of
infrastructures  Coverage and
sugarcane
and instruments quantity of
Breeding
sugarcane
station  Efficient
mechanization
manpower (10
 Enrich
MS and 20  Frequency of
research
Phd) in HRD Biotechnology
facilities
programme tool use
 Infrastructure
 Improved  Marketing
development
biotechnologica system of cane
 Providing l tool and and beet
emphasis on agricultural
 Farmers'
biotechnolog machineries/
acceptance of
y and implements
the technologies
agricultural
developed
mechanizatio
n research  Frequency of
communication
through ICT
2. Varietal  1/2 high  Amount of quality seed  New high
development yielding, yielding
 Number of germ-plasms involved
location sugarcane and
based, stress sugarbeet
tolerant varieties
variety of released
sugarcane
 Stress tolerant
and
site specific
sugarbeet
sugarcane and
 Selection of sugarbeet

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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
high yielding varieties
local and released
noble germ-
plasms of
date palm  Multiplication
and palmyra and seedling
palm raising of high
yielding seeds
of date palm
and palmyra
palm started
3. Innovation and  Innovation of  Allocation of agricultural research  New farm
Dissemination of farm based fund based
technologies production systems/packag
 NAP 2013
technology es developed
packages/sys  7FYP 2016-2020
 Post-harvest
tems
 Election manifesto 2014 technology
 Development Developed
 Perspective plan 2021
of sugarcane, suitable for
date palm,  SDG small and
palmyra cottage
palm juice industries
preservation
 Highly efficient
technologies
irrigation and
suitable for
fertilizer
small
application
industries
methods
 Introduction introduced
of Highly
 Sustainable
efficient
marketing
irrigation and
chains
fertilizer
developed
application
methods  Location based
intercropping
 Improving
systems
year round
developed
chewing cane
production  Effective ICT
system based
communication
 Assessment
evolved
of
Sustainable  Efficient
marketing farming
chain of practice
sugarcane through
and other farmers

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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
crops
 Standardizatio
n of intercrop
packages
based on
locations
 Executing
mass
communicati
on activities
like training,
rally,
seminar,
workshop etc
 Maintaining
close contact
with ICT
activities
4. Distribution of  Providing  Total amount of foundation seed viii) Produce
clean seed clean seed  Production cost d and
half of the distributed
amount of clean seed of
the total sugarcane
requirement
for
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA)
1. Generation of o Development o Expenditure on agriculture by sub- o Development of o Per capita
demand led of crops sector as percentage of total public twenty modern income
agricultural variety using expenditure climate resilient o Per capita
technology and nuclear o Expenditure on agricultural varieties consumption
information technique and research. (HYVs) of food grains
biotechnology o Ensure timely availability of o Production of and vegetables
o Development research funds & inputs 1285 ton o Increased
of crop o Ensure quality and availability of breeder and agricultural
management seeds truthfully growth rate
technology labeled seed o Household
o Development o Development of food security
of pest 10 non- o Employment
management commodity by sub-sector
technology technology (male/female)
o Location o Increased o Improved
specific acreage of livelihood of
technology BINA varieties farm
(on farm) o Increased crop community
o Socio- production up to
economic & 10% - 15% by
marketing 2020
information o Increased
o Frontline cropping
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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
technology intensity
transfer
o Human
resource
development
o Strengthening
research
facilities of
BINA Head
quarter and
sub-stations
Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI)
1. Generation of a. Preparation/ i. Review of base materials (aerial  400 upazilas.  Increase crop
demand led updating of photographs, topo sheet, photo yield by 15-
Agricultural location mosaic, satellite imageries, 25%.
Technologies and specific user previous maps and report. Aerial  Local level
Information. friendly photo interpretation and agriculture
agricultural preparation of draft Soil and planning
planning Landform Map. based on land
tools. ii. Conducting semi-detailed soil and soil
survey for ground truthing and resources data
soil sampling. base.
iii. Soil sample analysis in the  80,000
laboratories. samples.
iv. Preparation of final map and  400 Nos.
reports (Land and Soil
Resource Utilization Guide,
popularly known as Upazila
Nirdeshika) and publications.
v. Preparation of “Union Land, Soil  2000 Nos.
and Fertilizer Recommendation
Guide (Union Sahayika)” and
publications.
b. Developme i. Development of mineralogical  56 soil series.  Development
nt of database for benchmark soils of of soil
mineralogic Bangladesh. mineralogical
al and database for
microbiolog better soil
ical fertility and
database fertilizer
and management.
preparation ii. Development of microbiological  56 soil series  Development
of land use database for benchmark soils of of soil
and crop Bangladesh. microbiologic
zoning al database for
maps. better soil
fertility and
fertilizer
management.
iii. Updating of Land Use Map of  1 Nos.  Database for
Bangladesh. national
agricultural
planning.
iv. Preparation of Crop Zoning Maps  1 Nos.  Selection of
for major crops. suitable zones
for major
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Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
crops.
c. Demand i. Analyses of soil samples in static  3,00,000  Balanced
driven and mobile soil testing samples fertilizer
analytical laboratories. recommendati
services to ii. Analyses fertilizer, plant and  40,000 samples on available
farmers and water samples in static to farmers.
other laboratories.  Quality
stakeholders iii. Fertilizer Recommendations for  3,00,000 fertilizers
for better different crops based on soil test farmers. available in
yield. and crop requirement. market chain.
 Increase crop
yield by 15-
25%.
d. Developme i. Development/adoption of soil  5 Nos.  Better
nt of soil conservation and watershed utilizations of
and water management technologies. hill soils and
managemen improve
t livelihood of
technologie hill dwellers.
s for ii. Development saline soil  5 Nos.  Better
constraint management technologies. utilizations of
areas. saline soils
and improve
livelihood of
farmers of
saline zone.
iii. Delineation of soil acidity and  1 map 1  Increase crop
determination of lime technology. yield.
requirement.
iv. Preparation and publication of  3 Nos.
user friendly guides for stress soil
management for conservation and
better yield.
v. Dissemination of technologies  340 batch and
through training and 1000 demo.
demonstrations.
e. Strengtheni i. Construction of 7 (seven) storied  1 seven storied  Better
ng of building at SRDI headquarter and building. 3 four working
infrastructur 3 (three) four storied building at storied atmosphere in
e and Comilla, Rajshahi and Khulna for building. SRDI.
research laboratory and field offices.
facilities. ii. Procurement of ICT and GIS  Lump sum.  Smooth
instruments, laboratory functioning of
equipments, glassware and ICT, GIS,
chemicals, field survey Laboratories,
instrument, cartography Research
instrument, computers, office Centers and
equipments etc. Field offices.
f. Demand i. Detailed soil survey, soil  5 Nos.  Judicious and
driven detail sampling, and analysis. profitable use
soil survey ii. Preparation of maps and reports  5 Nos. land and soil
and with specific recommendations. resources.
reporting to
stakeholders
.
g. Providing i. Proving ToT on Upazila  30 batches.  Capacity
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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Training of Nirdeshika and Union Sahayika building of
Trainers to DAE officers and other stake holders.
(ToT) on stakeholders.
Upazila ii. Providing training to SAAO,  300 batches.
Nirdeshika fertilizer dealers and farmers.
and Union
Sahayika.
h. Establishme i. Establishment and upgrading of  43 + 1 =44  Better
nt of ICT ICT backbones at SRDI field Nos. facilities to
Backbone offices and headquarter. provide digital
technology
dissemination.
ii. Established web based Virtual  1 Nos.  Generation
Soil Museum (VSM). and
dissemination
of knowledge
to researchers,
students and
scientist.
i. Human i. Higher education in country.  40 Nos.  Capacity
Resource building of
ii. Higher education in abroad.  20 Nos.
Developme SRDI staff.
nt (HRD) iii. Training in country and abroad.  200 Nos.
Cotton Development Board (CDB)
1. Increase cotton a. #Funds should be available in time # High yielding, - Modern
production by Development for conducting research, seed short duration, research
increasing unit of high production, extension and skill pest resistant, salt facilities are
yield and area yielding, short development activities and drought developed at
expansion duration, pest tolerant varieties the research
resistant, salt will be stations of
and drought developed. CDB.
tolerant variety #Cotton research - Quality and
and hybrid with modern improved seeds
variety through laboratory are produced.
conventional facilities will be - Manpower of
breeding and established CDB is
biotechnologic # Improved developed.
al intervention. management -Cotton
b. Increase technologies of cultivation area
availability of cotton Will be and per unit
quality cotton generated. yield are
seed by # CDB researcher increased
producing and extension
breeder, workers and
foundation and cotton farmers
TLS. will be trained
c. and knowledge
Dissemination and skill will be
of modern improved
cotton # Marketing and
technologies to ginning facilities
the farmers will be improved.
through
demonstration,
field day
farmers rally,

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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
group meeting
d. Skill and
knowledge of
cotton
researcher,
extension
workers and
cotton farmers
will be
improved
through
training,
exchange visit,
higher
education etc.
e. Develop
marketing and
ginning
facilities to
improve quality
and market
stability
2. Increase research a.Creating - Funds for procuring equipments, - New and This project
capacity of laboratory Machineries, Furniture are supplied improved has been
Cotton in time and cotton
Development facilities for procurement made as per schedule; varieties are designed for
Board (CDB) every discipline - Funds for well equipments evolved. developing
at all research laboratory rooms, green house, - Modern soil, research
gene bank and other infrastructure crop and pest
farms/centers capabilities of
are released in time management
of CDB; and constructions made as per technologies CDB for
b. Establishing schedule; of cotton are improvement
green houses at - Funds for repair and maintenance generated. of cotton and
of vehicles, furniture, - Well
the research -other infrastructure equipments, facilitating
farms/centers are released in time and repairs Modern participatory
for conducting done as per schedule; laboratories, research.
- Funds for supplies and services are green houses,
research under released in time and procurement gene bank and Through
controlled made as per schedule; libraries are implementatio
environment; -Existing land and other resources of established. n of the
CDB are utilized -Training
c. Developing project
facilities are
knowledge and increased. discipline
skill of wise research
scientists capabilities
through will be
training and developed. By
higher carrying out
education and the above
d. Ensuring mentioned
participation of research and
farmers and technology
extension transfer
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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
personnel in program,
technology sustainable
generation and cotton
dissemination production
processes. practices will
be adopted by
cotton farmers
which in turn,
will increase
the yield of
cotton.

3. Increase cotton a. Char land, Total project cost: BDT 10500.00 - High land of -Bringing new
production in the drought and lakh river bank, areas under
country through saline prone char land,
technological areas will be - Project Personnel-BDT 333.89 drought and cotton
intervention and brought under lakh saline prone cultivation in
area expansion by cotton - Supplies and Services- BDT areas will be the less
improving cultivation 4265.20 lakh brought under
cropping
capacities and within June, - Repair, Maintenance and cotton
capabilities of 2018. Rehabilitation- BDT 840.00 lakh cultivation. intensity areas
Cotton b. Cultivation - Acquisition of Assets- BDT - Cotton of river bank,
Development area of HYV 2690.70 lakh cultivation char land,
Board. and modern - Construction works- BDT will be
varieties will 2210.00 lakh expanded in drought and
be expanded Physical and Price contingency- the Hill slope saline prone
and other BDT 155.20 lakh and Hill areas, Hill
management valley.
technology will - Cotton slopes and
be transfer to cultivation valley’s.;
the farmers will be -Popularize
throughout the expanded in
profitable
project period. the agro-
c. Foundation forestry cotton based
and TLS seed system within cropping
of modern and the Project pattern,
HYV varieties period.
will be - Cotton based intercropping
produced in cropping and cotton
every year system and cultivation in
within the intercropping
Project period. and other the agro
d. Training, cropping forestry system
Higher studies, system will be and other
Study tour, popularized.
cropping
Workshop/Sem - Tobacco will
inar will be be replaced systems;
organized to gradually up -Dissemination
improve HR to June, 2018 of improved
throughout the - Silk cotton
project period. plantation will and modern
e. Central fibre be expanded technologies
technology lab. in the through

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Zonal and homestead demonstration,
regional office, areas. field day,
Unit Office- - About 200 no.
cum-godown, of CDB farmers rally,
Ginning centres officers will training and
will be be trained using other
construct and through
extension
renovate training,
existing higher tools;
infrastructures education, -Producing
and logistics study tour, foundation
within June, exchange
2018. visit, seeds of
f. Vehicles and workshop/sem modern and
other logistics inar/symposiu HYV varieties
will be m home and
provided or abroad. of cotton at
improved About 19200 research
within June, farmers will farms/centers
2018 be trained
of Cotton
g. Ginning through
Machineries, training and Development
HVI Machine exchange Board and TLS
for fibre quality visit. seed through
testing and - 1000 ha block
other demonstration contract
agricultural and 5000 ha farmers at the
machinery will demonstration Zonal level;
be purchased will be
conducted i) Enrich
- 66000 farmers knowledge and
will be skills of
motivated
extension
through field
day and workers
farmers rally. through
- New training, study
technology
will be tour and higher
circulated education;
through ii) Enrich
poster, leaflet,
booklet and skills and
publicity. knowledge of
- 3300 sq m. farmers in
new building
cotton
will be
constructed cultivation
- 7000 sq m. through
new boundary training;
wall be
constructed iii) Build
- Existing close
machineries, collaboration
equipment,
vehicles, and sharing the
infrastructure knowledge and
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 Sl. Goals Targets to Input indicators (resources/policy Output Impact
No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
will be skills of cotton
renovated exparts among
- 1 (One) Jeep,
5 (Five) the cotton
double cabin growing
pickup, 3 countries and
(Three) mini
institutions
truck, 2 (Two)
coaster and through study
130 (One tour, seminar,
Hundred and workshop etc.;
Thirty)
motorcycle -Construct and
will be repair
purchased essential
within the
project period. infrastructures
Equipments of Cotton
and Development
machineries
Board;
for fibre lab.,
ginning and -Improve
cotton logistics,
production capacities and
will be
purchased capabilities of
within June, Cotton
2018. Development
Board to
perform better
extension
activities.
4. a. Research - Skilled Japanese expert -Skilled cotton
capacity cotton Three experts in biotechnology in researcher with -80 thousand
development researcher the areas of cell biology/molecular adequate cotton farmers,
b. Development with biology/microbiology laboratory cotton ginners
of high yielding adequate facilities and textile
cotton genotypes laboratory Training in Japan -High yielding industries in
c. Development facilities - 5 Postdoc cotton varieties Bangladesh
of short duration - High -5 PhD -Short duration will be directly
cotton genotypes yielding -50 short duration training (3-6 cotton varieties benefitted from
- Development cotton moths) -Insect pests and the project.
of insect pests varieties In-country training disease resistant Moreover,
and disease - Short -100 short duration training(1-2 cotton varieties thousands of
resistant duration weeks) -Salt tolerant women
cotton cotton varieties workers in the
genotypes varieties Seminars and workshop garment sector
- Development - Insect pests -1annual seminar/workshop in Japan will be
of salt and disease -2 biennial seminar /workshop in indirectly
tolerant resistant Bangladesh benefitted.
cotton Equipments
varieties
varieties Required equipments to establish a
- Salt tolerant molecular laboratory.
varieties

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
1. Increase in crop 20% yield Agricultural inputs like quality seed, Cereal production National &
production and increase in fertilizer pesticides, and equipments increased up to household food
productivity. different crops distributed. Improving soil health. 34.60 million security
and Cropping metric tons. ensured. Soil
intensity to be health
increase up to improved.
195% in place
of existing
192% .
2. Expansion of 20% non- Distribution of irrigation equipments 20% yield Farmer’s
Irrigated areas irrigated area and creation of irrigation & drainage increase due to income Increase
to be taken facilities. irrigation. in 20% and
under Production cost
irrigation. minimized up to
25%.
3. Combating Awareness has Technology Introduction, training, 100% farmers of Damage or crop
climate change. to be build up awareness, capacity building & the affected area loss minimizing
in to 100% in advocacy. are well aware up to 80% in the
coastal region. about the effect affected area.
Farmers in the of climate change
project area are & they are well
well known to capacitated to
the adaptation adaptation &
& mitigation mitigation
technology. technology
application.
4. Mechanization in At least 25% Distribution of farm machineries Increase crop Production cost
Agriculture farming area to under group approach. yield and decrease and
be taken under minimize labor increase in
mechanized intensiveness. production.
agriculture.
5. Environmental 10% farming Training & motivation towards 100% safe food People to be
safety and area to be taken organic agriculture. production. free from food
organic based under organic based health
crop production. agriculture. hazards.
30% farmers to
use IPM/ICM
production
6. Mainstreaming 20% Motivation & Training Women are well Women farmers
women in participation of aware about are encouraged
agriculture women in improve to lead and
agricultural production occupy decision
activities. technologies. making
position.

7. Strengthening 50% household Motivation, Training & input Awareness to be Food based
urban agriculture in the urban supply developed in the nutrition to be
area to be taken urban ensured &
under roof top households. supply of safe
& fallow land food.
gardening to be
taken under
horticultural
crop

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
production.
8. Ensuring E- ICT based Establishment of ICT network. Rapid Time saving
Agriculture knowledge communication low cost
sharing to be and enhancing technology will
developed. production & enhance crop
productivity. production.
Implementing Agency: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)
Increase crop i) Expansion of i) Installation of irrigation i) 800 nos. of Increase of crop
productivity and irrigated area. equipment and maintenance. irrigation production
production and ii) equipment will resulting
diversification in Consumpting be installed and improve of
Barind Tract use of surface 15000 nos. socio economic
Providing and ground irrigation condition of the
irrigation water. equipment will people and
facilities. iii) Production be maintenance. environmental
& marketing 14400 hectare development
certified seed. land will be got and enhancing
iv) Improving under irrigation. surface water
rural road Which 1.50 lakh use and ground
communication MT of crops will water recharge
. be produce. in the project
v) ii) Rain & runoff water harvesting ii) 700 KM area. Marketing
Afforestation. through re-excavation of canal, derelict khal, 850 facialities of
ponds and construction of nos. ponds, 5 nos. crops will be
submerged weir and rubber dam. of bill and 20 improved for
nos. of large Road
water body will construction
be re-excavated.
250 nos. of Sub-
merged weir and
2 nos. of rubber
dam will be
constructed. Thus
16000 hectare
land will be got
under irrigation.
Which 1.60 lakh
MT of crops will
be produce.
iii) Construction of burried pipe line iii) 1800 KM
water distribution system. burried pipe line
will be
constructed. Thus
approximately
30% of irrigation
water will be
saved from
losses.
iv) Utilization of renewable energy iv) 1500 nos. of
(solar). solar pump will
be installed. Thus
15000 hectare
land will be got
under irrigation.
Which 1.52 lakh
MT of crops will

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
be produce.

v) Afforestation. v) 15 lakh
sampling will be
planted.
vi) Certified seed production & vi) 1500 MT
marketing. Quality seed will
be available for
the farmer.
vii) Rural road construction. vii) 150 KM
Road will be
constructed.
viii) Dug well construction. viii) 675 nos. of
dug well will be
constructed.
ix) Training of farmer and official ix) 30000 nos. of
person for technology transfer. farmer will be
trained up in
agricultural
knowledge.
x) Strengthening of institute. x) Strengthening
of the institute
makes good
service for the
farmer.
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)
1. - Production and Seed Establishment of Seed Seed Production Poverty
supply of high production – Multiplication Farm reduction
yielding varieties 37.00 lakh Seed Distribution
of quality seeds metric ton Food security
of different crops. Seed storage – Seed Processing
36.00 lakh and Storage Nutrition
- Transfer seed metric ton security
production Fruit Fruit Production
technologies and production – Flood control
provide services 3.30 lakh
to the private metric ton Safe drinking
sector for Seed water
development of multiplication
seed industry. farm Agricultural
establishment - development
3 nos.
2. Dehumidified Setup of Dehumidified godown. Unemployment
godown reduction
construction -
50 nos.
3. Modern seed Establishment of Seed testing
testing lab laboratory
establishment -
3 nos.
4. Farmers seed Farmer's Seed Center setup
center
establishment -
10 nos.

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
5. Auto seed Establishment of Auto Seed
processing Processing Plant
plant
establishment-
5 nos.
6. Tissue culture Establishment of Tissue Culture
lab Laboratory
establishment-
10 nos.
7. - Built buffer Fertilizer Fertilizer import Fertilizer
stock of quality import - 55 distribution
fertilizer and lakh metric ton
ensure supply of Fertilizer
fertilizer to the distribution -
farmers. 51 lakh metric
ton
8. Fertilizer Fertilizer godown repair
godown repair-
118 nos.
9. Pre-Fabricated Construction of pre-fabricated steal
steel godown godown
establishment-
14 nos.
10. Increment of Increment capacity of fertilizer
capacity of godown
fertilizer
godown-1.54
to 2.70 lakh
metric ton.
11. - Provide Re excavation Re-excavation of Khal Expansion of
irrigation of Khal - 5500 Irrigation
facilities to the km
farmer through Expansion of
minor irrigation irrigation area -
activities. 5 lakh ha
12. Construction of Construction of surface Irrigation
- Innovation of surface Channel
appropriate irrigation
technologies for channel - 3000
increasing km
13. irrigation Construction of Construction of surface Irrigation
efficiency. sub-surface Channel
irrigation
channel - 500
km
14. Solar energy Installation of solar Energy driven
driver pump Pump
setup - 500
nos.
15. Rubber dam Construction of Rubber Dam
construction -
10 nos.
16. Establishment Setup of Deep Tube Well
of Deep tube
well - 600 nos.
Rehabilitation

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
of Deep tube
well - 700 nos.
17. Construction of Construction of Water retention
water retention structure (Jiri badh)
structure
(Jiribadh)-100
nos.
18. Construction of Construction of Protection dam
protection dam (Bari badh)
(Bari badh) -
170 km
19. Sinking of dug Sinking of dug well
well - 75 nos.
20. Sinking of Sinking of Artisan well
Artisan well -
400 nos.
21. Rubber hose Rubber hose pipe utilization
pipe
connection -
100 km
22. Submerged Submerge ware construction
ware
construction -
100 nos.
23. Water logging Eradication of Water logging
eradication -
3000 ha
24. Low Lift pump Installation of LLP
setup - 800
nos.
25. Irrigation Irrigation control pipe (sanipa)
control pipe
setup - 1000
nos.
26. Automatic Setup of Automatic water level
water level records
recorder
installation -
200 nos.
27. Floating pump Floating pump installation
setup - 50 nos.
28. Hydraulic Construction of Hydraulic structure
structure
construction -
4400 nos.
29. Farmers Farmers training
training -
90000 nos.
Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
1. Procurement of technical 1. 400 technical - 522000 tons of
equipments. equipments certified seeds
2. Increasing transport will be procured. will be
Ensuring crop Field
facilities. 2. 179 vehicles produced.
seed quality certification
3. Field inspection and (motor cycle, -Quality seed
sample collection pick-up and jeep) availability will
4. Modernization of will be be

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
certification tags. procures. increased to
5. Increasing 3. 124500 ha 35%
field will be from 25%.
inspected. - Seed
4. 25000 samples adulteration by
will be fraudulent
collected for traders will
testing be decreased.
4.30000000 - Skilled
Certification tag manpower
with security will be added in
label will be seed
printed and sector
distributed. - Crop
5. Regional and production
district and human
offices will start nutrition
functioning will be
in all divisions increased due
and districts. to release and
6. 2000 furniture registration of
will be high
procured. quality crop
1. Procurement of seed testing 1. 500 technical varieties.
laboratory equipments equipments
2. Establishment of will be procured
dehumidified sample storage 2. 8 dehumidified
rooms. sample
3. Development of seed health storage rooms
testing facilities will be
4. Seed test for purity, moisture and established.
germination 3. Seed health
Seed testing
testing
facilities will be
developed
in 8 seed testing
laboratories
4. 40000 samples
will be tested for
purity, moisture
and germination
1. Collection of seed samples 1. 10000 seed
2. Seed test for purity, dealers will be
moisture and germination inspected
2. 15000 seed
Post harvest samples will
monitoring be collected for
testing
purity, moisture
and
germination
1. Procurement of variety 1. 100 technical
 Variety testing laboratory equipments equipments
releas 2. Increasing facilities for will be procured
e control farm 2. One control
and registration 3. Conduction of DUS, VCU farm will be
and DNA finger-printing tests established
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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
2. Establishment of humidified 3. DUS of 650
cold storage rooms. varieties and
VCU for 500
varieties will
be conducted.
4. 1 humidified
cold storage
will be
established
1. Procurement of training 1. 50 training
equipments equipments
2. Increasing training facilities will be procured
3. Strengthening ICT facilities. 2. Training hall
will be made
well furnished
3. 15000
personnel will be
 Human trained on seed
resource technology
development related fields.
4. Broadband line
will be
set-up
5. ICT
infrastructure
facilities with 3

Agricultural Information Service (AIS)

01 Dissemination of Technology Digitalized Printing machines and Yearly 3 (three) Documentation
Agricultural Transfer Using High quality printing materials millions printing of authentic
Information ICT materials information for
(magazines, stakeholders.
leaflet, booklet, Empowering
Poster etc) farmers through
ICT
Modern electronic studio with stereo Yearly 1000 Effective
sound system, Digital video Camera, video knowledge
Editing panel documentaries sharing and
will be information
developed dissemination
Service Krishi Call Centers (KCC) will be 15 KCCs will be Experts &
through Krishi established in different Agricultural established Farmers linkage
Call Centers Regions, Policies & Guidelines for where 150 established
(KCC) KCC Agricultural
Graduates (crops,
livestock and
fisheries ) will be
recruited,
Annually 3
million calls will
be respond
Early alert of Krishi Radio (community radio) will 14 Krishi radio Technology
agricultural be established in different will be friendly
hazards agricultural regions. established producer
where 140 staffs community

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
will be recruited, developed
At least 30
million people
will be brought
under coverage
Community based Krishi TV and One channel in Knowledge
broadcasting policy southern region, based
Telecasting 24/7 community
hours Agriculture developed
based program, through
At least 100 Advertisement
staffs will be & dissemination
recruited, 20 of different
million coverage agricultural
programs and
technologies
Social networking, software Climate Technology
development, climate resilient films management friendly
and fillers production, guidelines for database (1) producer
knowledge sharing etc. establish, Inter community
Organizational developed
linkage
development
(one initiative),
50 mobile apps

Strengthening Revisit (restructuring) of AIS, 890 skilled Demand led

AIS for Recruitment of Skilled manpower, manpower quality service
information Human resource management delivery,
dissemination Increased yield
in farmer’s field
Well equipped Agriculture 1000 AICCs will Information gap
Information & communication be established, at reduced
center, guidelines for AICCs least 50000
farmers will be
brought under
proper guidance
Development of area specific 14 regional
information repository (knowledge repositories
hub) with networking
up to Upazila
level
Infrastructure and logistics 14 Regional Quality network
Offices will be and information
established delivery system
established

Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM)

1 Improvement of Access to - Value of financial resources - No. of reports - Increase of
agricultural market employed, published producer’s
marketing information - Quantity of person days employed, - No. of information income
services and - ICT equipment engaged dissiminated - Reduction of
agribusiness to - Contracts/Agreements/MOUs with - Number of price spread
ensure fair Tele communication operators stakeholders -
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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
returns to the covered directly
producers and under Mobile
increasing value based Push Service
addition to the - Number of Public
national GDP Display/kiosk
. Systems of Price
information of
agricultural
produces
2 Market access - Value of financial resources - Training and - Increase of
facilitation employed, motivational producer’s
- Quantity of person days employed, tours (1000 nos.) income
- Technical knowledge - Farmers group - Improvement
- Training hour (500 nos.) in enabling
- Market linkage environment
(300 nos.) - Improvement
of marketing
practice, and
performance
3 Support to - Value of financial resources - Agribusiness - Employment
agribusiness employed, Enterprise generation
entrepreneurs - Quantity of person days employed, developed - Increased
- Marketing and credit support (30,000 nos,) agriculrural
- Training hour provided to - Value chain GDP
entrepreneurs developed (100 - Increased
nos.) processing of
agricultural
produces
4 Improvement - Value of financial resources - Markets and - Increase
of marketing employed, assemble centres market
infrastructure - Quantity of person days employed, develped (100 linkage;
- Physical Resources, like land nos.) - Reduction in
- Storage facility post harvest
developed (100 loss,
nos.) - Increasing of
- Cold sorage Farmers’
developed (20 income
nos.)
- Cool van (50
nos.)
5 Improvement - Value of financial resources - Amount of - Reduction of
of market employed, processed food post-harvest
extension - Quantity of person days employed, (5000 MT) loss
services - Technology transfer - Processing - Ensuring
- Processing equipments centre developed safety of
(25 nos.) marketed
- Quality agricultural
certification unit produces
developed (10
nos.)
6 Capacity Value of financial resources - Training (100 - Better
building of employed, nos.) marketing
DAM for better - No of manpower increased - Research Output service
marketing - Training hours employed (10 nos.) delivery
service - Technical knowledge - Nos. of Upazilla
delivery wih DAM field
office
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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
- Nos. of market
covered under
AMIS

Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN)

1. Improved  Awareness  Time 12,000 Improved
nutritional status building of  Training materials Trainees from nutritional
of the people. the people.  Budgetary allocation different GO & status of the
 Manpower NGOs, School people of the
 Evaluation forms Teachers, Imam, country.
UP members,
farmers will be
trained on food
based nutrition
2. Improved  Awareness  Time 10,080  Improved
nutritional status building of  Training materials Trainees from nutritional
of the people the people.  Budgetary allocation different GO & status of the
 Nutritional  Manpower NGOs, School people of the
value  Evaluation forms Teachers, Imam, country.
determinatio  Recruit manpower UP members,  Increased
n.  Skilled manpower for farmers will be employment
 To construct trained on food opportunity
constructing buildings.
buildings based  Improved
for nutrition/quality health
BIRTAN processing and condition of
head office, preservation of the people
regional agro-products/
offices, awareness
research building on the
laboratories, importance of
training nutrition
centers, information.
residential
quarters,
and to
develop
experimenta
l fields and
farms for
the research
activities of
BIRTAN.
3. Improved  Awareness  Time 6000 people of Improved
nutritional status building of  Training materials the country will nutritional
of the people . the people.  Budgetary allocation be benefited status of the
 Manpower people of the
 Evaluation forms country.

4. Improved  Awareness  Time 15000 people of  Increased

nutritional status building of  Training materials the country will Skilled
of the people . the people.  Budgetary allocation be benefited manpower on
  Manpower food and
Nutritional  Evaluation forms nutrition
value  Improved
determinati nutritional
on. status of the

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No. attain changes, etc) indicators indicators
(Measurable)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
people of the
country.
 Increased
employment
opportunity
 Improved
health
condition of
the people

8. Suggest mechanism for improving implementation capacity of the public sector

policies/programs/projects.

Improving implementation capacity is also essential for sustainable development of the public
sector policies/programs/projects. Several quarters of beneficiaries dependable mostly on
agriculture is enjoying the benefits of strengthening sectoral capacity directly or indirectly for
their livelihoods. It is necessary to focus the rural poverty reduction through sustainable
increase in agricultural productivity in all programs/projects. Since the last two decades
agricultural development has ranked to the priority list of government assistance, the country has
attained nearly self sufficiency in food production. However, sector needs more attention in
improving implementation capacity fostering present trend of development. Following
mechanisms are suggested to improve the implementation capacity of the public sector
policies/programs/projects:

 Introducing institutional reform and good governance making both public and private
sector more transparent and accountable to people;
 Rationalizing public expenditure allocation, increasing public investment in infrastructure
and public good services and promoting private investment in agriculture;
 Improving physical facilities of organizations/institutes in the context of present demand of
research, extension and business agriculture;
 Strengthening research-extension-farmers linkages to gear the management capacity of
various levels;
 Developing need based human resources and improving their knowledge and skills for
better performance and outcomes;
 Establishing ICT/MIS and developing web-based platform in research-extension for
database and knowledge sharing for effective coordination and guidance; and
 Introducing results based frameworks for field monitoring and progress assessment through
proper delegation of authority from senior management level.

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