| Agriculture
:
Sector
highlights :
- Agriculture accounts
for 19.49% of GDP and employs over 63% of work
force.
- Government is
keen to implement National Agricultural Policy.
- In 2000-2001,
agriculture experienced a growth of 6.04%.
- Government,
as part of the investment policy is promoting
agro-based industry and declared it as a priority
sector.
The
Government continues to support the agricultural
sector through a number of policy interventions,
with the ultimate view to t promoting food self-sufficiency
as envisaged in the Fifth Five Year Plan (1997-2002).
However,
the non-crop sector, which includes livestock
and fisheries, seems to have performed much better,
on account of private sector initiatives.
Bangladesh is in the process of a transition from
a predominantly agrarian economy to an industrial
and service economy. The private sector is playing
an increasingly active role in the economic life
of the country, while the public sector concentrates
more on the physical and social infrastructure. |
