Agriculture of Bangladesh
Total Area: 143,998 sq km
Land Area: 130,168 sq km
Water Area: 13,830 sq km
Climate Description: tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Terrain Description: mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
Arable Land Use: 52.97%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 6.25%
Irrigated Land: 50,500 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 1,227 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 35.87 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 238.3 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards Description: droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
Environmental Current Issues: many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation
Total Labor Force: 78.62 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 47%
Agricultural Products Description: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Land Area: 130,168 sq km
Water Area: 13,830 sq km
Climate Description: tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Terrain Description: mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
Arable Land Use: 52.97%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 6.25%
Irrigated Land: 50,500 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 1,227 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 35.87 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 238.3 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards Description: droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
Environmental Current Issues: many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation
Total Labor Force: 78.62 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 47%
Agricultural Products Description: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
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