Bangladesh is an agro-based country. Agriculture is the second largest producing sector of the economy. A huge population of Bangladesh earns their living from agriculture. The performance of this sector has a huge impact on employment generation, poverty reduction, food security and mostly food grain production. Therefore, economy of the country is hugely dependent on it.

The main food crops of Bangladesh are rice, jute, wheat, tea, sugarcane etc. Other food crops, however, are grown chiefly for the domestic market. Bangladesh is the fourth largest rice producing country in the world. The climate of Bangladesh is most suitable for the production of rice. Fertile and alluvial soil, sufficient rainfall, temperature of the environment, much labor force etc. contributes to the huge production of rice. Thus it has huge demand both in national and international markets as rice is the staple food of our country. Wheat is not a traditional crop in Bangladesh, and in the early times little was consumed in rural areas. Tea is grown in the northeast because of Bangladesh's fertile soil. Tea gardens are situated in hilly regions of Sylhet, Comilla and Chittagong hill tracts. They grow well on the slope of the hills where there is much rainfall but no water stands. Sugarcane is mostly processed into a coarse, unrefined sugar known as “gur”, and sold domestically. There are other crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. Some wheat producers have switched to cultivation of maize which is used mostly as poultry feed.

To get proper benefits from all these crops which are the natural resources of our country, we must maintain them well. These include better flood control and irrigation, a generally more efficient use of fertilizers, and the establishment of better distribution and rural credit networks.Educating the farmers about cultivation is also very important.

So there are a number of important crops in Bangladesh which have major contributions to the economy of Bangladesh. These are creating chances of employment and increasing the standard of living. So such facilities must be increased so that we can stand as a developed country in the world.


Explanation :
*agro-based- কৃষিভিত্তিক
* Agriculture- কৃষি
* economy- অর্থনীতি
*impact- প্রভাব
* poverty- দারিদ্র্য
* domestic- গার্হস্থ্য
* alluvial- পাললিক
* staple- প্রধানতম
*consume- eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).
*slope- ঢাল
* coarse- অমসৃণ
*irrigation- সেচ
*contribution- অবদান