Published 04 Feb,2021 via The Financial Express - Rice production has largely become a losing agro-venture for the country's peasantry for the past two and a half decades, according to a latest official study.
Real effective prices of both paddy and rice declined by around 2.0-3.0 per cent during every harvesting seasons of Aman and Boro seasons since 1995, the study noted.
The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) study also said production costs have been increasing annually by 3.0 per cent on average since 2009.
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