This slide is about Agriculture of Bangladesh. it includes the following topics: Characteristics of BD Agriculture Types of Agricultural Crops Crops Calendar of BD Crops Pattern of BD Why pattern varies over the Country Land Use in BD Land Use change Detection Comparative data study Map Study

2. Minaz Hasan Sujan
Reg. No: 2011135004
4th Year 2nd Semester
Department of Geography and Environment
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

3. • Types
• Pattern
• Land Use
• Recent trends
• Policies
• Crop
diversification
 Characteristics of BD Agriculture
 Types of Agricultural Crops
 Crops Calendar of BD
 Crops Pattern of BD
 Why pattern varies over the
Country
 Land Use in BD
 Land Use change Detection
 Comparative data study
 Map Study
• Types
• Pattern
• Land Use

4. A. Agriculture is the largest sector of
employment in Bangladesh
B. Primitive Type of Cultivation
C. Diminishing Fertility of the Soil
D. Small Holding of Land
Economic Sector Male Female Total
Agriculture 15221 (40.18%) 10506 (64.84%) 25727 (47.56%)
Services 15572 (41.11%) 3546 (21.89%) 19119 (35.35%)
Manufacturing 4824 (12.73%) 1907 (11.77%) 6731 (12.44%)
Other Industries 2604 (6.87%) 251 (1.55%) 2855 (5.28%)
Total 37882 (100%) 16202 (100.0%) 54084 (100.0%)
Chart: Employed Person Aged 15+ by Economic Sector – No. &
Percentage (No.000)

5. E. Decreasing Per capital Cultivable Land
F. Cultivation for Livelihood
G. Dependence on Nature
H. Fallow Land
I. Uneven Land
J. Lack of Marketing of Agricultural
Produce

6. • On the Basis of Agricultural Sector
a. Crop and Horticulture
b. Animal Farming
c. Forest and Related Activities
d. Fishing
On the basis of Farming system
a. Arable :Crop
b. Pastoral :Animals
c. Mixed :Crops and animals
d. Subsistence :Grown just for the farmer and his
family
e. Commercial :Grown to sell
f. Intensive :High inputs of labor or capital
usually small
g. Extensive :Low inputs of labor or capital
h. Sedentary :Permanently in in one place
i. Nomadic :The farmers move around to find
new areas to farm

7. Definition
 The acreage distribution of different
crops in any one year in a given farm
area such as a county, water agency, or
farm.
 Thus, a change in a cropping pattern
from one year to the next can occur by
changing the relative acreage of existing
crops, and/or by introducing new crops,
and/or by cropping existing crops.

8. • VIDEO LINK:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfhxieEg4tg

9. Large number of cropping patterns are generally
practiced in Bangladesh, depending on the crop
production environment which is greatly influenced by
land type, soil texture, flooding regimes, rainfall
(amount and distribution) and resource base of the
farmers.
Some dominant cropping patterns under variable crop
production environments are as follows:
Condition Rabi Kharif-I Kharif-II
Rain fed Wheat/Potato/Pulses/Oilseeds
/Sugarcane
Boro Aus/Jute Fallow
Irrigated Wheat/Boro/Wheat/Potato/Tob
acco/Vegetables
Fallow T Aus T Aman Fallow

10. Land Type Cropping Pattern
High 1. Boro - T.Aman - Fallow
2. Potato - Boro (HYV) - T.Aman
3. Pulses - Jute - Fallow
4. Wheat - Kaon - T.Aman
5. Tomato - Aus - Vegetables
Medium 1. Potato - Boro - T.Aman
2. Wheat - T.Aman - Pulses
3. Oilseed - Boro - T.Aman
4. Boro - T.Aman - Mustard
5. Tomato - Aus - Vegetable
Low 1. Potato - Boro B.Aman
2. Boro - T.Aman - Fallow
3. Kaon - T.Aman - Fallow
4. Wheat - Boro - T.Aman
5. Jute - T.Aman - Fallow

11. Major Patterns Determinants
i. Potato - Boro (HYV) -
T.Aman
a. Irrigation facility
b. Maximum return
c. Land suitability
ii. Wheat - Kaon - T.Aman
a. Irrigation facility
b. Credit facility
c. Land suitability
iii. Pulses - Aus -
Vegetables
a. Improving soil
fertility
b. Balanced diet
c. Maximum profit
iv. Wheat - Aus - T.Aman
a. Irrigation facilities
b. Credit facilities
c. Land suitability
v. Boro - T.Aman - Fallow
a. Land suitability
b. Demand of cereal
foods

12. Irrigated conditions
1. Potato - Kaon - T.Aman
2. Boro - T.Aman – Fallow
3. Wheat - Kaon - T.Aman
4. Potato - Boro - T.Aman
5. Tomato - Aus - T.Aman
6. Pulses - Aus – Fallow
Lowland conditions
1. Wheat - T.Aman – Fallow
2. Boro - T.Aman – Fallow
3. Potato - Boro – Aus
4. Aus - T.Aman – Fallow
5. Kaon - T.Aman – Fallow
6. Boro (HYV) - Fallow – Fallow
Upland conditions
1. Mustard - Kaon - T.Aman
2. Potato - Kaon - T.Aman
3. Spices - T.Aman – Fallow
4. Wheat - Vegetable - T.Aman
5. Pulses - Aus - T.Aman
6. Wheat - Jute - T.Aman

15. AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
DEFINITION
 Land use is the human use of land.
 Land use involves the management and
modification of natural environment or wilderness
into built environment such as settlements and
semi-natural habitats such as arable fields,
pastures, and managed woods.
 Agricultural land use means the use of land in
search of agri products.
 It includes any type of land area that are used in
agricultural purpose to cultivate or husband.

16. No. Classificati
on
Dry Season Wet Season
1 Rivers 12800 15400
2 Water
Bodies
8490 19500
3 Forest 39210 39210
4 Agriculture 155200 117000
5 Brackish
water
aquaculture
1900 1900
6 Salt beds 50 50
7 Rural build
up
14000 14000
8 Non-
cropped
village land
16800 16800
9 Urban 7000 7000
10 Infrastructu
re
2100 2100

17. 0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
Dry
Seaso
n