Last update: August 12, 2023
Summary table
ISO 3166-1 codes | Alpha 2: BD, Alpha 3: BGD, Numeric: 50 |
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Administrative units | Divisions, districts, upazilas, unions |
Agricultural seasons | Kharif (Apr-Sep), Rabi (Oct-Mar), Boro (Dec-March) |
Major crops | Rice, jute, wheat, sugarcane, tea |
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Survey method: Major crops are surveyed using direct observation of agricultural fields and facilities. All other crops are surveyed by interviewing farmers about recent planting/harvesting activity.
Sampling locations: Approximately 10,000 sampling locations are used, visited four times a year, to estimate agricultural data.
Crop calendar: Bangladesh has a well-defined crop calendar, and surveyors use this to accurately capture each crop's production and area planted.
Yield calculation: When ‘Yields’ are provided by the Agricultural Yearbook sources, they are calculated by precisely measuring a small subset of the sampling locations. When Yields have not been provided, they are calculated based on reported area and production.
Crop variants: In some cases, different crop variants were tracked in source documents, but only Total Crop figures are reported by FEWS NET. Source documents report Local, Pajam, Broadcast, HYV for Aman Rice; Broadcast, Local Transplanted, and HYV for Aus Rice; Local, HYV, and Hybrid for Boro Rice; Local, HYV, and Indian for Potato.
Data entry procedures
NA: The crop was not grown this year.
NC: Data was not collected by the source for this crop in this year.
0: No area yield or quantity produced.
Data correction
Steps have been taken to identify and correct flagrant errors in the data, such as misalignments, typos, and misreported figures.
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