In Bangladesh, mechanization—particularly tractor use for land preparation—has grown, despite the country’s having one of the smallest average farm sizes in the region and a historically large rural labor force.

This paper examined the benefits of key crop production decisions for rural livelihoods across Bangladesh in order to suggest ways in which producers can increase returns to crop production.

Custom hiring of labor- and cost-saving agricultural machinery services is increasingly common in South Asia.

Climate change, coupled with high levels of poverty and population density, is a substantial threat to sustainable development in Bangladesh.

It is widely acknowledged that unmitigated risks provide a disincentive for otherwise optimal investments in modern farm inputs.

This note synthesizes one of the two study tour reports written by the participating African officials.

Past agricultural mechanization efforts in Ghana and Nigeria have focused more on the styles of machinery used in western countries or Latin America, where average farm sizes are much larger.

The findings highlight the importance of investment in institutional credibility as a precondition to attract women farmers to sign up for WII, particularly in an investment environment characterized by poor governance and weak institutional accou

This paper investigates the relationship between adoption of modern rice varieties and rice varietal diversity on household farms in Bangladesh.

Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of

A cross-country comparison using the Net-map method

Efforts to unlock the genetic potential of both rice and fish, when combined with efforts to improve the management of rice–fish systems, have considerable proven potential for increasing agricultural productivity and food security.