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Price monitoring and analysis country brief - Bangladesh

Year of publication 2012

Author Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division

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Category Other document

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Synopsis (short abstract) Rice prices decreased in the recent months thanks to good Aman and Aus production, while wheat prices continued to rise. Localized food insecurity persists. International agencies agree on a high prevalence of hunger and the need to assist people in the south west that were affected by the floods, with food and non-food items. Floods have caused extensive damages to the agricultural sector, seriously affecting some 1.3 million people. The Government provides incentives to farmers through procurement from the domestic market to amid a continued fall in prices of both rice and paddy.

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