The state of food security in Bangladesh : an econometric analysis

The main concern of this paper is to examine the food availability, self-sufficiency rate and food gap situation in Bangladesh. Attempt has been made to estimate food gaps between production and requirement for the last ten years. Future productions of rice and wheat have been forecasted by using ap...

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Hlavní autoři: Akhter, Yesmin, Rahman, Pk. Md. Motiur
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: BRAC University 2013
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spelling 10361-26162019-09-29T05:48:23Z The state of food security in Bangladesh : an econometric analysis Akhter, Yesmin Rahman, Pk. Md. Motiur Food Security Self-Sufficiency Rate Food Gap Forecasting of Food Production and Requirement. The main concern of this paper is to examine the food availability, self-sufficiency rate and food gap situation in Bangladesh. Attempt has been made to estimate food gaps between production and requirement for the last ten years. Future productions of rice and wheat have been forecasted by using appropriate econometric methods such as ARIMA and Holt’s linear smoothing parameter approach. Forecasting of future food grain availability, food grain requirement and food gaps between production and requirement from 2007/08 to 2015/16 has been made. Finally some recommendations which would be helpful for improving the food security situation in Bangladesh have been suggested. 2013-06-12T10:34:52Z 2013-06-12T10:34:52Z 2012 Article http://hdl.handle.net/10361/2616 en BRAC University Journal, BRAC University;Vol. 9, No. 1 & 2, 2012, p. 5-13 application/pdf BRAC University
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topic Food Security
Self-Sufficiency Rate
Food Gap
Forecasting of Food Production and Requirement.
spellingShingle Food Security
Self-Sufficiency Rate
Food Gap
Forecasting of Food Production and Requirement.
Akhter, Yesmin
Rahman, Pk. Md. Motiur
The state of food security in Bangladesh : an econometric analysis
description The main concern of this paper is to examine the food availability, self-sufficiency rate and food gap situation in Bangladesh. Attempt has been made to estimate food gaps between production and requirement for the last ten years. Future productions of rice and wheat have been forecasted by using appropriate econometric methods such as ARIMA and Holt’s linear smoothing parameter approach. Forecasting of future food grain availability, food grain requirement and food gaps between production and requirement from 2007/08 to 2015/16 has been made. Finally some recommendations which would be helpful for improving the food security situation in Bangladesh have been suggested.
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