Escalation of Real Wages in Bangladesh: Is it the Beginning of Structural Transformation?

Zhang, Xiaobo; Rashid, Shahidur; Ahmad, Kaikaus; Ahmed, Akhter U.

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.015

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“…Combined with high poverty levels, these factors exert a strong influence on vulnerability in coastal Bangladesh, highlighting the importance of adaptation and risk-reduction measures (Akter and Mallick, 2013). Shareholder cropping is also common, as are labor shortages from increasing seasonal migration where farmers seek more remunerative urban employment (MOA and FAO, 2013, Zhang et al, 2014). Wages earned through non-agricultural labor and remittances are an important source of revenue in Bangladesh, and are commonly re-invested in rural communities, which supports their development (Zhang et al, 2014).…”

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“…Shareholder cropping is also common, as are labor shortages from increasing seasonal migration where farmers seek more remunerative urban employment (MOA and FAO, 2013, Zhang et al, 2014). Wages earned through non-agricultural labor and remittances are an important source of revenue in Bangladesh, and are commonly re-invested in rural communities, which supports their development (Zhang et al, 2014). Turner and Ali (1996) demonstrated that farm labor demand and drudgery limits smallholders’ interest in increasing production beyond immediate household needs in Bangladesh.…”

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Sustainable crop intensification through surface water irrigation in Bangladesh? A geospatial assessment of landscape-scale production potential

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Sustainable crop intensification through surface water irrigation in Bangladesh? A geospatial assessment of landscape-scale production potential

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“…Due to migration of labor in nonagricultural sectors, shortage of labor and cost for paddy harvesting are serious problems in peak harvesting season. Zhang et al (2014) mentioned about a progressive shrinking of rural labor availability, as workers migrate to cities or abroad to engage in more remunerative employment, particularly in the garments and construction sectors. Timely harvesting operation of paddy is a crucial and important process for quantity, quality and production cost of paddy.…”

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“…Meisner et al (1997) showed that a reaper is 14 times more efficient than a daily laborer in cutting and placing cereals in the field. Appropriate farm mechanization has been emphasized as an important policy and development goal in Bangladesh (Mandal, 2002(Mandal, , 2014Zhang et al, 2014). So, suitable machinery, especially harvesting machinery, is a crying need to increase production with less drudgery.…”

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Performance evaluation of modified BAU self-propelled reaper for paddy

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J Bangladesh Agric Univ

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ARTICLE INFO Article history:Bangladesh has an agrarian economy in which paddy is the dominant crop. Significant amount of field losses of paddy occurs every year due to natural calamities and shortage of time during harvesting period. During this study, a modification was done on locally developed BAU self-propelled reaper and its performance was compared with manual harvesting system of paddy. Several experiments were conducted in Boro paddy (April-May 2017) and Aman paddy harvesting (November-December 2017) at BAU farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University after necessary modification works in the workshop. An experiment was also conducted on Aman paddy in 2017 at BAU farm for determining manual harvesting cost. The technical and economic performances of the modified BAU self-propelled reaper were determined based on the field experiments. Results reveal that average fuel consumption, effective field capacity and field efficiency were 2.71 L/ha, 0.255 ha/h and 77.27%, respectively for the modified BAU self-propelled reaper, and 2.88 L/ha, 0.25 ha/h and 75.76%, respectively for the existing BAU selfpropelled reaper. These results indicated that field performances of modified BAU self-propelled reaper were better than that of the existing BAU reaper. Paddy harvesting cost was found 916 Tk/ha for modified BAU self-propelled reaper and 9200 Tk/ha for manual harvesting system. Benefit cost ratio of the modified BAU self-propelled reaper was 2.18. Considering the technical and economic performances, modified BAU self-propelled reaper was found suitable than the existing BAU reaper. So, the modified BAU self-propelled reaper may be introduced in Bangladesh in commercial basis.

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“…agricultural production economical. Yet evidence indicates a progressive shrinking of rural labor availability, as workers migrate to cities or abroad to engage in more remunerative employment, particularly in the garments and construction sectors (Zhang et al, 2014). Projections also indicate that rice and wheat production will need to increase by 0.4 and 2.17% per year, to keep pace with the additional two million population added annually (Mainuddin and Kirby, 2015).…”

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Assessment of paddy harvesting practices of Southern Delta Region in Bangladesh

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Paddy in Bangladesh is an important cereal crop for national food security. Harvesting is the process of collecting mature paddy from the field. Timely harvesting operation is known as crucial and influential processes on quantity, quality and production cost of paddy. The aim of the study was to assess the manual and mechanical harvesting systems of paddy in southern delta region of Bangladesh in terms of labor cost, infield harvesting losses, and time required for harvesting. Several experiments were conducted to compare mechanical and manual harvesting systems. Mechanical harvesting of Aman paddy (November-December 2016) and Boro paddy (April-May 2017) was conducted using two models of reaper and a mini-combine harvester at Dumuria and Wazirpur Upazilas of Khulna and Barisal districts, respectively. An experiment was also conducted at the same locations to determine labor requirement and time for harvesting paddy manually. To determine manual harvesting loss, an experiment was conducted at BAU farm, Mymensingh. Total cost savings in paddy harvesting were found 52% and 37% for mini-combine harvester and reaper, respectively over manual harvesting system. Similarly, labor savings using mini-combine harvester and reaper were found 65% and 52%, respectively over manual harvesting system. The total harvesting losses (including harvesting, threshing and cleaning) were also found 1.24%, 4.22% and 6.36% for using mini-combine, reaper and manual harvesting systems, respectively. The results indicated that manual harvesting is a slow and cost involving system. On the other hand, lack of awareness among farmers about the benefits of mechanical harvesting system and lack of skill manpower for operating and servicing harvesters are major barriers for adopting mechanized harvesting system in southern delta region. This study revealed that mechanical harvesting of paddy using either reaper or mini-combine harvester will assist to strengthen food security in southern delta of Bangladesh. Progressive Agriculture, Vol. 30, Suppl. 1: 57-64, 2019

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Escalation of Real Wages in Bangladesh: Is it the Beginning of Structural Transformation?

Cited by 56 publications

References 18 publications

Sustainable crop intensification through surface water irrigation in Bangladesh? A geospatial assessment of landscape-scale production potential

Sustainable crop intensification through surface water irrigation in Bangladesh? A geospatial assessment of landscape-scale production potential

Performance evaluation of modified BAU self-propelled reaper for paddy

Assessment of paddy harvesting practices of Southern Delta Region in Bangladesh

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