budget allocation for agriculture

FY2025-26 Budget / The budget was a missed chance to honour the revolution

This budget failed to redefine the role of the state and mark a departure from inequality and patronage.

Agri budget not enough to ensure food security: experts

The government has proposed a 3.55 percent rise in the budget allocation for agriculture, food, livestock and fisheries in the next fiscal year, setting aside Tk 39,620 crore..But agro-economists say the increase is far from sufficient to ensure the country’s long-term food security..<p

Agriculture should get top priority in budget: economists

About 40 percent of the population is now dependent on agriculture for jobs and that is why the government should not divert its attention from this sector at this time of austerity, said ‍Binayak Sen, director general of BIDS.

June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025

The budget was a missed chance to honour the revolution

This budget failed to redefine the role of the state and mark a departure from inequality and patronage.

June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025

Agri budget not enough to ensure food security: experts

The government has proposed a 3.55 percent rise in the budget allocation for agriculture, food, livestock and fisheries in the next fiscal year, setting aside Tk 39,620 crore..But agro-economists say the increase is far from sufficient to ensure the country’s long-term food security..<p

May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024

Agriculture should get top priority in budget: economists

About 40 percent of the population is now dependent on agriculture for jobs and that is why the government should not divert its attention from this sector at this time of austerity, said ‍Binayak Sen, director general of BIDS.