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The young and educated farmer Key to revolutionised agriculture
If you have bought locally grown strawberries, or dragon fruit, or the out of season bottle gourd, and the luscious Thai guava all year round, you are already a beneficiary of the silent agri-revolution happening in Bangladesh. For any observant consumer, the leaps and bounds advancement in food crop production needs no explaining, as well as its contribution to improved livelihoods and reduced poverty. According to the World Bank, agriculture accounted for 90 percent of the reduction in poverty in the five-year span from 2005, and food grain production in the country tripled between 1972 and 2014, demonstrating a growth rate second only to China.