Agriculture and Agro-Ecological Zones in Bangladesh
Agriculture and Agro-Ecological Zones in Bangladesh
Agriculture and Agro-Ecological Zones in Bangladesh
ECOLOGICAL ZONES IN
BANGLADESH
• About 65% of the total population live in
rural areas
• Agriculture contributes about 13% to the
country's GDP (2019)
• About 23% of which is contributed by the
crop sector alone
• About 63% of the labor force is employed in
agriculture
• About 57% being employed in the crop
sector
Affected/Exposed Areas:
•Southern rice
production belt will
be submerged.
Subsistence farming
Young Brahmaputra and Jamuna a) High Jamuna Floodplain; b) Upper Brahmaputra Floodplain;
8.
Floodplain c) Upper Brahmaputra-Jamuna Floodplain
Department
a) Nonsaline: Central Bhola; b) Nonsaline: Meghna Estuary Charland; c)
of Environmental Science and Management
Young Meghna Course No. ENV 203and
18. North South University Nonsaline: North Bhola; d) Saline: Central Bhola; e) Saline: Noakhali, Hatiya
Estuarine Floodplain
a) Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra Project Area; b) High: Old Meghna Estuarine Floodplain;
Old Meghna Estuarine c) Low: Daudkandi-Habiganj; d) Low: Dhaka- Shariatpur-Barisal; e) Low: Eastern
19.
Floodplain Kishoreganj; f) Low: Gopalganj Beels margins; g) Low: Habiganj-North Brahmanbaria;
h) Low: Titas Floodplain; i) Medium Low; j) Very poorly drained: Laksham-Begumganj
Eastern Surma-
20. Eastern Surma-Kushiyara Floodplain
Kushiyara Floodplain
21. Sylhet Basin a) Central and Southern; b) Northern; c) Western
Northern and Eastern a) Northern and Eastern Basins; b) Northern and Eastern Plains and Basins; c)
22.
Piedmont Plain North-western Plains and Basins; d) South Sylhet Piedmont Plains
Chittagong Coastal a) Beach Ridges, Mangrove Swamp and Mud Clay; b) Mangrove Tidal Floodplain;
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Plain c) Piedmont Plains and River Floodplains; d) Young Tidal Floodplain
St Martin’s Coral
24. St. Martin’s Coral Island
Island
25. Level Barind Tract a) Highland and Medium Highland; b) Medium Lowland and Lowland
26. High Barind Tract High Barind Tract
North-eastern Barind a) Mainly poorly drained; b) Mainly well drained; c) Mixed well drained and poorly
27.
Tract drained
28. Madhupur Tract a) Mainly poorly drained level terrace; b) Mainly well drained dissected terrace
Northern and Eastern
29. a) Low hills and Piedmont Plains; b) Mainly high hill ranges; c) Mainly low hills
Hills
30. Akhaura Terrace Akhaura Terrace
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