date:Jan 23, 2019
Although vegetable production in Bangladesh increased by 35.24 percent over the last five years, for various reasons the consumption rate is still poor.
According to officials at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DoAE), some 26 million tons of vegetables were produced in 2017-18 from 1,169,326 hectares of land. This number was 19.4 million tons in 2013-2014, from 9,68827 hectares.
An additional 26.5 million tons of vegetables were produced in 2017-18 compared to 2016-17. 19.9 million t