Agricultural Mechanization in Bangladesh: Statusand Challenges towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

摘要

Bangladesh is predominantly an agrarian country with agriculture is the most important sector. Varieties of crops cultivated in large quantities in the country due to its fertile land and favorable weather. Mechanization is an essential input in the agriculture of any country. For increasing crop production and reducing field losses, mechanization is inevitable in the agriculture of Bangladesh. This review article has focused the present status, challenges, and prospects of agricultural mechanization towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. At the beginning, the article has overviewed the presents status and trends, later-the impact of agricultural mechanization and the status of precision farming. Finally, the challenges and prospects of sustainable agricultural mechanization have been discussed. The major findings of this study are as follows: Government has taken a mega project to handover huge numbers of farm machineries through subsidy program; Government of Bangladesh is trying to patronize local machinery manufacturers for more productive and self-dependent; all levels stakeholders are giving significant effort to accelerate ag- ricultural mechanization; employment opportunity of relevant human resources in DAE and other organizations has been started which will be enhanced farm mechanization; researches on smart farming system, agro-entrepreneurship and handling of modern farm machines in the field level has been considered especially; private organizations are importing demand based machines and providing credit loan system; national agricultural mechanization policy in alignment with SDGs has been approved recently which will be an appropriate guideline for implementation of modern farming system in Bangladesh.