Published 19 Feb,2021 via The Financial Express - Despite its healthy state in the early phase of the Covid-pandemic, the agriculture sector of Bangladesh was confronted with multiple challenges as the pandemic started to tighten its grip on the economy over the subsequent period. This had adverse implications for an early recovery of the sector, although the level and range of impacts varied across agricultural products and agro-based industries. This article examines the state of recovery of agriculture and agro-based industries by analysing performance of related indicators including distribution of agricultural and non-farm credit and production and export of agricultural products.
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