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Bangladesh
Other Food Crops
Bangladesh
Other Food Crops
Food grains are cultivated primarily for subsistence. Only a
small percentage of total production makes its way into commercial
channels. Other Bangladeshi food crops, however, are grown chiefly
for the domestic market. They include potatoes and sweet potatoes,
with a combined record production of 1.9 million tons in FY 1984;
oilseeds, with an annual average production of 250,000 tons; and
fruits such as bananas, jackfruit, mangoes, and pineapples.
Estimates of sugarcane production put annual production at more
than 7 million tons per year, most of it processed into a coarse,
unrefined sugar known as gur, and sold domestically.
Data as of September 1988
