Abstract

GIS in mapping underperforming areas for agricultural technology innovations
Track: Agriculture
Authors: Malek Mohammad Abdul

To foster agricultural productivity and rural growth in agriculturally dominant economy like Bangladesh, technology innovations need to be brought together with systematic and location-specific actions related to technology needs, agricultural systems, ecological resources and poverty characteristics to overcome the barriers that economic, social, ecological and cultural conditions can create. For this purpose, underperforming areas, i.e. rural areas in which the prevalence of poverty and other dimensions of marginality are high and agricultural potential is also high can be identified where most productivity gains through appropriate agricultural technology innovations can be achieved. The mapping tool of GIS has been used to identify potential areas with high prevalence of societal and spatial marginality-- based on proxies for marginality dimensions representing different spheres of life and underutilized agricultural potential areas at sub-district level. Those areas requires appropriate agricultural technology innovation program for inclusive poverty reduction and sustainable growth in agriculture.