Rural Employment Sector of Bangladesh

Q. Give a general view about rural employment sector of Bangladesh?

In rural Bangladesh there are both farming and non-farming sectors and both the sectors contribute in the country’s GDP. The farming sectors include- agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forestry. The rural non-farm economy is a very important part of rural Bangladesh. It accounts for a large proportion of the total rural employment and the total rural income. This will continue to increase over time. From the point of view of rural development, rural non-farm enterprises provide important sources of employment and income to women as well as to the poor small and landless farmers. So, rural employment generated from these two sectors - agricultural and non-agricultural. Agricultural employment is mainly rural/land based crop and livestock farming, including fish culture, forestry and rural employment generated thereof in marketing and processing. Non-agricultural employment on the other hand is defined as the mainly urban based largely encompassing service sub-sector employment, formal and informal manufacturing and large-scale enterprises. There is often a close linkage between the two broad categories especially in developing countries where non-agricultural activities play a major role in complementing the activities of agricultural marketing and processing enterprises. Employment generated by agricultural marketing and processing incorporates those labour-using activities that procure process and market farm produce.