Impact of Some Climatic Variables on the Yields of Boro Rice in Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh is primarily an Agriculture based country and its economy largely depends on theagriculture. Weather and climate are key determinants of the productivity of crops grown inan agrarian country like Bangladesh. Boro rice constitutes a large share in the domestic foodgrain of the country. Sometimes its production affected by some climatic factors. Therefore,the objective of this research was to determine the likely climatic factors for Boro riceproduction in Bangladesh. In this study we employed traditional OLS method and recentBootstrap technique to identify the influential climatic factors on Boro rice production. Ourstudy revealed that the considered variables rainfalls (RAIN), maximum temperature (MAX),minimum temperature (MIN) and wind speed (WIND) have significant effect on Boro riceproduction both by OLS and Bootstrap method. Bootstrap method exhibits lower standarderrors in comparison to the OLS method indicating that this estimate could be useful in Bororice production of Bangladesh. The messages from this study could be useful for the policymakers of the country.