Agriculture in Bangladesh ― Recent Trend and Agroenvironment toward Sustainability

Summary. Bangladesh is an agriculture-based country whose 85% people depends on agriculture for their daily livelihood.Soil fertility and agro ecological condition in favorable for growing a large number crops. Recently the land productivity is declining due to HYV (High Yielding Variety productionintensive croppingand indiscriminate use of fertilizerspesticides and water irrigation. Dependence on agrochemicals leads the negative effect on environment and causes natural-health hazards. Practicing IPM (Integrated pest managementhelps to grow healthy crops and improve environment and community health.This is a reviewed paper based on secondary data(year 1994 to 2000 published in different literatures focusing recent agricultural trends and agrochemicals use profile of Bangladesh in context of sustainable agriculture. Key word:Bangladesh;sustainable agriculture;agrochemicals;integrated pest manage‑