1. Bangladesh is a developing country. Agriculture plays an important role in the economic development of the country. External debt alone cannot ensure full development and therefore, we have to depend more on our own local resources. Extensive development of agriculture can easily provide necessary fund for the national upliftment.
2. Agriculture also supplies raw materials for industry. Agriculture and industry, therefore, cannot be looked in isolation. The country needs be agriculturally developed before it is to be developed industrially.
3. Necessary food for our increasing population comes from agriculture. If production is not widely increased, famine may appear and if famine is met by importing food from outside the country, development activities of the nation may jeopardize.
4. Government income is intimately connected with the development of agriculture. Government treasury becomes rich with the increased production of the country and revenue/tax including the area one can also be easily collected form the people.
5. The volume of expo-import and trade increase with the increase of production. Transportation and communication facilities also increase. The circulation of money rises and internal commercial transactions also increase. More investment takes place and inflationary pressure reduces.
6. Agriculture contributes very significantly in international trade. We can raise our national income by exporting adequate raw materials for different industries, vegetables, fish and other food stuff.
7. About 42.40 percent people of our total population have been able to employ themselves in agriculture. About 80 percent of the people residing in the rural areas are employed in this sector.
8. Bi-products of agriculture are used as food for the cattle and these are treated as contributing factors for raising cattle resources.
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