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Researcher : Abdul Mannan
Sugar industry of Bangladesh is now passing through
a serious crisis of underproduction due to shortage
of sugarcane both for reduced production and supply.
This is an import-substitute industry of the country.
Livelihoods of about 5 million members of the sugarcane
farmers, sugar mills' workers and traders are directly
associated with the activities of the sugar industries
of the country. Specific objectives of the study are
to : (i) identify the causes recent crisis of the sugarcane
farmers and sugar industry of Bangladesh; (ii) to evaluate
the impacts if this crisis on the social and socio-psychological
as well as on the family lives of the sugarcane farmers;
and (iii) to identify the measures to overcome these
problems of sugarcane farmers and sugar industry of
Bangladesh.
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