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FROM: N. N. Singh<br />

Q. 1. The requirement <strong>of</strong> water for growing rabi maize (350 mm) seems to be too low. Is it<br />

based on data or your observation?<br />

2. Area in Bangladesh is going down and you said that <strong>the</strong>re is scope to increase due to<br />

industrial demand. How much maize is imported every year to know <strong>the</strong> realistic demand?<br />

A. 1. The estimated crop water demand for maize in <strong>the</strong> rabi season (350 mm) is not too low<br />

and is surely based on rel iable data and not on my observations.<br />

2. At present, <strong>the</strong>re is trend towards an increase in acreage <strong>of</strong> maize in Bangladesh.<br />

There is a demand for it in <strong>the</strong> poultry and livestock sector as feed and fodder. Also demand<br />

exists in <strong>the</strong> industrial sector viz. <strong>the</strong> confectionery factories etc. According to <strong>the</strong> Bangla­<br />

- desh Bureau <strong>of</strong> Statistics report <strong>of</strong> 1988-89, <strong>the</strong> amount imported that year was only 3197 kg.<br />

Presents statistics <strong>of</strong> imports.<br />

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