Agriculture is the largest sector of Bangladesh, employing more than 46% of the total population, contributing 13.50% of the total GDP (BBS, 2018). The sector comprises of crop, livestock, fishery, forestry and many cross-cutting areas. Although, our natural resources are finite and the productivity of land and water are diminishing, nevertheless the agricultural productivity has increased as a result of application of better science and technology and improved management practices. It is our pride that the country for the first time in the history attained food autarky in the year 2000 as a result of spectacular contribution of the large number of professionals engaged in agriculture, the farmers and the policy of the Government. Besides self-sufficiency in the main staples, we have to think about nutrition, macro and micronutrients and safe food. The government already achieved targets of Millennium Development Goals within 2015 and the Honorable Prime Minister of the Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina awarded recognition from United Nations for achieving these goals. The country is now on the way to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by the year 2030 and be a developed country by the year 2041. The two important goals of the SDG are; No Poverty and Zero Hunger. The government has declared different programs to achieve these goals. The members of the Bangladesh Agricultural Economists Association (BAEA) are working closely with the government to achieve these goals. BAEA should revamp its programs to achieve a production level of more than this marginal sufficiency.

Bangladesh Agricultural Economists Association (BAEA) is the apex body of agricultural economists of Bangladesh. Its mandate includes to review agricultural economic and other development policies and programmes, conduct fundamental research on various aspects of economics, train teachers of economics of colleges and universities, train economic reporters of print and electronic media.