Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 5.7
Distribution of foodgrains under the Public Food
Distribution System (million tons)
Year
Rice
Wheat
Total
Pre-reform period
1982/83
0.50
1.44
1.94
1983/84
0.50
1.55
2.05
1984/85
0.40
2.16
2.56
1985/86
0.37
1.17
1.54
1986/87
0.50
1.63
2.13
1987/88
0.47
2.03
2.50
1988/89
0.69
2.25
2.94
1989/90
0.68
1.48
2.16
1990/91
0.97
1.40
2.37
1991/92
0.76
1.59
2.35
Average
0.58
1.67
2.25
Total
5.84
16.70
22.54
Postreform period
1992/93
0.48
0.59
1.07
1993/94
0.35
1.03
1.38
1994/95
0.33
1.24
1.57
1995/96
0.59
1.20
1.79
1996/97
0.74
0.65
1.39
1997/98
0.53
1.09
1.62
1998/99
0.88
0.88
1.76
1999/2000
0.98
0.78
1.76
2000/01
0.65
0.80
1.45
2001/02
0.76
0.66
1.42
Average
0.63
0.89
1.52
Total
6.29
8.92
15.21
Savings
-0.45
7.78
7.33
SOURCE
: Data from Food Policy and Monitoring Unit, Government of
Bangladesh.
uted. On this basis, the quantity saved is 7.33 million tons during the postreform
era, which is nearly the same as the quantity distributed by the PFDS.
The savings associated with private-sector imports also need to be ex-
plained in the context of the postreform era (Table 5.9). The resultant savings
for government on this account are estimated at 3.22 million tons of grain over
10 years (1992/93 to 2001/02) or US$442 million, which translates to an an-
nual savings of US$44 million.
5
5. Savings estimated based on the same formula used for calculating associated savings from
public food distribution (Table 5.7).
