Emerging Scenario and the Need for Renewed Attention to the Agriculture Sector in the BIMSTEC Region In spite of its declining share in the GDP, agriculture continues to remain a crucially important sector in all the BIMSTEC economies. [...] Particularly in the backdrop of the Covid pandemic, the importance of the sector from the perspective of ensuring availability and access to food and food security has been revealed and reinforced 3 Exploring Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture and Value Addition in BIMSTEC Region by the unfolding reality of the pandemic times. [...] 6 Exploring Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture and Value Addition in BIMSTEC Region Particularly for countries in the region such as Bangladesh, which are amongst the most climate affected countries in the world, the importance of learning in areas of cropping intensity, climate-resilient production practices, climate-impacted adoption and mitigation and, in short, in areas of sustainable agri. [...] State of Intra-regional Trade in Agriculture in the BIMSTEC Region In general, the degree of openness6 of BIMSTEC economies, indicating trade integration of an economy, is considerably high; however, there are wide variations in the indicator among the BIMSTEC members. [...] It was argued that in view of the Covid experience and the attendant food security concerns, food price hikes in the backdrop of imported inflation and the ongoing Russia -Ukraine conflicts with its supply-chain disruptions, the importance of taking a fresh look at widening and deepening of intra-regional trade in the BIMSTEC region can not be overemphasised.
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