Economy Growth Of Pabna District

• Main occupations: Agriculture 34%, agricultural farm-hands 22.77%, wage labourer 4.46%, transport 2.18%, weavers 2.85%, commerce 13.27%, service 7.26% and others 13.21%.
• Land control: Among the peasants 29% are landless peasants, 49% small, 18% intermediate and 4% rich.
• Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 15500 per 0.01 acre.
• Crops: Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane, oil seeds, onion, garlic, betel leaf (paan), pulses.
• Extinct or nearly extinct crops: Indigo, sesame, linseed, cereals like kaaun and cheena, and orhor pulses.
• Fruits: Mango, jackfruit, banana, lychee (lichu), coconut, guava, pomelo and papaya.
• Fisheries, dairies & poultries: Dairies 1069, fisheries 88, poultry 714, hatcheries 37.
• Industries: Pakshey paper mill, sugar mill, cotton mill, jute press, edible oil mill, Square Pharmaceuticals, biscuit factory, most prominent rice industry is Purbasha Automatic Rice mills Ltd. inIshwardi and flour mill (Rouf and sons Flour Mill), ice factory, welding, saw mill, cold storage. The SQUARE group established several factories in the district, namely pharmaceuticals, spices, food, toiletries and textile, and converting the agricultural economy of Pabna to an industrial society.
• Cottage industries: Hand loom, bamboo and caneworks, blacksmith, goldsmith, potteries, woodworks and tailoring.
• Main exports: Rice, jute, betel leaf, hosiery goods, cotton, cotton fabrics.
• Active NGOs are: BRAC, CARE, ASA, Grameen Bank, Caritas, Proshika, Shomota, Thengamaara Mohila Shobuj Shongho (TMSS) and Polli Progoti, ASEAB, BOSS.