Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment

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dc.creatorMahzab, Moogdho
dc.creatorBakhtiar, M. Mehrab
dc.creatorMattsson, Martin
dc.creatorAnowar, Md Sadat
dc.date2025-12-22
dc.date2025-12-22T20:02:30Z
dc.date2025-12-22T20:02:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:30:16Z
dc.descriptionBangladesh’s brick kiln industry plays a critical role in supplying construction materials for rapid urbanization. However, the sector remains largely informal and weakly regulated, with widespread extraction of fertile topsoil and substantial emissions of particulate matter and black carbon. These practices raise growing concerns about long-term environmental degradation, agricultural productivity, and food security. This policy brief summarizes new national-scale evidence on the impacts of brick kiln expansion on agricultural productivity in Bangladesh. Using satellite-based vegetation data covering more than two decades and a newly constructed geospatial inventory of brick kilns, the study provides causal estimates of how kiln establishment affects vegetation health and crop productivity over time.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/179197
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106348
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMahzab, Moogdho; Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Mattsson, Martin; and Anowar, Md Sadat. 2025. Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment. FCA Brief. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179197
dc.subjectdrying kilns
dc.subjectbricks
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjectsatellites
dc.subjectdata
dc.subjectsatellite imagery
dc.titleBrick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment
dc.typeBrief

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