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The main objectives of this text are to help students develop an understanding of concepts and methodologies and to help them develop the ability to apply these concepts and methodologies to real-world problems. As such the contributory factors to the production of Boro rice has been identified through econometric time series approaches which could convey a message to the policy makers to keep watching of climatic factors and proper handling of other relevant factors would enhance the food security of any ago based country like Bangladesh.

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Dr. Provash K Karmokar is an Assoc. Prof. at the Dept. of Statistics, University of Rajshahi. Dr. Karmokar obtained his PhD in Econometric Time Series. He did post doctoral research at UPM, Malaysia. He has published about 15 papers in reputed international journals. He has received several awards including the Excellent Performance Award from UPM.

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