Bangladesh's Agriculture: Total Area: 143,998 sq km Land Area: 130,168 sq km Water Area: 13,830 sq km Climate Description: tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) Terrain Description: mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast Arable Land Use: 55.39% Permanent Crop Land Use: 3.08% Irrigated Land: 50,500 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources: 1,210.6 cu km (1999) Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 79.4 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 560 cu m/yr (2000) Natural Hazards description: droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season Environmental Current Issues: many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation Total Labor Force: 77 million % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 45% Agricultural Products description: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry