Administrative Datasets

Digital maps at 1:250,000 scale of District boundary, Thana/Upazila boundary, Urban boundaries and also Roads, Rivers, Growth centres and Railways are available as ArcInfo Coverages and ArcView shape files.

Soils and Land Resources Datasets

Agro Ecological Zones (AEZ) inventory maps at 1:250,000 scale were published in 1988.  All kinds of soil attribute in the Land Resources Inventory (LRI) includes soil texture, drainage, soil series, relief, slope, General Soil Type, pH, soil moisture, top soil erosion, effective soil depth, plough pan, consistency, nutrient status, salinity, alkalinity, calcic/acid sulphate phase, permeability, hazards frequency were incorporated.

Land Type Datasets

Land type map was generated based on the LRI and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at 300 m grid (based on the soil resources database and DEM of 500 m spot elevation). An application for DEM processing and land type database creation has been developed, which can be applied for further updating of land type when better resolution DEM and 1: 50,000 scale soil polygons are available.

Climatic Datasets

Climatic data on rainfall, temperature (maximum and minimum), relative humidity, wind speed and cloud cover collected from BMD for 30 Climatic stations. Besides, rainfall data for 203 rainfall stations of BWDB are also available.  These data are available on daily basis for a period ranging from 20 to more than 50 years. Location map of Climatic stations of BMD and rainfall stations of BWDB has also been created.

Agroclimatic Resources Datasets

Agroclimatic Resources for the whole of Bangladesh which includes Moisture regime (Length of pre-kharif and kharif and rabi growing periods, beginning of kharif growing period, beginning and end of humid period, pre-kharif transition period, end of kharif growing period, end of rabi growing period etc.) and Temperature regime (Frequency of days of having different level of cool temperatures T<5 ºC, T<10 ºC, T<15 º C and frequency of days having different levels of extreme summer temperature T>35 ºC, T>40 ºC, T>45 ºC).

Cropping Pattern Database

The BARC GIS Project generated Cropping Pattern Database for 30 AEZ and 88 sub-zones by Land type with all necessary details of cropping pattern including extent, cropping sequence, planting and harvesting dates, and water management (irrigated/rainfed).

Upazila Nirdeshika Database

The Thana Nirdeshika database is a collection of  local level information. BARC has digitized information of 460 Upazila at 1:50,000 scale.
The Upazila Spatial data set is composed of seven ArcInfo coverages for each.  The coverages are:

Administrative Boundaries

- International Boundary
- District Boundary
- Upazila Boundary
- Union Boundary
- Mouza Boundary

Soil Polygons

- Soil Map Unit Boundary
- Settlement
- Water bodies
- Charland (sand bars)
- Wide River

Soil Sampling Locations

Rivers

Infrastructure

- National Highway
- Regional Highway
- Feeder Road Type A
- Feeder Road Type B
- Road Cum Embankment
- Embankment

Socioeconomic Locations

- Divisional Head Quarter
- District Head Quarter
- Thana Head Quarter
- Union Head Quarter
- Growth Centre
- Hat/Bazar

Railways

NON-SPATIAL DATABASE SYSTEMS

AEZ Land Resources Database

Ago-Ecological Zone (AEZ) Land Resources Database is created by computerizing landform, soil, inundation and climatic information generated by different  organizations of the country. Soil, landform and inundation information was generated by Soil Resource Development Institute through reconnaissance soil survey carried out between 1963 and 1974. This database also contains climatic data on rainfall, temperature (maximum and minimum), relative humidity, wind speed, sunshine/solar radiation, cloud cover and dry-wet bulb temperatures collected from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) for 30 Climatic stations. Besides, rainfall data for 203 rainfall stations of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) are also available.  These data are available on daily basis for a period ranging from 20 to more than 50 years. Location map of Climatic stations of BMD and rainfall stations of BWDB has also been created. Further detailed may be obtained from BARC Computer Centre.

Crop Suitability Database

Crop Suitability database contains suitability potentials of 48 crops under rainfed and irrigated conditions.

Project Implementation and Monitoring System (PIMS)

PIMS has been developed to computerized the agricultural research projects conducted by different research institutes of the country. So far, this database contains following information of about 3000 : 

- Title of the research projects, its objectives and findings
- Coordinating division
- Name of the Project Investigator and Institute
- Commodity and Commodity group
- Program Area
- Start date and End date
- Budget and Expenditure

Human Resource Development Database (HRD)

BARC has created a a HRD database of BARC and other NARS institutes to ascertain training needs of scientists and other professionals for development of effective manpower program. This database database contains information on :

- Title/Subject of training
- Type (PhD, MS, Long term, Short term, Workshop,...............)
- Field of study
- Venue and Country
- Start date and End date
- Funding source
- Participant's Name and Designation
- Organization