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Milovanovic, Vladimir, Luboš Smutka, and Gent Jusufi. "Cooperative Farming Potential for Establishing Food Security within Rural Bangladesh." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 64, no. 6 (2016): 2067–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201664062067.

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Cooperative farming led by smallholder farmers might be the future of Bangladesh’s agriculture. The paper examines rice‑farming surveys from Kurigram Sadar, Bangladesh, and explores the potential of cooperative farming and mechanization. It reveals that a number of informal, community‑supported cooperative practices are already in place, although rice farming is still labor intensive and inefficient. The paper argues that mechanization of key activities and institutionalization of cooperative farming may reverse the situation and improve food security. Kurigram Sadar rice farming is relevant to other parts of rural Bangladesh as well, as most of the country is employing similar agricultural practices.
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Haque, Amlan, Nahina Islam, Nahidul Hoque Samrat, Shuvashis Dey, and Biplob Ray. "Smart Farming through Responsible Leadership in Bangladesh: Possibilities, Opportunities, and Beyond." Sustainability 13, no. 8 (April 19, 2021): 4511. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13084511.

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Smart farming has the potential to overcome the challenge of 2050 to feed 10 billion people. Both artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) have become critical prerequisites to smart farming due to their high interoperability, sensors, and cutting-edge technologies. Extending the role of responsible leadership, this paper proposes an AI and IoT based smart farming system in Bangladesh. With a comprehensive literature review, this paper counsels the need to go beyond the simple application of traditional farming and irrigation practices and recommends implementing smart farming enabling responsible leadership to uphold sustainable agriculture. It contributes to the current literature of smart farming in several ways. First, this paper helps to understand the prospect and challenges of both AI and IoT and the requirement of smart farming in a nonwestern context. Second, it clarifies the interventions of responsible leadership into Bangladesh’s agriculture sector and justifies the demand for sustainable smart farming. Third, this paper is a step forward to explore future empirical studies for the effective and efficient use of AI and IoT to adopt smart farming. Finally, this paper will help policymakers to take responsible initiatives to plan and apply smart farming in a developing economy like Bangladesh.
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Al Mamun, Shamim, Fouzia Nasrat, and Momota Rani Debi. "Integrated Farming System: Prospects in Bangladesh." Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources 4, no. 2 (March 22, 2012): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v4i2.10161.

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Farmers of Bangladesh generally practice subsistence farming where they need to produce a continuous, reliable and balanced supply of foods, as well as cash for basic needs and recurrent farm expenditure. Therefore, there is a need to develop suitable integrated farming systems for such farmers since single crop production enterprises are subject to a high degree of risk and uncertainty because of seasonal, irregular and uncertain income and employment to the farmers. Integrated Farming System (IFS) can eradicate all these constraints by not only solving most of the existing economic and even ecological problems, but also provide other household needs like fuel, fertilizer and feed, besides increasing productivity of the farm manifold.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v4i2.10161 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 4(2): 127-136, 2011
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Roy, Ranjan, Ngai Weng Chan, and Ruslan Rainis. "Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh." Sustainability Science 9, no. 1 (October 20, 2013): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-013-0234-4.

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Milovanovic, Vladimir, and Lubos Smutka. "Cooperative rice farming within rural Bangladesh." Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management 6, no. 1 (June 2018): 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2018.03.002.

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Palash, Md Salauddin, Kazi Tamim Rahman, Shakila Salam, and Mahmuda Nasrin. "Freshwater pond fish farming in Bangladesh: A micro level land use analysis." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 16, no. 2 (August 23, 2018): 276–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v16i2.37983.

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Market-oriented farming has been started in Bangladesh over last two decades. As a consequence, diversified agricultural products are now produced which changing the land use pattern. This study conducted in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district, a major freshwater pond fish farming area of Bangladesh. Secondary data from different relevant government offices (Upazila Agriculture, Fisheries, and Statistical office) were collected to find out how much cropland has been converted to pond fish farming and what will be the future trend of land use in the afore mentioned area. Total land area of Trishal sub-district is 33876 ha and since last three-decade cropland has been converted to commercial freshwater fish farming. As a consequence, the area under commercial fish farming is now 4542 ha (13.41 per cent total area of Trishal upazila); which was only 1920 ha in the year of 2010. The commercial fish farming land area was converted mostly from cropland area and then a little portion came from Khas (Government owned fallow land) and fallow land area. Within six years (2010-2016), agricultural cropland area had decreased by 6.68 percent (1.11 per cent per year) and pond fish farming area had increased by 7.74 percent (1.29 percent per year). By 2021, following non-linear (quadratic) trend projection model, about 2000 ha more land will be occupied by pond fish farming.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(2): 276-282, August 2018
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Ahmed, Nesar, Janet H. Brown, and James F. Muir. "FRESHWATER PRAWN FARMING INGHERSYSTEMS IN SOUTHWEST BANGLADESH." Aquaculture Economics & Management 12, no. 3 (August 26, 2008): 207–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13657300802306111.

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Latif, Muhammad A., Mohammad J. Alam, and Mohammad A. Rahman. "Integrated Duck-cum-Fish Farming in Bangladesh." Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 24, no. 3 (September 1993): 402–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1993.tb00172.x.

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Islam, A. K. M. S. "Status of rice farming mechanization in Bangladesh." Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research 17, no. 1 (2018): 1386–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.18801/jbar.170118.171.

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Datta, Apurba Kumar, Mohammed Ziaul Haider, and Sumon Kumar Ghosh. "Economic analysis of dairy farming in Bangladesh." Tropical Animal Health and Production 51, no. 1 (July 13, 2018): 55–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-1659-7.

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Islam, MR, MM Haque, and MM Rahman. "Studies on seafood production systems in the South-west Region of Bangladesh." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 15, no. 1 (August 11, 2017): 123–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v15i1.33537.

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The present study was conducted to understand existing production system of shrimp and prawn (seafood) with gher1 farming in the south-western region of Bangladesh from January to March 2014. Three gher farming clusters in three Upazilas of Bagerhat district were selected to carry out this study to assess the fact above using focus group discussion, key informant interview, questionnaire survey, physical observation, and literature review. The study revealed that gher farming system has changed the cropping patterns dramatically. This diversified farming system produces prawn, carp fish, boro paddy, and vegetable in the field where only single crop of paddy was cultivated. Gher dikes were used to produce vegetables, fruits and the central part for rice cultivation. Whereas the whole water body (during monsoon) and canals (during dry season) were used to culture finfish and prawn. Farmers were mainly found to use commercial feed with a rare amount of homemade feed because of the availability of commercial feed. Most of their investment goes for buying feed, PL and were found to take loan with high interest from banks or depot owners. Decreased salinity due to siltation in Mongla river resulted in increased overall production. The evidence presented in the study confirms that gher farming system impacting positively in the south-west region of Bangladesh.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 15(1): 123-132, January 2017
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Shawon, Noor A. Arefin, Md Masudul Haque Prodhan, Md Akhtaruzzaman Khan, and Sandip Mitra. "Financial profitability of small scale shrimp farming in a coastal area of Bangladesh." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 16, no. 1 (April 30, 2018): 104–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v16i1.36490.

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Aquaculture especially shrimp farming has significant contribution to the economy of Bangladesh. The southwest coastal area is more prominent for commercial shrimp farming due to its auspicious environment, higher economic returns, nutrition value and for employment opportunity. The present study estimates the socioeconomic status and financial profitability of small-scale shrimp farming in selected areas of Khulna district. One hundred (100) shrimp farmers were selected and data were collected through direct interview method. Financial profitability was analyzed from the different point of view. The study revealed that about 35% farmers lie in prime working age group. Most of the farmers completed primary level of education while a few of them were illiterate. Family size of 65 % farmer’s was medium and 40% farmer’s main occupation was shrimp farming. Study also revealed that gross profit margin was high i.e. 59% indicating that farmers did well in managing their farm and farmers has more to cover for operating, financing and other cost. Break-even price for the small scale shrimp worked out Tk. 311 per kg while break-even production was found 155 kg per acre. Benefit cost ratio and net profit margin were found more than one and positive respectively, indicated that small scale shrimp farming was commercially profitable. The research concludes that there is ample scope and possibility for sustaining and developing the small scale shrimp farming in the coastal area of Bangladesh.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 104-110, April 2018
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Shampa, Sharmin Akter, Nusrat Nasrin, Marufa Khatun, and Salma Akter. "Species availability, culture technique, reproduction of prawn and shrimp in Bangladesh: A review." Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries 4, no. 2 (August 27, 2017): 107–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v4i2.33722.

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Bangladesh is considered one of the most suitable countries in the world for freshwater prawn farming because of its favorable agro climatic condition. The expansion of shrimp farming is triggered by the increased international market demand, seed production and intensive shrimp culture. Shrimp farming is having a positive impact on the livelihoods of many people in Bangladesh, especially the poorer farmers. Prawn and shrimp farming offer a reliable source of revenue that is often more profitable than other kinds of farming, or other non-farming employment. The objective of this paper was to review species availability, culture technique and artificial breeding of prawn and shrimp in Bangladesh.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.4(2): 107-116, August 2017
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Uddin, MT, MA Khan, and MM Islam. "Integrated farming and its impact on farmers’ livelihood in Bangladesh." SAARC Journal of Agriculture 13, no. 2 (January 25, 2016): 61–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.v13i2.26569.

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The study was conducted to identify the present status of integrated farming and its impacts on farmers’ livelihood in comparison to mixed farming. Following two stages sampling procedure, a total of 420 farmers (210 for integrated farming and 210 for mixed farming) were selected from seven study areas of six districts on the basis of having intervention from different NARS institutes and without having any intervention from any organization. Descriptive statistics like sum, average, percentage, etc. were derived and calculated for analyzing the socioeconomic data. Propensity score matching (PSM) were applied with Kernel matching and Radius matching methods to evaluate the impact of integrated farming on farmers’ employment creation and income generation. The highest employment duration for male was 152.5 man-days/year for the farming system C-L-P-F-H under integrated farms and for mixed farms, it was 104.5 man-days/year. The average total income of the integrated farms was Tk. 124839 and for mixed farms, it was Tk. 99641. Average calorie intake of food secure households was 2927.83 kcal and 2839.14 kcal for integrated farming and mixed farming which is higher than the national average calorie intake (i.e., 2122 kcal). To assess the livelihood pattern through asset pentagon approach, noteworthy improvement was found based on different capitals of farm households practicing integrated farming in comparison to mixed farming. Finally, based on different problems, a constraint facing index was calculated in order to suggest policy recommendations.SAARC J. Agri., 13(2): 61-79 (2015)
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Sharmin, Sajia, M. Harun Ar Rashid, Ratna Begum, and Sadia Sharmin Hoque. "Relative profitability of farming systems research and development (FSRD) project farmers and non-project farmers of integrated farming systems in Tangail district of Bangladesh." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 16, no. 1 (April 30, 2018): 117–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v16i1.36492.

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Integrated farming system modifies the commercial farming system which ensures higher food production to equate the demand, environmental protection through effective recycling of waste and increased farm income. The present study was undertaken to examine the relative profitability of FSRD project farmers and non-project farmers of integrated farming system. Eighty (80) farmers (40 from FSRD project and 40 from non-project farmers) were selected from Kalihati Upazila under Tangail district of Bangladesh. In the study area, vegetables, fish and poultry enterprises were integrated under technological intervention. The waste of poultry farm was used in fish production and the soil of the pond was used in vegetables cultivation. Per hectare net returns from integrated farming were estimated at Tk513458.10 and Tk256511.90for FSRD project farmers and non-project farmers, respectively. Benefit cost ratio (BCR) was 1.66 for FSRD project farmers and1.37 for non-project farmers. In functional analysis, human labor, fingerling, feed, fertilizer, insecticides costs in case of FSRD project farmers and human labor, feed, salt and lime costs in case of non-project farmers had significant impact on per hectare return of integrated farming. FSRD project farmers were more profitable than the non-project farmers. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is great scope to improve the overall economic condition of farmers through introducing integrated farming system in Tangail District of Bangladesh.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 117-122, April 2018
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Rana, Md Masud, Hasan Mohammad Murshed, Debashis Roy, and Md Nazmul Huda. "Scaling up of livestock production for sustainable livelihood: An empirical study from Sirajganj district of Bangladesh." SAARC Journal of Agriculture 20, no. 1 (July 20, 2022): 209–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.v20i1.60540.

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Livestock is a vital component of the complex farming system in Bangladesh. This focuses towards he contribution of livestock farming in the livelihood of the farmers as well as the realization of the challenges in livestock farming as perceived by the farmers. A mixed-method research design was used to collect data from 100 livestock farmers of Kamarkhanda Upazila (sub-district) under Sirajganj district. According to the findings of the study, livestock farming has significant contributions in improving the status of livelihood tatus of farming households. It is evident from the findings that majority of the respondents (69%), faced medium level of challenges in livestock farming compared to high level of challenges faced by 28% respondents of the study area. The socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents namely farm size, annual income, training received, subsidy received and extension media contact seem to have significant contributions with the challenges faced by the farmers in livestock farming. As the livestock sector of Bangladesh has great potential to flourish provided the challenges faced by the farmers are given due attention. Implementation of farmers’ friendly livestock policy and the collaborative efforts of public and private sectors are required to boost up livestock productivity in Bangladesh. SAARC J. Agric., 20(1): 209-225 (2022)
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Sarkar, AK, MN Islam, and FH Ansary. "Some aspects of shrimp farming systems and shrimp production management: Bangladesh perspective." Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management 5, no. 2 (January 15, 2020): 93–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbcbm.v5i2.44919.

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Shrimp is one of the leading exportable seafood products in Bangladesh. In the 2017-2018 financial year the country has exported 36168 MT products. Present research work was conducted in three Upazilas (Kaliganj, SyamNagar and Assasuni) in Sathkira district. Three different farming practices (organic, traditional and control) were selected for the research programme. The working farmers in the farming practices were found to follow the traditional farming in the early times. Average production was found 275 kg/ha in the traditional farming practices. This is the lowest shrimp production in the world. Reasons are lack of better technology, dearth of quality seed and feed and effect of shrimp diseases. Small-scale organic shrimp farming practice was found to maintain better production and profitability in the three experimental Upazilas. Three different farming practices (viz. organic, traditional and control/ extensive farming) were taken under interview to collect data. A comparison of the production (kg/ha/yr) of three years’ time (2012 to 2014) was made for analysis in the study. The highest production rate was recorded in organic shrimp farming. It was 13.16% higher than the traditional and 15.14% higher than the control/extensive shrimp farming system. Traditional shrimp farming production was 1.98% higher than that of the control/extensive shrimp farming. Percentage of gross sell of organic system was 14.01% higher than traditional and 15.89% higher than that of the control/extensive shrimp farming. The traditional shrimp gross sell was 1.87% higher than the control shrimp. Interviews and PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) method were used for the collection of data. The main research question was ‘effect dose’ on the overall production, income and impact on biodiversity. Recording data showed that the organic farming practice is more sustainable and environmentally sound system. Organic farming system showed less input cost and higher production value. Organic shrimp farming system increases image value of Bangladesh in the international market. J. Biodivers. Conserv. Bioresour. Manag. 2019, 5(2): 93-100
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Farhaduzzaman, A. M., Md Suzan Khan, Mahadi Hasan Osman, Md Neamul Hasan Shovon, Mehedi Azam, and Niaz Makhdum. "Progress of seabass, Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1970) culture in Bangladesh: Field-level updates from the Bhola and Satkhira Districts." International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology 12, no. 2 (January 24, 2023): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v12i2.64097.

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Since the high market value of seabass, Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1970), mainly found in Bangladesh's coastal waters and tidal rivers of Bangladesh, farmers in those areas cultivate it alongside carp fish in ponds and shrimp farms. Even though farming began many years ago, progress in overcoming obstacles of only natural sources for hatchlings, supplemental feeding, and knowledge on advanced farming management in seabass farming at the field level has been prolonged. This study discusses the current farming and trading of seabass in Bangladesh's coastal districts. Seabass fry is collected from rivers and estuarine areas, grown in hatcheries or ponds, and sold to farmers in large sizes. Some farmers cultivate this fry in mixed fish culture ponds in the extensive method; some farmers cultivate them with carp fish in a semi-intensive method. Seabass feeds only live feed (Tilapia and carp fishes fry); continuous supply is difficult and expensive. In these ponds, seabass is cultivated in the traditional method in 18–20 months, weighing 7-8 kg, and in the advanced traditional method in 1 year, weighing 2-3 kg. The profit percentage of seabass farming with the semi-intensive method is 77.42%. To expand this profitable fish farming, it is crucial to acclimate the fish to induced breeding and supplemental food. The institutions involved should not work in isolation but rather collaborate on developing induced breeding techniques and expanding seabass farming. In this case, prosperous seabass farming countries' experience can be applied. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 12(2): 117-125, December 2022
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Roy, Apurba. "Economics of mixed rice-fish farming in south-west region of Bangladesh." Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries 3, no. 3 (December 18, 2016): 453–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v3i3.30737.

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The present research aims at investigating the economic performance of mixed ricefish farming in south-west region of Bangladesh. In order to carry out the research objective descriptive statistics, profit function, Cobb-Douglas form of multiple linear regression model and t-test approaches have been applied. The study area has been selected using multi-stage sampling technique and convenient sampling method has been utilized to select the sample. In-depth interview technique has been employed to collect primary data by using pretested questionnaire from the samples. Results from descriptive statistics show that the average annual return on mixed rice-fish farming is BDT 56326.45 more than mono rice farming as well as production efficiency of mixed rice-fish farming is also found higher than mono rice farming. Besides, mixed rice-fish farming experiences increasing return to scale, whereas, mono rice farming undergoes decreasing return to scale. Moreover, test of hypothesis provides statistical evidence that mixed rice-fish farming is more profitable than mono rice farming in the study area.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.3(3): 453-462, December 2016
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Uddin, MK, AA Mintoo, TM Awal, M. Kondo, and AKMA Kabir. "Characterization of buffalo milk production system in Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science 45, no. 1 (April 24, 2016): 69–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjas.v45i1.27492.

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This survey study was conducted in Tangail, Jamalpur, Bogra, Sirajganj, Pabna and Thakurgaon districts for household farming, and in Bhola, Noakhali, Lakshmipur and Patuakhali districts for bathan farming to undertake an assessment on the management factors in household and bathan farming for identifying the potentiality and constraints in milk production from buffalo. A 90 number of pre-designed questionnaire was used for data collection by direct interviewing of buffalo farmers. From this study, it was revealed that 82% of the farmers have 1 to 3 buffalo per household and 73% of the farmers have 51 to 200 buffalo per bathan. Buffaloes were raised in homestead and approximately 5-7 hours were grazes per day in household farming. Small quantity of concentrate feeds were offered to buffalo by the rich farmers during dry season. On the other hand, in bathan, farmers were fully depended to feed the buffalo on grazing at public land. In household, the average daily milk production was 3 to 8 liters and total milk yield was 799 liters in a lactation length of 270 days. In bathan, the average daily milk production was 1 to 2 liters and total milk yield was 435 liters in a lactation length of 215 days. The average age of first calving, service per conception, gestation period and calving interval were 39 months, 1.9 numbers, 310 days and 490 days, respectively in household farming. The average age of first calving, service per conception, gestation period and calving interval were 40 months, 2.1 numbers, 315 days and 530 days, respectively in bathan farming; however, further study is required on the buffalo nutrition in the bathan farming.Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2016. 45 (1):69-77
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Rahman, Mohammad Lutfar, Md Shahjahan, and Nesar Ahmed. "Tilapia Farming in Bangladesh: Adaptation to Climate Change." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 8, 2021): 7657. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147657.

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In Bangladesh, aquaculture is critically important in terms of providing food and nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, income, and export earnings. Nevertheless, aquaculture in Bangladesh has faced recent concerns due to climate change. Aquaculture is vulnerable to a combination of climatic factors, such as global warming, rainfall variation, flood, drought, temperature fluctuation, and salinity change. Considering the vulnerability of fish production to the impacts of climate change, tilapia farming is one of the possible strategies for adaptation to climate change. The positive culture attributes of tilapia are their tolerance to low water levels and poor water quality with rainfall variation, temperature fluctuation, and salinity change. In fact, tilapia farming is possible in a wide range of water environments, including freshwater, brackish water, and saltwater conditions. We suggest that appropriate tilapia culture strategies with institutional support and collaboration with key stakeholders are needed for adaptation to environmental change.
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Howlader, S., MM Hasan, SI Resmi, MW Islam, M. Rahman, and ST Ahmed. "Sonali chicken farming in southern part of Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science 51, no. 1 (March 27, 2022): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjas.v51i1.58879.

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The study was conducted to identify the socio-economic status and problems faced by the Sonali farmers at Wazirpur Upazila in Barishal District. A total of 90 respondents from 9 unions were selected randomly for primary data collection. The farmers and their farming were evaluated through the analysis of data collected in a pre-structured questionnaire. This study revealed that a maximum portion of the farmers were middle-aged (52.2%), male (92.2%), and had a secondary level of education (54.4%). Most farmers had medium-sized farm (38.9%) and invested their own capital in farming (54.9%). Although major farmers had low experience in Sonali chicken farming, they had high management skills (63.9%). In terms of occupation, the highest percentage of farmers (38.9%) had a conjugated occupation of poultry and crop. Most of the farmers had their own tube-well (74.7%) and use sanitary latrine (71.1%). Nevertheless, only 17% of the farmers had good health condition. About 49% of the farmers had only one chicken house, and 87.8% followed the floor system for rearing Sonali chicken. Surprisingly, all the farms followed an all-in-all-out marketing system for Sonali chicken. Most of the farmers (96.7%) vaccinated their poultry birds and added coccidiostat (73.3%) and vitamin mineral premix (94.4%) to the feed. A major portion of the farmers identified the irregular fluctuation in the market price of feeds (95.6%) and day-old chicks (93.3%) as severe problem, followed by high price of feed but low price of meat (87.8%). A disorganized marketing channel was the next major problem faced by the poultry farmers (83.3%). Taken together, the Sonali farmers of Barishal were middle-aged; poorly educated, and invested their own capital for farming, and they faced a variety of challenges during farming and marketing their chickens. To enhance Sonali farmers’ socio-economic conditions and alleviate their problems, the government should take appropriate steps to provide finance and farm-based training, including modern animal husbandry practices. Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science. 2022. 51 (1): 1-11
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Hussain, AKM Ghulam, Abu Shara Shamsur Rouf, Shafiun Nahin Shimul, Nigar Nargis, Tara Mona Kessaram, Syed Mahfuzul Huq, Jagdish Kaur, Md Khairul Alam Shiekh, and Jeffrey Drope. "The Economic Cost of Tobacco Farming in Bangladesh." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24 (December 17, 2020): 9447. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249447.

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The extent of tobacco cultivation remains substantially high in Bangladesh, which is the 12th largest tobacco producer in the world. Using data from a household survey of current, former, and never tobacco farmers, based on a multi-stage stratified sampling design with a mix of purposive and random sampling of households, this study estimated the financial and economic profitability per acre of land used for tobacco cultivation. The environmental effects of tobacco cultivation on land and water resources were estimated using laboratory tests of sample water and soil collected from tobacco-cultivating and non-tobacco cultivating areas. The study finds that tobacco cultivation turns into a losing concern when the opportunity costs of unpaid family labour and other owned resources, and the health effects of tobacco cultivation are included. Tobacco cultivation poses a significantly high environmental cost that causes a net loss to society. Nevertheless, the availability of unpaid family labour and the options of advanced credit as well as a buy back guarantee from the tobacco companies attract farmers to engage in and continue tobacco cultivation. Therefore, supply side interventions to curb the tobacco epidemic in Bangladesh need to address major drivers of tobacco cultivation to correct the wrong incentives and motivate tobacco farmers to switch to alternative livelihood options.
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Roy, Ranjan, Ngai Weng Chan, and Ruslan Rainis. "Erratum to: Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh." Sustainability Science 9, no. 1 (December 3, 2013): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-013-0238-0.

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Ali, Abu Muhammad Shajaat. "Homegardens in Smallholder Farming Systems: Examples From Bangladesh." Human Ecology 33, no. 2 (April 2005): 245–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-2434-8.

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Mridha, Md Amin U., and Hui-Lian Xu. "Nature Farming with Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Bangladesh." Journal of Crop Production 3, no. 1 (June 22, 2001): 303–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j144v03n01_25.

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Akber, Md Ali, Md Atikul Islam, Munir Ahmed, Md Munsur Rahman, and Mohammad Rezaur Rahman. "Changes of shrimp farming in southwest coastal Bangladesh." Aquaculture International 25, no. 5 (May 18, 2017): 1883–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10499-017-0159-5.

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Rashid, Muhammad Abdur, M. Rasheduzzaman, MSK Sarker, S. Faruque, Md Salauddin Palash, and NR Sarker. "Small-Scale Turkey Farming in Bangladesh: Farming Practices, Profitability and Supply Chain Mapping." Agricultural Science 2, no. 2 (July 16, 2020): p28. http://dx.doi.org/10.30560/as.v2n2p28.

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The study was conducted to know the existing turkey production system, supply chain mapping, and identifying the prospects and problems of turkey rearing in some selected areas of Bangladesh during October 2019 to December 2019. A total of 100 turkey raisers were surveyed following convenience method of sampling technique. The primary data were collected, analyzed accordingly and tabular presentation method was applied with the help of simple descriptive statistical measures e.g. frequency distributions, percentage, sum and means to illustrating the results. Profitability analysis was done on the basis of variable cost, fixed cost, return by using arithmetic means and percentages. The study revealed that 87 male and 13 female respondents were surveyed, of them cent percent found educated. About 56% turkey keeper’s main occupation was business, 27% service and 12% in farming while 88.57% involved with farming as secondary sources of income. Average landholding for homestead, cultivable and non-cultivable was 24.40, 129.71 and 29.47 decimal, respectively. About 59% farms started for commercial purpose, 32% for non-commercial purpose and 9% for both. About 60% respondents kept less than 50 turkeys and only 2% kept 501-1000 turkeys. Among the surveyed farms55% stopped their operation and 45% farms found running their business. Among the running farms cent percent were small-scale group. The average feed intake was 192.13 grams per day per bird at 20 weeks of age. Turkey laid on an average 139 eggs a year irrespective of variety and for hatching poults, the fertility and hatchability rate found between 65 to 100% and 50 to 90%, respectively. About 28% farmers experienced the deaths of turkey because of Cold, Pox, Ranikhet, Bird flu and unknown cases and 69.47% farmers took veterinary advice from Upazila Livestock Hospital and rest from other sources. Farmers to consumers were the most common and widely used marketing channel for egg, chick and adult turkey. The market intermediaries of turkey farm carried out different marketing functions e.g. buying and selling, pricing, transportation, sorting, distribution and market information. The average net return and benefit-cost ratio was BDT 127838.04 and 1.38, respectively for 50 turkeys per year. In the study, turkey rearing found some comparative benefit over chicken and ducks e.g. higher weight gain, forage eater, lower diseases rate and suitability for the country. The main problem of turkey rearing identified as market instability, lack of quality turkey feed, higher feed price, lack of proper marketing facility and training on turkey farming. In conclusion, the small-scale turkey farming could be a viable source of income for the rural people of Bangladesh after taking some remedial steps by the Government of Bangladesh for the aforesaid hindrances faced by the turkey farmers.
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Islam, Saiful, Naim Ahmmed, Mohammad Mizanul Haque Kazal, and Bisakha Dewan. "Farmers’ Profitability of Shrimp Farming." International Journal of Horticulture & Agriculture 4, no. 2 (October 15, 2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/2572-3154/4/2/00130.

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The purposes of the study were to describe the socio-economic profile of shrimp farmers and to find out the factors influencing farmers’ profitability of the shrimp farming in the study area. The study was conducted in Bagerhat and Khulna districts of Bangladesh. A total number of 120 shrimp farmers were selected randomly as the sample of the study. The final data were collected during 1st November to 31st December, 2017 by using an interview schedule. Ten selected characteristics of the farmers were considered as the independent variables of the study. Farmers’ profitability of shrimp farming was considered as the dependent variable. The majority (55.8%) of the farmers said that shrimp farming is profitable. Multinomial logistic regressions analysis indicated that age, level of education, family size, experience in shrimp farming and organizational participation had significant positive contribution to their profitability. They were faced different problems in different level which are needed to mitigate by both public and private initiatives to increase the level of profitability. Key words: Farmer, profitability, shrimp farming and Bangladesh.
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Mukta, Mezamun Ara, Md Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Md Rais Uddin Mian, and Rahat Ahmed Juice. "Is tilapia farming financially profitable and efficient? Policy options for sustainable farming." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 17, no. 1 (March 28, 2019): 92–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v17i1.40669.

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Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is known as ‘fish for the poor’ due to its low market price. However, the question remains about the sustainability of this species because of high production cost and lower market price. Therefore, this study examined the financial profitability, technical efficiency and tried to find out the policy options for increasing the financial benefit of fish farmers. A total of 250 tilapia fish farmers were selected from seven tilapia producing areas of Bangladesh. To fulfill the objectives of this study, profitability, stochastic frontier production function, and sensitivity analysis were employed. Considering all selected farmers, tilapia farming found a profitable business where undiscounted BCR was only1.11. Among all cost items, only feed consists of 70 percent of the total production cost. The mean technical efficiency level of tilapia fish farmers was 85 percent, implies that by operating at full technical efficiency levels, tilapia yield could be increased from the current level of 20.98 to 24.13 tons per hectare and efficient farmers found more productive than inefficient farmers. Farmer’s financial benefit can be increased by reducing the feed price, decreasing FCR or increasing the output price. Feed price reduction or enhance the quality of feed could be effective policy options for sustaining the tilapia farming. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 17(1): 92–98, March 2019
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Khanum, Romaza, Petra Schneider, Muhammad Salim Al Mahadi, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, and Md Mostafa Shamsuzzaman. "Does Fish Farming Improve Household Nutritional Status? Evidence from Bangladesh." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 2 (January 15, 2022): 967. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020967.

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In the present study, nutritional status was assessed using dietary diversity of fish and non-fish farming households in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. It has determined the incidence of poverty in fish and non-fish farm households through a comparative analysis of family profile, food consumption, calories, and protein intake. A total of 420 farms were selected for data collection using structured questionnaires with 210 fish and 210 non-fish farm families. The study using both descriptive and functional analysis revealed that the respondent age of both farms was 45.10 years, family size was 5.70, average education was 4.64 schooling years, and average farm size was 0.514 hectares. As a result, due to the increase in household income, fish farm families improved their food consumption, calories, and protein intake in comparison with non-fish farms. On a direct calorie intake (DCI) basis, the overall absolute and hardcore poverty levels of fish farm households were 32 percent and 18 percent, respectively, while those of non-fish farm households were 22 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Therefore, the incidence of poverty was higher in non-fish farming families than in fish farming families. In principle, provision of various forms of government assistance through the Department of Fisheries (DOF) will further intensify and strengthen fish farming, which will easily bring fallow and uncultivated lands of the area under fish farming. Moreover, it is possible to inspire the younger generation through this research that will help them to become a fish farm-based entrepreneur. The main conclusion of the present study is that fish farming is more positively related to household income, family food intake, and nutritional status than any other type of farming.
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Karim, Md Fazlul, Xiang Zhang, and Ru Li. "Dynamics of Shrimp Farming in the Southwestern Coastal Districts of Bangladesh Using a Shrimp Yield Dataset (SYD) and Landsat Satellite Archives." Sustainability 11, no. 17 (August 26, 2019): 4635. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11174635.

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The shrimp-farming area and shrimp yield are continuously changing in the southwestern coastal districts of Bangladesh. The three southwestern coastal districts, Bagerhat, Satkhira, and Khulna, along with Rampal, a subdistrict of Bagerhat, contribute 75% of the total shrimp yield of Bangladesh. However, the shrimp yield and farming area have declined in Bagerhat district, and the cause of this decline is uncertain. In this research, the differences in the shrimp yield were quantified using a shrimp yield dataset (SYD) and k-means classification. A supervised image classification approach was applied to quantify the spatiotemporal changes and identify the influencing factors behind the declining shrimp-farming area and yield in Rampal, Bagerhat district, using Landsat satellite archives. K-means classification reveals that, between 2015 and 2017, the shrimp yield in Bagerhat district declined significantly compared to Satkhira and Khulna. The satellite-based monitoring results affirm that the shrimp-farming area of Rampal also decreased rapidly, from 21.82% in 2013 to 6.52% in 2018. This research estimates that approximately 70% of the shrimp-farming area was lost in Rampal since December 2013. Hence, the findings of this research might motivate the responsible bodies to declare the shrimp-farming coastal area as a “shrimp zone” and implement an active policy to protect the vulnerable shrimp-farming industry and shrimp farmers, considering it is the second-largest export earning source in Bangladesh after ready-made garments.
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Syed, Robayet, Nanda Bhattacharjee, and Repon Khan. "Influential Factors Under Labor Law Adhere to ILO: An Analysis in the Fish Farming Industry of Bangladesh." SAGE Open 11, no. 4 (October 2021): 215824402110606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211060667.

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This article evaluates different factors under the Bangladesh Labor Act 2006 for promoting work satisfaction in the fish farming workers in Bangladesh. How far does this industry comply with standard labor laws adheres to international labor policy, and promotion of labor rights is another focus of this study. This study shows that yearly increment, overtime payment, weekly holiday, amount of compensation, appointment by appointment letter, and job security significantly influence the fish farming workers’ minds in Bangladesh. The Qualitative part of the study finds that the State must protect the workers’ rights by enacting a standard labor policy that adheres to international instruments, which it is unwilling to do so. This study helps in evaluating the opinion of the fishers’ work satisfaction as well as policy planning for the development of the fish farming industry. It will add value by creating awareness of labor rights in the Asian developing setting.
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Kabir, Md Humayain, and Delwar Hossain. "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SHRIMP FARMING IN CHAKARIA UPAZILA OF COX’S BAZAR IN BANGLADESH." Environment & Ecosystem Science 5, no. 2 (October 21, 2021): 143–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/ees.02.2021.143.151.

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Aquaculture has become one of the fastest-growing economic sub-sectors of the Bangladesh economy, providing protein-rich food, the source of employment and foreign currency earnings. Therefore, shrimp farming is very much common in the brackish water which affects the coastal natural ecosystem and livelihood of the coastal communities, prticularly in Chakaria Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Due to rapid and unplanned growth of this farming, socio-ecological systesms has been changing. This study aims to assess shrimp farming’s environmental, social, and economic impacts in Chakaria upazila in Bangladesh. Soil sample was collected to determine the environmental impacts of shrimp farming. Besides, we selected the shrimp farmers, rice producers, and alternative shrimp-rice producers through simple random sampling. Purposive sampling was conducted to choose the other stakeholders. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed for interviewing different stakeholders. We found that, because of the high economic benefit, high production rate in short time, and availability of brackish water, the people in this Upazila are attracted to continue the shrimp farming. As a result, mangrove forest and agricultural land converted into shrimp farming. Our soil analysis showed that organic matter content in was low (0.25-3.56%). In addition to this, most people suffer from water-borne diseases during the flooding period. We also found clear evidene of shortage of safe drinking water due to salinity intrusion in grounwater. The tendency of raring livestock such as cow, goat, and buffalo decreased due to insufficient grazing land. The study also revealed that some internal conflicts exist between different stakeholders in Chakararia Upazila. Most local shrimp fry collectors collect fry from the tidal river and use an unscientific traditional method which was harmful for the other aquatic fish population. Poor quality of larvae supply from hatchery caused various diseases in cultivated ghers and ponds. The findings from this study provide useful information for sustainable coastal zone management in Bangladesh to build a more resilient coastal communities.
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Hamid, MA, MNA Siddiky, MA Rahman, and KM Hossain. "Scopes and opportunities of buffalo farming in Bangladesh: A review." SAARC Journal of Agriculture 14, no. 2 (January 23, 2017): 63–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.v14i2.31246.

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The present study attempts to examine the scenario of buffalo production in Bangladesh. The buffalo plays a very important role in the South Asian region which constitutes 77.5% of world buffalo population. This region has a great biodiversity in buffalo germplasm, including the world famous source promising buffaloes Murrah and Nili-Ravi - renowned for high milk production potential. It is estimated that about 96.05 % of Asia and 93.19 % of world buffalo milk are produced in South Asian countries. Besides, buffalo milk in South Asian countries is around 54.95 % of the total milk production. The India and Pakistan share 67.99% and 23.96%, of world buffalo milk production respectively. About 71.4% of world buffalo meat is produced in South Asian countries. Although buffalo is an integral part of livestock production system in South Asian countries, it has never been addressed in Bangladesh and always neglected despite their important role in the national economy. In Bangladesh, the total buffalo population are 1.464 million heads that are managed in household subsistence farming as well as extensive free range (Bathan) farming in saline coastal region that are used as a draught animal and partially for milk and meat production. The contribution of buffalo in total milk and meat production in Bangladesh is only 2.0% and 0.94%, respectively. This review has tried to unearth the present scenario of buffalo production in Bangladesh, describing the benefits and values of buffalo milk and meat, advantages of buffalo husbandry over cattle, constraints in buffalo production and recommendations for buffalo development in Bangladesh.SAARC J. Agri., 14(2): 63-77 (2016)
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Islam, MR, MM Rahman, and MM Haque. "Strength and weakness of existing traceability system of seafood production in Bangladesh." Progressive Agriculture 28, no. 2 (August 9, 2017): 156–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v28i2.33477.

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Gher farming with shrimp and prawn (seafood) is blooming in the south-west region of Bangladesh, impacting positively on household level nutritional security, employment generation and foreign currency earning. Such positive impacts increased the importance of seafood production and trade to the international market from Bangladesh. Out of several food safety requirement of international market, seafood traceability is a key issue for Bangladeshi producers. To develop a traceability system about 200,000 gher farmers were registered by DoF with the support of UNIDO project and a paper based traceability system was developed since 2009. This study was designed to understand existing traceability system, trend of gher ownership changes and its impact on the traceability in term of its strength and weakness. Three gher farming clusters in three upazilas of Bagerhat district were selected to carry out this study to assess the facts above using focus group discussion, key informant interview, questionnaire survey, physical observation, and literature review. The micro-level observation on the gher and its ownership changes were critically analyzed taking the Google Earth images from the farming cluster in the selected upazilas. The study revealed that gher farming has huge positive impacts on total farm productivity, income, and farmers’ well-being however, land ownership changes impacting negatively on existing traceability of farms. It was found that out of 167 ghers in three clusters, a massive change of gher ownership happened over the last 10 years. Under this situation existing traceability system cannot sustain for a long time. Therefore, land administration system should be brought under digital system and e-traceability needs to be implemented by the collaborative initiative of the Department of Fisheries and the Ministry of Land.Progressive Agriculture 28 (2): 156-166, 2017
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Palash, Md Salauddin, and Siegfried Bauer. "Diversification of Farmland use in Bangladesh: Land Allocation Impacts on Farm Profitability." Open Agriculture 2, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 175–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opag-2017-0018.

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Abstract Smallholder farmers in Bangladesh face many difficulties. A trend towards fish farming has opened new opportunities in recent years. This research focuses on the concern, whether smallholders could improve their gross margins by improving the allocation of the available physical and non-physical resources. Combinations of the participatory, qualitative and quantitative methods were used for primary data collection. A linear programming based modelling approach shows that farmers can increase the farm gross margin by reallocating the land in the model solution. Essential requirements, e.g. determined by household consumption requirements, determine parts of the resource allocation. The remaining land is in tendency allocated to fish farming; where one specific fish farming alternative is dominant to others. In the scenario analysis, all farming groups keep the same proportion of land use pattern until a certain level of price change, beyond that crop farming is selected. Scenarios modifying the available fish feed show the significant sensitivity of this resource on the land allocation.
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Tasnoova, Shuraya, Khan M. Iqbal, Izumi IWAMOTO, and M. Mahfuzul H. "Economic Performance of Fish Based Farming Systems in Bangladesh." Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 3, no. 3 (April 15, 2008): 206–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/jfas.2008.206.212.

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Akter, Tahmina, Mst Tania Parvin, Farhana Arefeen Mila, and Ashrafun Nahar. "Factors determining the profitability of rice farming in Bangladesh." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 17, no. 1 (March 28, 2019): 86–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v17i1.40668.

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This study was conducted to analyze the profitability of rice farming in Bangladesh. In doing so, it utilized the multistage sampling technique to collect the cross-sectional data from seven rice producing districts in Bangladesh during 2016. A total of 140 samples were directly interviewed using a structured questionnaire for achieving the purpose. Apart from the descriptive analysis of the socioeconomic variables of the selected respondents, the benefit-cost and functional profitability analysis of rice were also performed. The log-linear form of Cobb-Douglas production function was chosen to determine the effects of various inputs on the profitability of rice. The finding of cost-benefit analysis reveals that rice farming is a profitable activity in Bangladesh as the estimated cost of production was lower than the return in the selected study areas. However, the profitability differs among different farmers’ group and large farmers are more profitable in rice cultivation than small and medium farmers. In addition, the functional analysis identifies three inputs such as the cost of power tiller, fertilizer and hired labor as the significant determinants of profitability for all farmers in the study regions. Moreover, these factors also differ across the farmer's groups except the cost of fertilizer. Therefore, it is recommended in this study that the concerned authority of the government should ensure adequate and timely fertilizer use at a subsidized price which would be affordable by the farmers. Besides, a fair pricing policy should be set so that fluctuation in the price level can be controlled. Effective extension service may also help the farmers using a better combination of input that will generate higher productivity and return, thereby, will contribute to being food secure and self-sufficient in rice cultivation. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 17(1): 86–91, March 2019
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Jalilov, Shokhrukh-Mirzo, Mohammed Mainuddin, Md Maniruzzaman, Md Mahbubul Alam, Md Towfiqul Islam, and Md Jahangir Kabir. "Efficiency in the Rice Farming: Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh." Agriculture 9, no. 11 (November 15, 2019): 245. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9110245.

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Rice production takes a leading role in the agricultural sector of Bangladesh contributing to 35% of the gross value added of total agricultural production (December 2011), employing 48% of the rural workforce. While the country achieved self-sufficiency in rice, continuous population growth requires Bangladesh to further increase the production of this staple cereal. However, considering the steady decline of the cropped area and available rural workforce, such increase could be reached by increasing the efficiency in rice production. This study aims to examine the resource use efficiency and its drivers in the performance of rice farms in the Northwest region of Bangladesh, which is considered as the food bowl of the country. The study applied a two-stage approach of Data Envelopment Analysis followed by Ordinary Least Squares to estimate the impact of contextual variables on rice production. The empirical research results show that 83% of rice farms among the sample of 184 farms are efficient being located on efficiency frontier, while the 2% farms are inefficient and could improve their efficiency. The remaining 15% of farms are at level that is close to the efficiency frontier. Such factors as the cost of irrigation, pest control, and crop harvesting and carrying are the main drivers of efficiency amongst the considered rice farms.
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Md., Saiful Islam, Takashi Sasaki, and Quamrun Nahar Chhabi Kaniz. "Constraints on the Contract Broiler Farming System in Bangladesh." Journal of Rural Problems 47, no. 3 (2011): 327–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.7310/arfe.47.327.

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Paul, Brojo Gopal, and Christian Reinhard Vogl. "Impacts of shrimp farming in Bangladesh: Challenges and alternatives." Ocean & Coastal Management 54, no. 3 (March 2011): 201–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.12.001.

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Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z., Sumona Rani Das, and Tim B. C. Chancellor. "Motivations behind farmers’ pesticide use in Bangladesh rice farming." Agriculture and Human Values 24, no. 3 (April 25, 2007): 323–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-007-9071-3.

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Ahmed, Nesar, Shirley Thompson, and Marion Glaser. "Transforming organic prawn farming in Bangladesh: Potentials and challenges." Journal of Cleaner Production 172 (January 2018): 3806–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.110.

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Rahman, Sanzidur. "Microdeterminants of Poverty among the Farming Population in Bangladesh." Outlook on Agriculture 38, no. 4 (December 2009): 349–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000009790422188.

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Rahman, Sanzidur, and M. Kamrul Hasan. "Energy productivity and efficiency of wheat farming in Bangladesh." Energy 66 (March 2014): 107–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2013.12.070.

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Kais, Shaikh, and Md Islam. "Perception of Climate Change in Shrimp-Farming Communities in Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 4 (February 25, 2019): 672. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040672.

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Local contexts as well as levels of exposure play a substantial role in defining a community’s perception of climate and environmental vulnerabilities. In order to assess a community’s adaptation strategies, understanding of how different groups in that community comprehend climate change is crucial. Public risk perception is important as it can induce or confine political, economic, and social actions dealing with particular hazards. Climate change adaptation is a well-established policy discourse in Bangladesh that has made its people more or less aware of it. Similarly, shrimp-farming communities in southwestern Bangladesh understand environmental and climate change in their own ways. In order to understand how the shrimp-farming communities in coastal Bangladesh perceive current climate instabilities, we conducted a qualitative study in shrimp-farming villages in coastal Bangladesh where about 80% of commercial shrimp of the country is cultivated. We compared farmers’ perceptions of local climate change with existing scientific knowledge and found remarkable similarities. Our assessment shows that at least two factors are critical for this outcome: coastal people’s exposure to and experience of frequent climate extremes; and a radical approach to defining climate regimes in Bangladesh by various stakeholders and the media, depicting anthropogenic global warming as a certainty for the country. Thus, a convergence of scientific construct and sociocultural construct construes the level of awareness of the general public about climate change.
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Haq, Abu Zafar Mahmudul. "Farmers’ Education and Farmers’ Wealth in Bangladesh." Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology 3, no. 4 (December 23, 2014): 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v3i4.204-206.247.

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The impact of farmers’ education is examined with a view to evaluate the actual situation of farmers’ education in Bangladesh. Fifty samples were collected from two sub districts of the Gazipur district in Bangladesh. The selection of the study sites and collection of the samples such as the years of schooling of the farm household head, total income, farm size, number of earners of farm families, family size, years of farming experience of farm household head, number of times extension contacts and rice yield were done purposively. It is cleared from the study that education is necessary for farmers to raise their wealth. Results were derived through regression analysis. The study has also shown that size of family and years of farming experience contributed significantly to the wealth accumulation of farmers.
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Akter, Rabeya, and Mujibur Rahman Khan. "Shrimp farming in Southwestern Bangladesh: a case study of economic impacts during COVID-19." Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 7, no. 3 (September 30, 2021): 273–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ajmbr.v7i3.56137.

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Bangladesh is endowed with a long coastline and therefore offers the enormous potential of marine wealth. In the coastal part of Bangladesh, shrimp is one of the most important export-oriented aquacultures due to high-profit return on the same value. Shrimp farming contributes significantly to the livelihoods of rural Bangladeshis in the southwestern region. It is critical to be aware of current culture practices and the measures shrimp farmers take to sustain the trend of exporting shrimp around the world. A random sampling was done of shrimp farmers in the Batiaghata Upazila of Khulna district to learn about the current state of shrimp farming and the challenges they are faced during COVID-19. The recent study reveals that most farmers following semi-intensive monoculture practice, application of organic sources in the shrimp pond, selection of PCR tested hatchery-produced Post Larvae (PL) and maintaining good hygiene practice that delivered considerable production of shrimp in this area. But in addition, with these good production farmers also face some difficulties. Some major shrimp diseases were identified in this study including White Feces Disease (WFD), White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV), Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome (EMS), Black Gill Disease and some parasite attacks like Zutharium. Lower market price, flood and mortality are other constraints for shrimp farming. The low market price is the major issue for shrimp farmers nowadays around this pandemic situation. As a result, the government, donor agencies, planners, academics, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should come forward during the pandemic periods to assist farmers in resolving challenges and ensuring shrimp export revenues of Bangladesh are sustainable. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2021, 7 (3), 273-283
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Redoy, MRA, AAS Shuvo, and M. Al-Mamun. "A review on present status, problems and prospects of quail farming in Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science 46, no. 2 (October 27, 2017): 109–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjas.v46i2.34439.

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The aim of this paper is to review the current status of quail production, problems and its future prospects in Bangladesh. Poultry industry is an important sub-sector of livestock production in Bangladesh that plays a crucial role in economic growth and simultaneously creates numerous employment opportunities. As a fundamental part of animal production in Bangladesh, the industry is committed to supplying nation with a cheap source of good quality nutritious animal protein in terms of meat and eggs. Approximately 25% of the protein consumed in Bangladesh originates from poultry .Despite this data, Bangladesh is still one of the lowest poultry meat consuming countries in the world. Here per capita meat consumption is only 1.2 kg per person per year and per capita egg consumption is also about 32 eggs per person per year. With increasing incomes, the demand for meat, especially the cheaper option of poultry meat, and eggs is set to rise. More importantly, quail becomes a promising poultry species in Bangladesh due to their smaller body size, hardiness against common chicken diseases, easy management, quick return over the invest, less labor cost and investment required for the farming. But still now the rearing quail is not yet popular like chicken farming due to poor marketing channel, subsistence farming, lack of specialized feed, lack of available day-old chicks, high chick mortality etc. Scientific feeding, training to the farmers about their management, creating organized marketing channel will be the probable solution for vitalizing this species in Bangladesh.Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2017. 46 (2): 109-120
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