Quazi Shahabuddin, Atiqur Rahman
Since the liberation of Bangladesh, the government of Bangladesh introduced a series of policy measures in agriculture and food sectors to encourage pro-market distribution of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and diesel fuel for irrigation. The dominant feature of the policy reform had been the govern...
Paul A. Dorosh, Quazi Shahabuddin, Md Abdul Aziz, Naser Farid
Food aid has played a useful role in Government of Bangladesh efforts to increase food security in the last three decades, adding to foodgrain availability, supplying wheat for targeted distribution to poor households, and helping to finance development projects and programs. However, sustained incr...
Sajjad Zohir, Quazi Shahabuddin, Md Moazzem Hossain
Quazi Shahabuddin, Sajjad Zohir
The shape of development in the medium to long-term is most likely to be influenced in a significant way by the dynamics of food grain demand-supply balance in the country. A consistent framework for projection of medium and long-term demand and supply of food grains in Bangladesh has, therefore, be...
Zulfıqar Ali, Sharifa Begum, marium naeem khan, Quazi Shahabuddin
Quazi Shahabuddin
Knowledge of farmers' decision making behaviour constitutes an essential element in the formulation of appropriate policies for agricultural development in low-income countries. Since agricultural production is inherently a risky process in which farmers are exposed to numerous sources of uncertaint...
Paul A. Dorosh, Quazi Shahabuddin, S. C. Babu, Ashok Gulati
Paul A. Dorosh, Quazi Shahabuddin, Muhammad Saifur Rahman
In recent years of normal rice harvests, supply from domestic rice production in Bangladesh has essentially met domestic demand so that imports have been very small. Future supply-demand balances will be determined in part by the price-responsiveness of supply and demand, along with technical change...
Paul A. Dorosh, Quazi Shahabuddin
To meet its overall objective of ensuring food security for all households, the Government of Bangladesh undertakes several activities: it intervenes in markets to stabilize prices, targets food distribution to poor households and provides emergency relief after natural disasters. This paper provide...
Mustafa K. Mujeri, Quazi Shahabuddin, Salehuddin Ahmed
Quazi Shahabuddin, Shahabuddin, Quazi
In this paper, estimates of yield and price risk of different crops in some selected regions of Bangladesh have been derived. The variance-covariance matrices of random disturbances associated with both output and prices were estimated utilising aggregate time series data in four districts. The gene...
Quazi Shahabuddin, Mohammad Yunus, K. M. Nabiul Islam
In Bangladesh, the dry season of October to March is characterised by falling water tables, reduction in the discharge of major rivers, drying water channels, and salinity intrusion, particularly in the southwest coastal region. Demand for groundwater is at its highest during this season. Although g...
Md. Rabiul Islam, Md Islam, A Ali, M Rowsonazzaman et al.
The present study intends to investigate the relationship between farm size and productivity. The objectives of the study are: to investigate the relationship between farm size and productivity, to suggest some policy implications. The study is based on secondary data. Data were collected from diffe...
Bimal Kumar Saha, Quazi Shahabuddin
The study analyses poverty dynamics of the poor comprising of the tenants and agricultural labourers in rural Bangladesh. The study uses BIDS survey data of 64 villages in 2005 and estimates self-assessed poverty trend which demonstrates some deterioration of poverty situation over the last ten year...
Quazi Shahabuddin, Rushidan Islam Rahman