Albert Klein Tank, T. C. Peterson, Dewan Abdul Quadir, Singay Dorji et al.
Changes in indices of climate extremes are studied on the basis of daily series of temperature and precipitation observations from 116 meteorological stations in central and south Asia. Averaged over all stations, the indices of temperature extremes indicate warming of both the cold tail and the war...
Madhav Joshi, SungYong Lee, Roger Mac Ginty
AbstractThis article assesses the extent to which the liberal peace (the dominant form of internationally supported peacemaking) actually deserves the sobriquet 'liberal peace'. In recent years, an intense debate emerged on this question as critics of the critique of the liberal peace have sought to...
Maria Sultana, Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Bradley G. Ridoutt, K.J. Peters
Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Maria Sultana, Asaah Ndambi, Othman Alqaisi et al.
Bangladesh, like other South Asian countries, has a dairy system characterized by small-scale operations, integrated with crops and other off-farm activities. Dairying is considered a major source of nutrition and income, and offers good opportunities for both farm families and non-farm rural and ur...
Mst. Nadira Sultana, Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Bradley G. Ridoutt, Torsten Hemme et al.
Zahirul Haque Khandaker, Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Mst. Nadira Sultana, K.J. Peters
The objective of this study was to analyse the effects of different levels of rumen-degradable protein (RDP) on intake, digestibility and microbial protein synthesis by supplementing mustard oil cake (MOC) on rice straw-based diet of cattle (Bos indicus) in Bangladesh. A 4 × 4 Latin square design wa...
Shahariar Chowdhury, H. Rexroth, Claudia Kijora, K.J. Peters
Effects of high and low levels of feeding with or without protected protein on the performance of lactating goats were studied. Twenty four German Fawn goats either from 1st (43.373.937 kg and 2 year old) or 3rd 62.646.783 kg and 4-5 year old) parity were used for the trial. Feeding levels were 7.2 ...
Sarah Kreps
Abstract Observers of United States (US) interventions have almost universally characterized the 1994 Haiti intervention as multilateral, a model for how international cooperation can achieve common security goals. A closer analysis of the intervention reveals that the planning and execution of the ...
Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Bernhard Brümmer, K.J. Peters
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare technical efficiency and metatechnology ratios (MTR) in three production systems confronted with different technological and resource endowments in Bangladesh to identify the suitable production systems for increasing productivity. Design/methodology...
Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Maria Sultana, B. Bruermer, K.J. Peters
Abstract: The objective of this study was to benchmark the set of dairy supporting policies on farm level profit in small-scale dairy farmers and also analyse how improved dairy support services and adoption of technologies enhance rural livelihoods. This study applies the International Farm Compari...
Mohammad Mohı Uddın, Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Konrad Hagedorn, Nadira Sultana et al.
The objective of this paper is to explore the issue of artificial insemination (AI) services delivery in relation to livestock development by reviewing to the case of institutional and organizational arrangement in Bangladesh. It is argued that globalization and adaptation of open market economy pol...
Commonwealth Secretariat, Yurendra Basnett, Selim Raihan, Leena Srivastava et al.
Background 1 1.2 About this volume 3 1.2.1 Chapters in the volume 4 1.3 Taking forward South Asian integration: An agenda for immediate action 9 1.3.1 Harmonise real barriers to trade 9 1.3.2 Promote regional value chains for goods and services 1.3.3 Create a common, regional market for services 1.3...
Allison Macfarlane
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. These countries include Italy, Portugal, Norway, Ireland, Albania, Poland, Turkey, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana, U...
Lutfunneher, A Bamikole, Adebowale, M Haque S A et al.
The present study was conducted to analyze the smallholder dairy farming sector in the rural areas of Bangladesh from an economic viewpoint. In this study we tried to find out the factors affecting dairy income and milk productivity, comparing the results from crossbred and indigenous cows and also ...
Alok Atreya, Subho Bandyopadhyay
The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is one of the big cat species, found in the jungles of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh, and the adjoining countries of Indian subcontinent. These muscular and gorgeous looking mammals are ferocious killers with powerful forequarters, with a length of...
Husain F. Hassan, Karim Gabol, J Wattoo, A. M. Chatta et al.
The intent of the present study was to determine the concentrations of metal content in feather samples of different avian species collected from different areas of Sialkot, Pakistan. For this purpose atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used to estimation the metals concentration. The estimated ...
Sahariar Hossain Siddik, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Zarin Tasnim, Akbar Zaman et al.
Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of tuberculosis (TB). Of these, tubercular meningitis is the most common and most devastating. The usual course is that of insidious onset and subacute progression. Adults with TBM often present with the classic meningitis symptoms of fever, headache, and mening...
Carolyn C. Meltzer, Richard H. Wiggins, Mahmud Mossa‐Basha, Susan Palasis et al.
Rubayat Kabir, J Lin, W Huang, V Spiezia et al.
Purpose: To accomplish Digital literacy in Bangladesh, educational institutions; starting from primary schools to universities facilitates the process of acquiring knowledge in information and communication technology (ICT). This adds in obtaining a competitive advantage over others. This paper obta...
Sanjaya Lall, Mark Holmström, Bart van Ark, Michael Lipton et al.
Industry in Developing Countries. By John Weiss. London: Croom Helm, 1988. Pp.xvii + 347. £35 (hardback). ISBN 0 7099 3654 0. Establishing Support Systems for Industrial Co‐operatives: Case Studies from the Third World. By Peter Abell. Aldershot: Avebury, 1988. Pp.ix + 134. £18.50/ $37. ISBN 0 566 0...