Mohammad Hashanuzzaman, Shuva Bhowmik, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria et al.
) was found between knowledge with attitudes, knowledge with practices and attitudes with practices of 0.73-0.99 among the three domains for fish farmers and food handlers. The correlation among the three levels was satisfactory, however, some food safety concepts and practices regarding hygiene wer...
Amirul Islam, Md. Sazedul Islam, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Sylvianne Paul et al.
Background and Objective: Shrimp and prawn industries generate a huge amount of co-products (CPs) that can be utilized as a key source of chitin and chitosan, natural multifunctional polymers. The current study modified the existing extraction methods to produce chitin and chitosan from shrimp and p...
M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Debabrata Paul, Raju J Das, Shuva Bhowmik et al.
BACKGROUND: Small-scale fishing is one of the most precarious occupations, with high rates of threats and hazards. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the health hazards and safety issues of fishers involved in small-scale fisheries (SSF). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty SSF fishers (n = 50) w...
A. K. M. Nowsad Alam, Md. Khaled Rahman, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Al Shahriar et al.
To assess the impact of dadon (interest-based loan) on catch, quality and post-harvest loss (PHL) reduction of open water fisheries, a 12-month study was carried out among the six fish landing centers (FLC) under 5 haor upazilas in Kishoreganj district of Bangladesh, viz. Chamra ghat Matshaya Arat i...
A. K. M. Nowsad Alam, Md. Khaled Rahman, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Al Shahriar et al.
To assess the nature and effect of dadon (a non-institutional financing way, built upon a verbal contract between the fishers and the money lenders/mohajons, which is paid back by harvested fish at predetermined lower price, along with 5-10% cash interest) on livelihood status of two fishing communi...
AKM Nowsad Alam, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Md. Khaled Rahman, Al-Shahriar et al.
Background and Objectives: This study presents a comparative analysis of well-being status between improved fish handler (IHs) and poor fish handler (PHs) groups of Kishoreganj haor and Daudkandi floodplain. Methods: Two hundred seventy respondents were surveyed randomly through structured questionn...
Nusrat Jahan Shoshi, Md Rashid, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Shuvagato Mondal et al.
The study was designed to investigate the effects of freezing periods and the combination of packaging with or without turmeric on the proximate composition of whole and sliced Labeo bata. The samples were subjected to 28 days of frozen (-20 °C) storage periods and analyzed for proximate composition...