Md. Abdus Salam, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Sajia Sharmin
Organic fertilizer is one of the critical elements of organic and sustainable agricultural development. This study analyzes the economic impact of organic fertilizer on rice farms' yield and technical efficiency (TE) in Bangladesh. The Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF) approach has been employed ...
Sandip Mitra, Sajia Sharmin
Purpose: Tomato production in the world has increased tremendously within last few decades. Nevertheless, tomato farmers are facing production, market, price and financial uncertainty. Management of these risks is greatly influenced by their attitudes towards risk. So, the objective of this study is...
Sajia Sharmin, Sandip Mitra, M. Harun-Ar Rashid
Winter vegetable production has increased tremendously in Bangladesh. Excessive supply of vegetables reduces the market price that leads to economic loss at farm level. This study assesses the growth and trend of winter vegetables production, yield and area in Bangladesh. Semi-log regression model w...
Ratna Begum, Sajia Sharmin, Sandip Mitra, Kaynath Akhi et al.
The productivity of beans has been boosted in recent decades all over the world. Nevertheless, bean production variability is observed from farm to farm indicating the presence of production risk and inefficiency in bean cultivation. This study aims to investigate the production risk and technical i...
Sajia Sharmin, M Harun Ar Rashid, Ratna Begum, Sadia Sharmin Hoque
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 ...
MS Islam, MS Rahman, MM Haque, Sajia Sharmin
Shrimp farming and related activities contribute significantly to the national economy of Bangladesh. Successful shrimp culture depends mainly on the availability of healthy and quality shrimp seeds. The present study was designed to analyze the production and marketing system of shrimp seed in Bang...
Sadia Sharmin Hoque, M. Harun-Ar Rashid, Sajia Sharmin
The focus of the study was to evaluate the comparative profitability of sole pineapple, pineapple-papaya and pineapple-banana-arum cultivation at Madhupur and Ghatail Upazilas of Tangail district in Bangladesh. Data from 90 randomly selected farmers, 30 each from sole pineapple, pineapple-papaya and...
Anindita Saha, Sajia Sharmin, Mashrat Jahan
The present study was undertaken to assess the system of broiler production under contractual agreement of feed mill with the small scale broiler producer in different locations of Netrokona district in Bangladesh. The study also explored the causes why broiler farmers entering in this contractual s...
Tanjina Parven, Md. Safiul Islam Afrad, Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Sajia Sharmin et al.
Traditional public extension worker-farmer cooperation in rice production demonstration is not working efficiently, therefore, private partnership-based demonstration has been attempted to introduce as its alternative very recently involving dealer-customer farmer. The study evaluated the private ex...
Sajia Islam, Shahrin Emdad Rayna, Fahmida Afroz Khan, K M Thouhidur Rahman et al.
ABSTRACTFrench fries (FF) and fried chicken (FC) are known contributors to overweight and obesity among adolescents worldwide. Top selling five brands for both FF and FC were analyzed to determine their health compromising contents, which were sampled from the markets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Sodium (N...
Kaynath Akhi, Nasrin Sultana, Sajia Sharmin
The Box Jenkins ARIMA methodology has been utilized in this study for forecasting winter vegetables in Bangladesh. Time series data are used for this empirical study of modelling some selected winter vegetables The best fitted Box-Jenkins ARIMA model for forecasting Bean, Cabbage and Cauliflower are...
Shubhankar Das, Mashrat Jahan, Kaynath Akhi, Sajia Sharmin
The study analyzed the food security of tea garden workers in BarlekhaUpazila of Moulvibazar districtin Bangladesh. A total of 100 respondents (from three tea garden New Somonbag Tea Garden, Patharia Tea Garden and Mukam Tea Garden) were interviewed to evaluate the food security. This study also dea...
Kaynath Akhi, Nasrin Sultana, Sajia Sharmin
The Box Jenkins ARIMA methodology has been utilized in this study for forecasting winter vegetables in Bangladesh. Time series data are used for this empirical study of modelling some selected winter vegetables The best fitted Box-Jenkins ARIMA model for forecasting Bean, Cabbage and Cauliflower are...
M R Zannat, Sajia Sharmin, Riffat Ara Zannat Tama, Md. Akteruzzaman
Livestock subsector of poultry in Bangladesh is playing important role to its economy in light of growing small business, sources of protein supply, and providing a livelihood for millions of people. The study was designed to investigate the profitability of duck producing farms and marketing system...
Tanvir Ahmed, Sajia Sharmin, Kazi Tamim Rahman, Mohammad Nazmol Hasan et al.
Hybrid mustard varieties have become increasingly important in the agriculture-led economy due to their potential for improving productivity, reducing crop losses, and contributing to the economic progress of Bangladesh. The study determines profitability, technical efficiency, the level of espousal...