Jannatul Ferdousi, Zabid Al Riyadh, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Satya Ranjan Saha et al.
Compacted information on mushroom cultivation in relation to production, performance, problems and prospects is very important for developing this sector. So, the aim of the review paper is to compile information on mushroom cultivation in Bangladesh. Mushroom production is increasing due to high de...
Zabid Iqbal, Bruce A. Babcock
Abstract We estimate the short‐ and long‐run global response of corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice growing areas to output price changes allowing responses to vary across countries using methods from the panel time‐series literature. Our estimates of growing‐area response are considerably lower than es...
M. Irfan Mahmud, Zabid Iqbal, Siban Shahana, Shahidul Islam et al.
Md Iqbal Hossain, Zabid Al Riyadh, Jannatul Ferdousi, Md. Abiar Rahman et al.
This paper presents the crop production systems with their impacts on environment in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh. Boro-fallow-T. aman, fallow-fallow-T. aman and fallow-aus+non-rice (jhum) are the major cropping patterns in CHTs. Crop agriculture in hill is mainly divided into two sys...
Md Iqbal Hossain, Zabid Al Riyadh, Md. Abiar Rahman, Satya Ranjan Saha et al.
The study is based on intensive survey of relevant literature which reviews the present status, threats, conservation initiatives and major legislation related to conservation of forest ecosystems and plant diversity. The three natural forests (Hill, Sal and mangrove forest) are the key habitats of ...
Md. Zabid Iqbal, Nazneen Ahmed
Access to electricity accelerates the pace of social and economic development of a country in addition to boosting the overall living standard of people. Ensuring universal access to electricity remains a challenge in Bangladesh because the households outside electricity coverage are often poor and/...
NAZNEEN AHMED, MD. ZABID IQBAL
Reduction of biomass fuel consumption, improved health outcomes of household members and time savings for households are the key intended benefits of Improved Cook Stove (ICS). This paper attempts an empirical verification of these targeted benefits of the ICS, named Bondhu Chula, in ruralBangladesh...
Asad Islam, Vy Nguyen, Russell Smyth, Zabid Iqbal
Zabid Iqbal, Iqbal, Md Zabid
Agricultural and Food Policy, Demand and Price Analysis, International Development
Zabid Iqbal
Md. Iqbal Hossain, Md Abiar Rahman, Satya Ranjan Saha, M. Mizanur Rahman et al.
Mohammad Riaz Uddin, Rubaiya Murshed, Md. Zabid Iqbal
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated many problems that were inherent in our societies, e.g., poverty, inequality, and food shortages, to name a few. The pandemic has also brought to the surface other problems, some of which are valid in the context of the coronavirus: public panic, difficu...
Abdul Hye Mondal, Md. Zabid Iqbal, Atm Shaifullah Mehedi
Zabid Iqbal, Iqbal, Md Zabid
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Dorosh, Paul; Filipski, Mateusz J.; Hoddinott, John F.; Hoque, Mainul; Iqbal, Zabid; Mozumder, Golam Nabi; Rosenbach, Gracie; Sen, Binayak; Tiburcio, Ernesto; Uddin, Riaz; Yunus, Mohammed, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-6018 Dorosh, Paul; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8997-0980 Filipski, Mateusz; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3518-1465 Rosenbach, Gracie; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1928-3082 Tiburcio, Ernesto
In late 2017, some 671,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh, where they joined 213,000 Rohingya who were already living there after having themselves fled earlier waves of violence. The Rohingya population now significantly outnumbers the host community in two areas of the...
Zabid Iqbal, Bruce A. Babcock