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RURAL WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN LIVESTOCK REARING: A STUDY IN SOME SELECTED AREAS UNDER PABNA DISTRICT
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Submitted to the Faculty of Agribusiness Management Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY STUDIESThe significant role of women in various agricultural sectors cannot be denied,
including livestock rearing, which involves the majority of rural women. Despite their
contributions to food production, women face challenges in accessing knowledge,
technology, credit and land compared to men and are rarely beneficiaries of
agricultural incentives and innovation. This study aims to determine the socioeconomic
status of rural women involved in livestock rearing, the determinants of
women participation in livestock rearing, and the barriers they faced. Primary data
was collected in June to July 2022. Binary Logistic regression analysis was used to
identify the determinants of women participation in livestock rearing. The results
indicate that education level, experience, knowledge on livestock rearing, and
extension contact have a positive impact on rural women's participation in livestock
rearing, while age and family size have a negative impact. However, factors like
training and membership of social organizations have no impact on participation.
Challenges faced by rural women in livestock rearing include disease outbreaks, high
feed costs, lack of grassland, low milk prices, limited access to credit, and a shortage
of trained vaccination workers. Policies and programs should prioritize the
productivity and economic empowerment of women in agriculture to ensure
sustainable development
SAU PERILLA-I: A PROSPECTIVE OIL SEED CROP FOR EDIBLE OIL PRODUCTION DURING KHARIF-2 SEASON IN BANGLADESH
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SAU Perilla-l (Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt.) is a new oil seed crop variety
developed by Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University through introduction and
acclimatization in Bangladesh. This variety is well suited to cultivate during the
Kharif-2 season (during Monsoon) in Bangladesh to produce edible oil. SAU
Perilla-l has a high oil content, ranging from 38% to 40%. The oil is a nutritious
and healthy choice as it has zero Erucic acid but contains high percentage of
unsaturated fatty acids (>90%), with Omega-3 fatty acids making up >50% of
these unsaturated fatty acids. The crop is also relatively easy to grow, with a short
growing season of 70-75 days to harvest from main field. Field trials have shown
that SAU Perilla-l has yield potential of 1.3 to 1.5 tha-I. It was also revealed that
fanners can benefit from using the same land with a new cropping pattern
comprised of SAU Perilla-l with other crop varieties such as BARI Sarisha-14 BRR!
dhan-28 - BRRI dhan-48 - SAU Perilla-l and this practice could lead to
improve cropping intensity and income of the farmers as well. Moreover, the crop
could easily be cultivated in fruit gardens like papya, mango, litchi etc. as an
intercrop and on fallow land especially slopes of roads and high ways as well.
According to the Bangladesh Edible Oil Producers Association (BEOPA),
Bangladesh imported around 3.2 million metric tons of edible oil in the fiscal year
2020-21. The country's annual demand for edible oil is expected to rise to 3.8
million metric tons by 2030. This heavy reliance on imported edible oil puts a
significant strain on the country's foreign exchange reserves. In this case SAU
Perilla-l has the potential to be a sustainable alternative to supplement the
imported edible oils and could contribute to reduce the dependency on imported
edible oil in Bangladesh. By 2022 the crop is cultivated in almost 100.00 acres of
land over 20 districts in Bangladesh. Thus, the crop is gradually approaching as
an attractive option for farmers providing an additional source of income
especially during Kharif - 2 season when no other oil crops are not cultivated in
Bangladesh. In conclusion, with its high oil content and excellent oil quality, SAU
Perilla - 1 would have been appeared as an additional choice of potential and
profitable crop for reliable source of domestic edible oil towards reduction of
edible oil import volume in Bangladesh.
Keywords: oil seed crop, kharif - 2 season, SA U Perilla-l , Banglades
FARMERS’ USE OF ELECTRONIC AND ICT-BASE MEDIA IN SHAJHANPUR UPAZILA OF BOGURA DISTRICT
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Submitted to Department of Entomology,
Faculty of Agriculture.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka-
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEMThe purposes of the study were to describe the selected characteristics of
the farmers, to determine the extent of use of Electronic and ICT-base
media and to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of
the farmers to their use of Electronic and ICT-base media. The study
was undertaken in three villages of Shahjahanpur upazila under Bogura
district. Validated and well-structured interview schedule was used to
collect data from 116 sample farmers during 15th February, 2022 to 15th
March, 2022. Descriptive statistics, multiple regressions were used for
analysis. The majority 63.79 percent of the farmers had medium use of
Electronic and ICT-base media in agriculture compared to 15.52 percent
had high and 20.69 percent had low use of Electronic and ICT-base
media in agriculture. Among 10 selected characteristics of the farmers,
three characteristics namely- education, extension contact and
knowledge on ICT of the farmers had significant positive contribution
with their use of ICT media in agriculture and problem faced in using
Electronic and ICT-base media had negative contribution to their use of
Electronic and ICT-base media in agriculture. The rest 6 characteristics
namely age, family size, farm size, annual family income, training on
agriculture and experience in farming had no significant contribution to
the use of Electronic and ICT-base media in agriculture
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN OIL SEED BrassicaGENOTYPES
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Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
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for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
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GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDINGThe investigation was started with the selection process of potential populations of
Brassica rapa L. The present investigation was carried out under field conditions to
evaluate morphologicaltraits of 13 genotypes received from the Department of
Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
considering 13traits, using randomized complete block design with three replications
during rabi season from November 2020 to February 2021 in research farm of Sher-eBangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka. The analysis of variance showed significant
variation in all the traits. The phenotypic variances were higher than genotypic
variances with little differences in all traits. High heritability estimates were observed
for days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, number of secondary branches per plant,
number of siliquae per plant, length of siliqua, number of seeds per siliqua and yield
per plant. Correlation study revealed that seed yield per plant had a highly significant
positive correlation with number of secondary branches per plant, length of siliqua,
number of siliquae per plant and thousand seed weight at both genotypic and
phenotypic level, while days to first flowering, days to 50% flowering and days to
80% maturity showed significant negative correlation with yield at both phenotypic
and genotypic level. Path coefficient analysis found that number of secondary
branches per plant had the highest positive direct effect followed by plant eight, root
length,thousand seed weight and days to 80% maturity had medium level direct
effects towards yield, while days to first flowering, days to 50% flowering, shoot
length, number of primary branches per plant, number of siliquae per seed, length of
siliqua and number of siliquae per plant had negative direct effects.Plant height
exhibited lowest (76.15 cm) in G1. The highest number of primary branches per plant
(5.80) was recorded in G9. The highest number of secondary branches per plant (6.13)
was observed in G6. The highest number of siliquae per plant (155.53) was in G6, the
number of seeds per siliqua (24.09) was found highest in G10. The thousand seed
weight exhibited the highest (2.82 g) in G10 followed by G6 (2.74 g). The yield per
plant was maximum (6.92 g) in G10.Considering the morphological and genetical
parameters, the genotypes G1, G6, G9, G10 could be considered as a potential parent
for future breeding program
HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT THROUGH QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS IN VEGETABLES FROM THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF BANGLADESH
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Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYA study was conducted to assess the human health risk through the quantitative
determination of heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Cd and Cr) from vegetables in the southwest
part of Bangladesh. Samples of vegetables and soils were collected from nine upazila
of three districts- Satkhira (Assasuni, Kaliganj, Shyamnagar); Jashore (Jikragacha,
Monirampur Sorsha); Khulna ( Koyra, Paikgacha, Dumuria).Vegetable species e.g.,
Spinach, Tomato, Calabash, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi, Cabbage, Red Amaranth, and
Bean. The highest Pb and Cd concentration were found in the Assasuni, Satkhira
which were higher than the FAO/WHO permissible limits (0.1 mg kg
for Pb and
0.05 mg kg
-1
for Cd) in most of the vegetables indicating might pose higher risk. The
highest Cr concentration was found in Assasuni, Satkhira and the lowest in Khulna
and Jashore which were lower than the FAO/WHO permissible limits (2.30 mg kg
)
except for a few vegetables in Satkhira that indicated Cr did pose a high risk. The
highest Cu concentration was found in Kaliganj, Satkhira, and the lowest was found
in Shyamnagar, Satkhira. The trend of Transfer Factor for heavy metals was in order:
Cu>Cd>Pb>Cr. The highest Sediment Pollution Index value was found in Spinach
(258.98) in Assasuni, Satkhira, and the lowest value was found in Kohlrabi in
Dumuria, Khulna. The highest Metal Pollution Index 9.40 mg kg
was found in
Assasuni, Satkhira and the lowest 0.105 mg kg
-1
was found in Dumuria, Khulna. The
cumulative non-carcinogenic health risk associated with vegetable consumption were
assigned to Assasuni > Kaliganj > Shyamnagar in Satkhira; Monirampur > Sorsha
>Jikragacha in Jashore and Paikgacha > Koyra >Dumuria in Khulna. The cumulative
cancer risk for multiple metals for Pb, Cd and Cr of all studied locations was higher
than the unacceptable limit (>10
-4
) which indicates heavy metals may pose a
carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health hazard . So, steps were needed to alleviate
heavy metal pollution in the vegetable fields to protect the consumer’s health
STUDY ON GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF WHEAT WHEN SOWN LATE
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Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRONOMYA field experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
during the period from November 2021 to March 2022 in Rabi season, to study on
grain yield and yield components of wheat when sown late. The experiment consisted
of two factors, and followed Randomized block design with three replications. Factor
A. Wheat varieties (2) viz; V
1
: BARI Gom-32 and V
: BARI Gom-33 and Factor B.
Different sowing date (5) viz; S
1
: 1
st
ii
2
sowing date : 28
th
November, 2021, S
sowing date : 5
th
December, 2021, S
3
: 3
rd
sowing date : 15
th
December, 2021, S
sowing date : 21
th
December, 2021 and S
5
: 5
th
sowing date : 28
th
December, 2021.
Experimental result showed that in case of different wheat varieties the lowest grain
yield (3.96 t ha
-1
) was observed in V
(BARI Gom-32) treatment. Whereas cultivating
BARI Gom-33 (V
2
1
) variety gave the highest spike length (10.63 cm), spikelets spike
(17.59), grains spike
-1
(46.85), 1000 grains weight (43.51 g), grain yield (4.73 t ha
),
straw yield (5.86 t ha
-1
), biological yield (10.59 t ha
-1
) and harvest index (44.66 %).
Among different sowing dates, seeds sown on 28
th
November (S
treatment) recorded
the highest spike length (10.46 cm), spikelets spike
-1
1
(17.49), grains spike
(52.89),
1000 grains weight (46.20 g), grain yield (4.66 t ha
-1
-1
), straw yield (5.69 t ha
),
biological yield (10.35 t ha
-1
) and harvest index (45.01%). In case of combination
treatment the V
2
S
combination treatment gave the highest highest spike length (11.46
cm), spikelets spike
1
-1
(18.46), grains spike
-1
(56.46), 1000 grains weight (47.35 g),
grain yield (5.02 t ha
-1
), grain yield (6.07 t ha
-1
), biological yield (11.09 t ha
) harvest
index (45.27 %) comparable to other combination treatments. Therefore considering
above all facts, it may be concluded that BARI Gom-33 variety seed sown on 28
November (V
2
S
) seems promising for reduction of yield less of late sown wheat than
compared to other combination treatment and planting wheat seeds later than 28
1
November should be discouraged as it reduces wheat yield in both varieties
IMPACT OF MICROCREDIT IN ENHANCING FOOD SECURITY OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN BANGLADESH
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Submitted to the Department of Management and Finance,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in
partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
MANAGEMENT AND FINANCEThe main objective of this study was to assess the impact of microcredit on the food
security status of rural households in Bangladesh. Primary data was collected from
Comilla and Chandpur districts of Bangladesh due to availability of microcredit
borrowers. Data were collected purposively from 200 respondents through face-to-face
interviews during January to June, 2022. Descriptive and econometric models were
used to analyzed the data. Probit regression model, Food Consumption Score (FCS)
and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique were used to obtain the objectives of
the study. Probit regression model was used to assess the factors influencing access to
microcredit. FCS method was used to assess the food security status of microcredit
borrowers and non-borrowers and PSM was used to evaluate the impact of microcredit
in enhancing food security of rural households. The findings indicated that gender, age,
agricultural land, family, household size, non-farm income source of household and
training influence access to microcredit positively, in opposite education, occupation,
earning member and annual income influenced access to microcredit negatively
whereas gender, age, land, family, household size, non-farm income, annual income
and training were significant at 5% level of significance and education, occupation,
earning member, training were significant at 1% level of significance. The results also
revealed that there is a significant difference of FCS with 1% level of significance
between microcredit borrowers and non-borrowers and FCS is higher for nonborrowers
compared
to
borrowers.
The
PSM
result
revealed
that
microcredit
program
has
reduced
the
food
security
status
of
the
borrowers
by
17.564
and
6.04
unit
based
on
Nearest
Neighbor (NN) and Radius matching method. Inadequate credit availability
and inefficient credit utilization could be the cause. The study suggests that microcredit
program should be design to promote sustainable livelihood of rural households and
regular monitoring and evaluation are essential to assess the impact on food security.
In addition, it is recommended that microcredit intervention with social support
programs can have a holistic impact on improving food security and well-being of rural
households
GROWTH,YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF BARLEY AS AFFECTED BY SOWING TIME AND CUTTING MANAGEMENT
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Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRONOMYThe experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University during the
period from November, 2021 to March, 2022 for assessing different varieties of
barley in dual purpose influenced by sowing time and cutting management. The
three factorial experiment considered two Barley variety,A: BARI Barley-8 and
BARI Barley-9 and comprised of three factors viz. factor B: different sowing times
(4), S
1
=15th October, S
2
=1st November, S
3
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=15th November and S
4
=30th November;
factor C: Cutting management (4); C
0
=Uncut, C
1
=cutting at 40 DAS, C
2
=cutting at
50 DAS and C
3
=cutting at 60 DAS. This experiment was laid out in a split plot
design with three replications. Data were collected on different aspects of growth,
yield attributes and economic traits. From the findings of the study it was observed
that, among with others growth and yield contributing parameters, highest grain
yield (3.35 t/ha) was obtained from the V
2
S
2
C
0
combination (BARI Barley 9,
sowing at 1
st
November and no cutting). On the other hand, the lowest grain yield
(2.08 t/ha) was obtained from the combination of V
1
S
4
C
3
(BARI Barley -8, sowing
at 30
th
November and cutting at 60 DAS). The highest BCR (2.35) was obtained
from the V
2
S
2
C
0
combination (BARI Barley- 9, sowing at 1
st
November and cutting
at 40 DAS). On the other hand, the lowest BCR (1.81) was obtained from the
combination of V
1
S
4
C
3
(BARI Barley-8, sowing at 30
th
November and cutting at 60
DAS). From economic point of view, it was apparent that, the combination of
V
2
S
2
C
2
combination (BARI Barley-9, sowing at 1
st
November and cutting At 50
DAS) treatment was more profitable than rest of the treatment combinations even
with lower yield but additional economic return from selling the fodder
Prevalence and risk factors associated with clinical cases of pet animals in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
Get PDFThis study aimed to determine the prevalence of most common clinical cases of dog, cat and rabbit reported
at MM Hossain’s Pet Clinic, Dhaka, Bangladesh. One thousand and two hundred (n=1200) clinical cases
were recorded during the period from March 2020 to July 2022. Among them, dog, cat, and rabbit covered
21%, 65.5% and 12.5% cases, respectively. Parasitic disease was the highest prevalent case (25%) in dogs
followed by gastritis (11.51%), wound (10.71%), dermatitis (7.54%), conjunctivitis (6.75%), and kennel
cough (5.16%) (p<0.001). Likewise, parasitic disease followed by wound, viral disease, and diarrhea were
the more prevalent clinical cases in cats (23.31%, 18.05%, 6.77%, and 5.64%, respectively) (p<0.001). In
case of rabbit, traumatic injuries and fracture was the highest reported case (16.67%) followed by parasitic
infestation, diarrhea, and dermatitis (13.33%, 13.33%, and 12.00%, respectively) (p<0.001). Clinical cases
were more prevalent in male dogs than female dogs (56.75% vs 43.25%) (p<0.05), and dogs more than 6
months of age had more reported clinical cases compared to 1-6 months of aged dogs (65.08% vs 34.92%)
(p<0.05). Local breed of cats showed higher prevalence of clinical cases than that of cross breed (66.54% vs
33.46%), male cats had higher prevalence compared to female cats (59.40% vs 40.60%), and cats at the age
of 1-6 months represented higher prevalence than those more than 6 months of age (62.16% vs 37.84%)
(p<0.05). Male rabbits represented as higher reported clinical cases than female rabbits (72.67% vs 27.33%)
(p<0.05). Overall, Parasitic infection/infestation was the prominent reported clinical cases in pet dogs, cats,
and rabbits. Proper prevention and therapeutic management should be carrying out to reduce the prevalence
of parasitic diseases of pets
INFLUENCE OF MULCH AND MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF FRENCH BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
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Submitted to Department of Entomology,
Faculty of Agriculture.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka-
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
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DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTUREAn experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka during November 2020 to March 2021 to study the
influence of mulch and manure on the growth and yield of french bean. French
bean variety BARI Jharsheem 2 was used as planting material in this study. The
experiment consisted of two factors: Factor-A: mulch materials (4 types): M
0
= No
mulches, M
1
= Black polythene, M
2
= Rice straw and M
3
= Water hyacinth;
Factor-B: T
0
= No manure, T
1
= Kitchen compost (5 t ha
-1
), T
2
= Vermicompost (7
t ha
-1
) and T
3
= Kitchen compost + Vermicompost (2.5 t ha
-1
+3.5 t ha
). The
experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (factorial) with
three (3) replications. Data on different growth, yield contributing and yield
parameter of French bean were recorded and significant variation was observed
from different treatments. In case of mulch materials the tallest plant (56.04 cm),
maximum number leaves plant
-1
(18.54), leaf length (10.90 cm), leaf breadth
(8.76), number of branch plant
-1
(14.80), flower plant
-1
(25.12), pod plant
(20.74),
seeds pod
-1
(7.89), yield plot
-1
(4.41 kg) and yield ha
-1
(14.70 t) was observed from
M
1
treatment. In case of manure the tallest plant (57.17 cm), maximum number
leaves plant
-1
(19.98), leaf length (10.98 cm), leaf breadth (9.42), number of
branch plant
-1
(8.94), yield plot
(15.81), flower plant
-1
-1
(26.82), pod plant
(4.73 kg) and yield ha
-1
-1
-1
-1
(21.72), seeds pod
(15.77 t) was observed from T
3
treatment. The highest BCR (2.13) was obtained from the M
1
treatment
combination where as the lowest BCR (1.17) was from M
0
treatment
combination. It may be concluded that, sowing of French bean providing black
polythene with 2.5 t ha
-1
Kitchen compost +3.5 t ha
-1
Vermicompost was recorded
to be more suitable practice for getting higher yield of French bean