The southeastern and southwestern parts of Bangladesh are naturally contaminated with arsenic exposing more than 30 million people to unsafe levels of this element in drinking water and potentially threatening rice production. A study was undertaken in three arsenic contaminated upazilas namely...

CdTe is considered as a viable absorber material for the thin film solar cell because of its excellent material characteristics as well as simple, low cost manufacturability. Despite a theoretical 29% efficiency prediction of the cell, its high work function and coefficient of thermal expansion...

This study has dealt with the profitability of hatchery operations in Bangladesh. Cross section data exclusively generated from fish hatchery farms under four districts namely Jessore, Chandpur, Bogra and Mymensingh were analysed to achieve the objectives of the study. The sample of the study...

Relative performance of individual enterprises within each component of Crop-Cattle-Poultry Fish farming system was ascertained through gross margin analysis and the success of whole farm business was examined by applying residual income measures such as net farm income and management income....

The study was undertaken to evaluate the economic and financial profitability of aromatic and fine rice production, using both primary and secondary data. Forty farmers who cultivated both Kataribhog and Chinigura, and fifteen farmers each producing Pajam and Nizershail were selected from...

This study is an attempt to generate some micro level information in respect of pattern of consumption of selected food items and the related food consumption parameters. The results showed that rural consumers consumed more rice and non-food items. Per capita consumption of food in general...

An attempt was made in this study to appraise the investment proposition in dairying, incorporating the cash support incentive initiated by the government in recent years. Financial analysis was performed using primary data collected from different locations of Tangail district. The results...

Optimum cropping plan has been developed using data from a sample of 40 farms in a farming system research area of Mymensingh district. The results revealed a considerable divergence between the existing and optimal crop plans under both restricted and unrestricted capital situation. Among the...