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Impact of urea price change on the economic optimum level of N fertilizer use in HYV rice and its yield in Bangladesh
(Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2017-12-04)
The study estimates the impact of change in urea price on the economic optimum level of N fertilizer use in HYV rice and its yield in Bangladesh using a large set of experimental data of BRRI from 15 regions covering an ...
Climate Change Response at the Farm Level: A Review of Farmers’ Awareness and Adaptation Strategies in Developing Countries
(2014-11-19)
This paper provides an overview of farmers’ awareness and a typology of adaptation strategies undertaken in order to combat climate change at the farm-level in developing countries. The review suggests that the extent to ...
Agroecological, climatic, land elevation and socio-economic determinants of pesticide use at the farm level in Bangladesh
(2015-12-01)
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. This study examines the influence of agroecology, climate, land elevation and socio-economic factors on pesticide use at the farm level using a large survey data of 2083 farms from 17 districts covering ...
Six Decades of Total Factor Productivity Change and Sources of Growth in Bangladesh Agriculture (1948–2008)
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-06-01)
This study applies the Färe–Primont index to calculate total factor productivity (TFP) indices for agriculture in 17 regions of Bangladesh covering a 61-year period (1948–2008). It decomposes the TFP index into six finer ...
Determinants of Livelihood Choices: An Empirical Analysis from Rural Bangladesh
(2014-12-01)
The study identifies socio-economic determinants of livelihood choices of rural households in Bangladesh (4,195 households from 139 villages) by applying a multinomial logit model of occupational choice and a multivariate ...
Determinants of crop diversity in the regions of Bangladesh (1990-2008)
(2015-01-01)
© 2014 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. The paper measures the level of crop diversity and identifies factors influencing diversification using a panel data of ...
Tracing the impact of market reform on productivity growth of rice at the farm level in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-06-02)
Whether crop diversification is energy efficient: An empirical analysis from Bangladesh
(Elsevier, 2015-01-05)
This study examines whether crop diversification provides economy in energy use and improves technical energy efficiency using a large survey data of 2,075 farms from 20 sub-districts of 17 districts in Bangladesh by ...