Sheikh Mohammad Sayem

Bangladesh Agricultural University | BAU · Department of Agricultural Statistics

Purpose This study aims to investigate the determinants of the food security status of participants and non-participants of livestock extension services living under similar socioeconomic conditions as livestock farming households in the Feed the Future zone of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional data of 906 farm-households ext...

Learning the extent of price volatility is critical to ensure the producer and consumer’s economic welfare. Hence, we have envisioned assessing the price transmission relationship over time among the farmgate, wholesale, and retail markets for the four major aquaculture products, namely Rui, Catla, Tilapia and Pangas in Bangladesh. The Granger caus...

Given the importance of gender in household and agricultural decision-making including climate change adaptation and mitigation decisions, understanding “within” household gender differences in perception of climate change and eventual impacts is crucial to formulate and design relevant policies and programs. However, studies on climate change, par...

The article examines the relationship between poverty and food insecurity using a primary sample ( n = 319) collected from the enclave areas of Bangladesh. The study reveals that among the poor respondents, 80% are food insecure and among the non-poor respondents 30.8% are food insecure. Uni-variate probit regressions find that per capita income, h...

Efficient and significant empirical estimate of the multivariate regression parameters will be helpful for the policy maker to make the right decisions about sophisticated interrelated issues in the dynamic world. Since the end of the twentieth century, statisticians are going forward to develop unique working methodology for estimating and testing...

Sustainable rice production in the coastal region of Bangladesh is threatened due to various climatic impacts. The study investigated the current scenario of rice production and identified the linkage among different input variables related to rice production such as seed, urea, pesticide, etc. in three districts of Patuakhali, Khulna, and Cox’s Ba...

This paper investigates the best possible forecasting price models for three important agricultural products in Bangladesh namely potato, onion and garlic using time-series and secondary data from January 2000 to December 2014. The main objective of this paper is to find out the appropriate time series models using some of the latest selection crit...

Abstract. The aim of this paper was to explore the appropriate deterministic time series model using the latest selection criteria considering the price pattern of onion, garlic and potato products in Bangladesh (January 2000 to December 2016). It appeared from our analysis that the time series data for the prices of potato was first order homogeno...

This study focused on the role of Safari parks as a sustainable source of income and employment to ensure food security of the corresponding employees. The survey was accomplished from two Safari parks among the employees through a pretested questionnaire using simple random sampling techniques. Descriptive and inferential statistics was applied to...

Betel leaf is one of the important cash crops that gaining popularity in recent time in Bangladesh. This study was conducted to identify the present and future production pattern of betel leaf in Bangladesh as well as its prospects and challenges. Secondary data of 29 years from 1991 to 2019 have been used to specify the production pattern and fore...

The livelihood of the people in the dynamic coastal regions of Bangladesh is highly dependent on nature and thus is vulnerable to climatic events. The research study developed the Fishermen Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) to measure the vulnerability of the fishing communities living in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. The weighted average m...

This study was designed to assess the role of Safari parks on livelihood pattern and food security status of the people linked with parks. A survey was conducted among the employees in two safari parks. Different descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to evaluate the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents. Economic Security I...

The agricultural arena in the coastal regions of South-East Asian countries is experiencing the mounting pressures of the adverse effects of climate change. Controlling and predicting climatic factors are difficult and require expensive solutions. The study focuses on identifying issues other than climatic factors using the Livelihood Vulnerability...

Objective: The study was aimed to analyze the microbiological quality of mixed vegetable salads and to understand the risk related with its consumption from different restaurants around Bangladesh Agricultural University campus in Mymensingh. Materials and Methods: Sixty (60) samples of mixed vegetable salads were taken from twelve (12) different...

This study empirically examines oil price volatility and the impact of oil price changes on the growth of the economy and food security in Bangladesh. The study uses yearly data of macroeconomic variables from 1991 to 2015 and global food security index (GFSI) for the period 2012 to 2015. Furthermore, data of GFSI for previous four years have been...

Asthma, a global public health problem, is affecting both developing and developed countries. Bangladesh is one of the asthma prone countries with high concentration of the disease in Mymensingh zone. This study has been conducted to identify the determinants and impact of asthma disease in Mymensingh zone of Bangladesh. Cluster sampling technique...

This study examined the Gross margin and factor productivity of watermelon production in Patuakhali district, Bangladesh. A multi-stage stratified sampling design had been used for the selection of the watermelon growing farmers. Data were obtained with the aid of a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The socio-economic characteristics of the resp...

This study was conducted in the Patuakhali District of Bangladesh during the production period 2015-2016 to determine the efficiency of resource use in watermelon production. A total of 180 farmers were selected from the study area through multistage stratified random sampling technique and face to face interview was conducted to collect primary da...

This study estimates a translog stochastic production function to examine the impact of land fragmentation and soil fertility on rice producers’ technical efficiency (TE) in Bangladesh. Primary data has been collected for Boro (dry) seasons rice production from 180 farm households using multistage stratified random sampling procedure in May 2015. I...

Higher education is playing a pivotal role to ensure the sustainable development of Bangladesh. Students' academic performance is one of the main indicators of the quality of the academic institutions. It may depend on various personnel involved in academic, administrative and also their working environment. This study aims to identify the determin...

This article analyses that how rice producers' technical efficiency (TE) in Bangladesh is influenced by land fragmentation and soil fertility. A total of 180 farm households from six villages were selected using multistage stratified random sampling procedure. Translog stochastic frontier model was employed to address this TE. Rice productivity dis...

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is the leading share market in Bangladesh. The main objective of the study is to develop an econometric model to forecast future phenomenon of DSE general price index. The data set consists of daily DSE General Price Index during the year 2001-2013. The descriptive statistics find out the volatility of DSE general price i...

As a very common feature of fish marketing, small-scale fisheries in tropical countries suffers from huge post-harvest loss every year. A method was proposed to quantify the post-harvest quality loss of wet fish using sensory based assessment tool. The assessments were conducted on four fish species (rohu Labeo rohita; Ilish Tenualosa ilisha, catfi...

This article attempts to develop the model and to forecast the wholesale price of coarse rice in Bangladesh. Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) models have been developed on the monthly data collected from July 1975 to December 2011and validated using the data from December 2010 to December 2011. The results showed that the...

Bangladesh being a developing country, always tries to control the market prices of coarse rice for stable political and social condition. The main aim of this paper is to find out appropriate deterministic time series model using the latest selection criteria that could best describe the coarse rice price pattern in Bangladesh during the time peri...

The study was conducted to develop a cytology based diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of avian Mycoplasma and E. coli infections at post mortem in the field condition. A total of 38 culture and PCR confirmed Mycoplasma, E. coli or mixed infected samples were used for this study. Lung impression smears were prepared on glass slide from the samples a...

To control peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Bangladesh a live attenuated conventional PPR vaccine was developed by Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) and currently being used in the country. Farmers and field veterinarians often raise the question about the efficacy of that vaccine. The poor efficacy of PPR vaccine in rural situation...

To control peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Bangladesh a live attenuated conventional PPR vaccine was developed by Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) and currently being used in the country. Farmers and field veterinarians often raise the question about the efficacy of that vaccine. The poor efficacy of PPR vaccine in rural situation...

To control peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Bangladesh a live attenuated conventional PPR vaccine was developed by Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) and currently being used in the country. Farmers and field veterinarians often raise the question about the efficacy of that vaccine. The poor efficacy of PPR vaccine in rural situation...

This paper forecasts the future prices of three different agricultural commodities including Boro-hybrid, Aman-hybrid, and Flour from as the forecasted commodity price plays an important role in taking any economic decision for a country. To forecast the commodity prices the ARIMA models are adopted based on model selection criteria and error stati...