Swarup Barua

• MS in Agricultural Economics (Agribusiness and Marketing)
• Assistant Professor at Sylhet Agricultural University,Sylhet Bangladesh

It was an attempt to examine the profitability and factors affecting milk supply of dairy farms in selected areas in Chittagong District. Primary data were collected from both milk producers and traders during the months of August to September 2015. Simple descriptive methods and stepwise multiple regression models were used to analyze the data. Th...

The achievement and successful implementation of agricultural price policy necessitates a study on spatial price relationships. The main focus of this study was to examine the price behavior incorporating price instability and market interdependency of rice price by using time series data from 1974-75 to 2010-11. During the whole period, area insta...

Haor fish are one of the significant food items in Bangladeshi consumers' diets. This study aimed to explore consumers’ purchasing preferences for haor fish and interviewed 200 respondents from eleven northeastern fish markets through convenience sampling. The ordered logit model was applied to determine the factors behind consumers’ preferences....

Despite persistent challenges, Bangladesh's dairy sector has been noticeable for a few decades. Although agriculture is the major contributor to GDP, dairy farming may play a crucial role in the economy by creating jobs, ensuring food security, and boosting the protein content of people's diets. This research aims to identify the direct and indirec...

This paper aims to explore the value chain of vegetables with the explicit objectives of observing actors' performance in the chain and examining vegetable supply factors in the market. The primary data were gathered from 150 value chain actors in the NorthEastern part of Bangladesh, using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The major...

Vegetable farming in Northeast Bangladesh has developed rapidly over the last 10 years, with limitations to field management and marketing. A survey was conducted in North-East Bangladesh, specifically Sylhet district to identify the main challenges faced by different value chain actors and their perception of risk management strategies for vegetab...

The COVID-19 has caused gigantic negative effects on populace wellbeing, society, education, and the economy in Bangladesh. The aim is to deliver a comprehensive overview of the observed and the possible impacts that could appear in the coming days. The study is based on secondary information. During the early period, due to a lack of accurate fact...

This study econometrically analyzed the factors affecting competitive advantage and related constraints faced by the producers in duck farming in NorthEastern part of Bangladesh, using multiple regression analysis. Through a simple random sampling technique, structured questionnaire was used to collect farm level data from 150 small-scale commercia...

Article History Keywords Bt-brinjal Potential economic benefit Adoption Bangladesh. Introduction of genetic engineering in agriculture is a recent idea of native scientists. Scientists from Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) are working on developing an FSB resistant brinjal variety namely Bt-brinjal in collaboration with Cornel Unive...

The study was conducted to explore the management and institutional factors associated with dairy farms profitability in Chittagong district. The aim of the study was to determine the role of dairy farming in improving their lives, identifications of the problems of dairy cow rising and to provide suggestions for their improvement. A pre-tested str...

As retail chain store business is gaining popularity very quickly, people engaged in this sector should pay special attention to the growth of this sector. The present study elucidates the direct and associated factors influencing the growth of supermarket activity in Sylhet district in Bangladesh. Both secondary and primary data were used. Seconda...

This study was aimed at analyzing value chain of captured fish in Dekhar haor in Sunamganj district of Bangladesh with specific objectives of identifying the value chain actors, examining the performance of actors and identifying the problems of haor fishing and fish trading. Stratified random sampling technique was employed to collect data from 60...

It was an attempt to examine the present scenario of retail chain store in Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Secondary data were collected from published books, various published articles, websites of different superstores etc. Primary data were collected from 100 customers during the months of September to October, 2016. Simple descriptive statistics...