Profile

Research Interests

• Adoption and rejection of agricultural technology
• Yield gap of various crop at farmers' level
• Haor farming and productivity
• Livelihood of Haor and hill farmers

Research Support

• Principal Investigator: Adoption and Impact of Some Climate Resilient Crop Technologies for Boosting Production in Haor Areas of Sunamganj (2023 - 2026). Funded by KGF.
• Principal Investigator: Innovating Floating Farming towards Sustainable Vegetable Production in Haor Areas in Climate Stress (2023-2024). Funded by SAURES, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• Principal Investigator: Adaptive Capacity of the Haor Farmers to Cope Climate Change Stress on Boro Rice Production (2023-2024). Funded by UGC, Bangladesh.
• Principal Investigator: Strategy to extension of high yielding cotton varieties to the farmers of non-traditional areas in Sylhet district (2022 - 2025). Funded by Cotton development Board (CDB), Bangladesh.
• Principal Investigator: Adoption and Dissemination Pathways of Selected Adaptive Cropping Technologies by the Farmers in Climate Stressed Haor Areas (2022 - 2023). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Co-PI: Assessment of indigenous seed storage techniques of different ethnic communities for enhances production of quality seeds (2021- 2022). Funded by SAURES, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• Principal Investigator: Potentials of Water Conservation towards Cropping Intensification during Rabi Season in Water Scarce Haor Areas (2021 -2022). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Principal Investigator: Building Climate Resilient Farming in Haor Areas through Adoption of French Bean by the Farmers (2020 - 2021). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Project Director: Identification of farmers’ adaptive practices for cultivation of T. Aman rice against climate change induced flood in Haor area of Sylhet district (2018-2019). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Principal Investigator: Innovation of Flash Flood Coping Rice Technology through Participatory Approach (July 2017 to December, 2018). Funded by NATP2, BARC.
• Co-Principal Investigator: ICT Impact study of USAID Agricultural Extension Project (2017- 2018). USAID.
• Principal Investigator: Farmers Participatory Validation and Dissemination of Floating Agriculture as a Means of Vegetable Production in Haor Areas (June 2017 to December 2017). Funded by University Grant Commission (UGC), Bangladesh.
• Principal Investigator: Study on Resilience of the Hoar Farmers on the Production of Boro Rice under the Threat of Early Flash Flood (July 2017 to October 2017). Funded by JICA.
• Project Director: Farmers Participatory Identification and Validation of Flash Flood Coping Rice Technology in Haor Areas of Sunamganj District (July 2016 to June 2017). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Principal Investigator: Identification of Flashflood Coping Promising Crop Production Practices of Haor Farmers (June 2016 to January 2017). Funded by JICA
• Principal Investigator: Farmers’ Perception on Floating Agriculture as a Means of Crop Production in Some Selected Haor Areas of Sunamganj District (01 January 2014 to 31 December 2014). Funded by SAUEC-UGC.
• Principal Investigator: Determination of Technological Gap of Major Crops Grown in haor areas of Sylhet District (July 2013 to June2014). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Principal Investigator: On-farm Validation of Pulse Variety Binamoog-8 and Binamasur-5 in Natore, Bogra and Bhola district (July 2011 to June 2013). Research Grant, BARC.
• Project Director: Identification of Location Specific Technology Using Short Duration Pulse Varieties for Improving Cropping System in Some Areas of Rangpur and Dinajpur District (July 2011 to June 2012). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka. )
• Co-Principal Investigator: Suitability of Promising Selected BINA Technology at Farmers Fields (July 2010 to June 2011). Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
• Principal Investigator: Farmers’ Observation Trials of BINA Released Pulse and Jute Technologies (1996 to 2012). Funded by BINA.
• Co –Principal Investigator: Factors Responsible for Yield Gap in Rice and Wheat at Farmers Fields in Four Districts of Bangladesh (2009 to 2011): Funded by KGF.
• Principal Investigator: Studies on Adoption of BINA Released Crop Varieties (1998). Funded by BINA.
• Co –Principal Investigator: Study of Impact of Power tiller on Soil Fertility and Productivity (2000). Funded by REFPI-BINA.