RESEARCH PROJECT: 26

1. Progressive management pathway for improving carp biosecurity in Bangladesh, Funded by USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, Principal Investigator-Bangladesh, from June 2024 to May 2025.

2. Upgrading value chains of nutrient-dense perishable agricultural commodities in Bangladesh: Technological interventions and IT-based business model development to reduce postharvest and nutrient loss, funded by USAID, Feed the Future “Food System for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL)”, Principal Investigator, Bangladesh part, from December 2023 to November 2026.

3. Enhancing Resilience in Chicken Value Chain in Bangladesh: Reducing Moral Hazard and Improving Food Safety Strategies, funded by USAID (LASER PULSE), Principal Investigator- Bangladesh, from October 2022 to March 2024.

4. Enhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh, funded by USAID, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), Co-Principal Investigator, from October-2020 to March-2024.

5. Climate-friendly and climate-resilient prawn farming in Bangladesh (ECOPRAWN), Component Leader, Funded by Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), from April 2022 to March 2026.

6. Assessing Supply Chain Performance and Governance Structure of Fisheries Sector in Bangladesh, Principal Investigator, Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), from February 2022 to January 2024.

7. Strategies for Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh: Analysis of Market Access, Trade and Consumption Pattern, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, Funded by USAID, Principal Investigator, from May-2021 to July 2023.

8. Adoption and Potency of Digital Financial Services among Farmers in Bangladesh: An Evidence from Mymensingh District, Principal Investigator, Funded by Policy Research Institute (PRI), Bangladesh., from March 2022 to February 2023.

9. Erasmus+ Key Action 107- International Credit Mobility (ICM) Programme, Collaboration with Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, Funded by Erasmus, from March-2021 to July-2023.

10. Thinking, Talking, Action & Advocating with the Poorest, Collaboration with University of Oxford, UK, funded by Agence Française de Développement-France; Academic Researcher, from July-2020 to December-2022.

11. Genome Sequencing and Development of SNP Markers from Rohu, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, Funded by USAID, Co-investigator, from March-2019 to December-2020.

12. Perception of and Adaption to Climate Change by Wheat Producing Farmers in North-West Part of Bangladesh, Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), Co-investigator, July-2018 to June-2019.

13. Post-harvest Losses, Supply and Value Chain Analysis of Fisheries Sub-sector in Bangladesh, Funded by IDA and IFAD through BARC, Principal Investigator, January-2018 to December-2021.

14. Adoption and Yield Gap of Salt-tolerant Rice Varieties and its Effects on Food Security in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh, Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), Principal Investigator, July-2017 to June-2018.

15. Dimensionality of poverty and how to measure them, Collaboration with University of Oxford and ATD, Funded by World Bank, Academic Researcher, from September-2016 to August-2019.

16. Upgrading Pangas and Tilapia Value Chains in Bangladesh, Funded by DANIDA, Component Leader (Production and Environment), from March-2015 to February-2020.

17. Promoting Socially Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in West Bengal and Bangladesh, Funded by Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Principal Investigator, from June-2016 to May-2020.

18. Assessing Demand and Willingness to Pay for Organic Broiler of Different Communities in Mymensingh District. Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural Research System (BAURES), Principal Investigator, July-2016 to June-2017.

19. Climate Change and Its Effects on Livestock Production, Funded by GoB, Co-investigator, from July-2016 to June-2017.

20. Carbon and Ecological Footprint of Intensive Aquaculture System in Bangladesh, Funded by NST (Ministry of Science and Technology), Bangladesh, Principal Investigator, from July-2015 to June-2016.

21. “The Gender-Agriculture-Poverty Nexus: Agrarian Transformation in Eastern Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh, Funded by USAID, Co-investigator, from September-2015 to August-2016.

22. Effects of climate change on income diversity, poverty and vulnerability: Evidence from southern part of Bangladesh, Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural Research System (BAURES), Principal Investigator, July-2014 to June-2015.

23. Integrated Farming and its Impact on Farmers’ Livelihood in Bangladesh, funded by World Bank through BARC, Co-investigator, December-2012 to November-2013.

24. Farm Household Technical Efficiency – A Study on Rice Producer in Some Selected Areas in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Agricultural Research System (BAURES), Principal Investigator, July-2006 to June-2007.

25. Spices Crops Production and Marketing in Bangladesh, Research team member, funded by World Bank (WB) through BARC, Co-investigator, July-2006 to June-2007.

26. Achieving Greater Food Security and Eliminating Poverty by Dissemination of Genetically Improved Silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus) to Fish Farmers, Co-investigator, funded by ADB and WorldFish Center, April-2004 to March-2007.

EXPERIENCE AS CONSULTANT:17 

1. Worked as consultant on “Understanding the consumers’ demand and preferences in buying organic/safer items”, MATI, Bangladesh, from February/2024 to April/2024.

2. Worked as consultant on “Willingness-to-pay of poultry consumers and vendors for improved biosecurity: A study in live bird markets of Dhaka city” under Strategies to prevent (STOP) spillover project, icddr’b, June/23 to September/23.

3. Working as team leader on “Feasibility Study/Cost-Benefit Analysis for Transforming the Plant Quarantine Wing into a Plant Quarantine Authority”, with Land O’ Lakes Venture 37, USA, from June/2022 to December/2022

4. Working as consultant on “Feasibility study of proposed Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) automation and Automated Mail Processing Centre (AMPC) of Bangladesh Post Office (BPO)” with New Vision Solution Limited, Bangladesh, from June/2022 to December/2022.

5. Worked as consultant in MATI Bangladesh on ‘A thorough analysis of the employment situation for young adults in Mymensingh town and adjacent areas’, from Jan/2021 to Mar/2021.

6. Worked as consultant in BARD on ‘Effects of interest free credit on livelihood development of the poor in Lalamai-Hill Areas in Cumilla’, from Nov/2020 to Apr/2021.

7. Worked as consultant, in MATI Bangladesh, on ‘Increase food security and create sustainable livelihoods for poor rural farming households engaged in organic agriculture through the establishment of a marketing chain for organic products - Phase III’, from Sep/2020 to Dec/2020.

8. Worked as "Fisheries and Livestock" Specialist at FAO, Bangladesh, from February/2020 to May/2020, Job description: Monitoring of Country Investment Plan -2 (CIP-2), Bangladesh.

9. Worked as consultant in PKSF on ‘study on common services activities, technological intervention and environmental interventions requirements for Beef fattening and Dairy farm sub-sector’, from Jul/2019 to Oct/2019.

10. Worked as team member, Impact Assessment of Research and Development Activities of Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) from 2007 to 2017, from Aug/2018 to Jan/19. Job description: Prepare study design, interview schedule preparation, KGD and KII checklist preparation, field visit during data collection, analytical framework development, data analysis and report writing.

11. Worked as consultant in WorldFish, Bangladesh- ECOFISH (BD) Project, Dec/16- Feb /2017. Job description: Prepare science paper on impact of bumper hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) production on value chain actors in Bangladesh. Prepare study design, interview schedule preparation, field visit during data collection, analytical framework development, data analysis and science paper preparation.

12. Worked as consultant in WorldFish, Bangladesh- CSISA-BD Project, Jul-Sep /2015. Job description: Develop the Performance Evaluation report for CSISA-BD aquaculture project baseline and end line performance data from Year-1 to Year-4. Prepare science paper/report based on the findings of any of the aquaculture system like Household/pond/ gher based aquaculture.

13. Worked as consultant in WorldFish, Bangladesh- CSISA-BD Project, Feb-Mar/2015. Job description: Prepare study design, analytical framework development focusing the study objectives, data analysis, prepared impact evaluation report using the baseline and endline data with econometric modeling.

14. Worked as consultant in WorldFish, Bangladesh- MCDP Project, Mar – Jun / 2015. Job description: Develop an impact evaluation report on The first 1000 Most Critical Days Project (MCDP) special emphasis on food and nutritional security through aquaculture, develop a scientific paper outlines and writing on methodology, result and discussions sections, analyze the baseline and endline data for required tables, graphs and econometric modeling, Review the whole paper, editing and final for submission.

15. Worked as National Consultant (Analyst) in FAO, Bangladesh, January 2015. Job description: Projection of demand for and supply of cereals, vegetables and livestock products during Seventh Five Year Plan period through Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model and prepare a report.

16. Worked as consultant in WorldFish, Bangladesh- SHOUHARDO II Project, September 2014. Job description: SHOUHARDO II project evaluation (WorldFish part, collaboration with CARE, Bangladesh): Activities and achievements of project, cost-benefit analysis and performance evaluation.

17. Worked as consultant in WorldFish, Bangladesh- Nobo-Jibon Project, August 2014. Job description: Develop an impact evaluation report of Nobojibon project: analyze socio-economic profile of project beneficiaries, technology wise impact evaluation and policy guidelines.