Browsing by Subject "Agriculture"
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Agricultural analysis and crop yield prediction of Habiganj using multispectral bands of satellite imagery with machine learning
(Brac University, 2020-09)Bangladesh is predominately an agriculture-based country, which faces uncertain crop yields and inefficient farming infrastructure resulting in adverse effect in food security. Habiganj is selected as the study area because ... -
Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
(Wiley Online Library, 2018-04-23)We evaluate causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on technology adoption and food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary ... -
Agricultural microcredit for tenant farmers: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2018-10-26)We study the impact of an agricultural microcredit program on the livelihoods of small, marginal, and landless tenant farmers in Bangladesh based on a Randomized Control Trial (RCT). Twenty percent of eligible households ... -
Agricultural practice and its relation to poverty and food security in selected river basins in Bangladesh: a situation analysis
(BRAC, 2011-08)Poverty and food security in the context of Bangladesh has become a major concern over time. While efforts have been intensified to increase crop yield through increased land use, using inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, ... -
Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor?
(BRAC, 2013-04)Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term randomized control trial of a programme that simultaneously provides assets and training to ... -
Crop prediction based on geographical and climatic data using machine learning and deep learning
(BRAC University, 2018-12)Agriculture is the basic source of food supply in all the countries of the world—whether underdeveloped, developing or developed. Besides providing food, this sector has contributions to almost every other sector of a ... -
Cumulative environmental effects assessment of BRAC's agriculture, fisheries and poultry Program
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A deep neural network approach for intelligent crop selection and yield prediction based on 46 parameters for agricultural zone-28 in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018)Agriculture is the essential ingredients to mankind which is a major source of livelihood and that provides the wide-reaching scope of working opportunities for rural people in underdeveloped or developing countries. ... -
Design and implementation of a crop health monitoring system
(Brac University, 2023)This scholarly work aims to present an innovative Quadcopter Drone Crop Monitoring System that addresses the challenges faced by farmers in monitoring and managing their crops. The system integrates quadcopter drones, ... -
Design and implementation of a smart agrivoltaic system
(Brac University, 2023-09)The aim of our project is to co generate green energy with crops using the same land to ensure bilateral use of land along with automating the process of irrigation to lessen the effort of farmers and to monitor and the ... -
Effect of World Trade Organization on Afghan small and medium enterprise: analysis of agricultural sector
(Brac University, 2020-02)The United Nations, the World Bank, the Security Council, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization is playing important role in different global social, economic and security aspects. Particularly, ... -
Factors contributing to change in the occupation of BRAC household heads
(BRAC, 1998-09)This paper aims to explore the underlying reasons of BRAC household heads getting involved in farm and non-farm sectors, the nature and extent of change in their occupation between 1993 and 1996 and contribution of BRAC ... -
In silico modelling and structural dynamics of PRR CORE ectodomain and its interaction with PAMP csp22
(BRAC University, 2018-11)Plants being sessile organisms are continuously being subjected to pathogens prevailing in their environment. Understanding the theory behind it would be a great step towards understanding the mechanisms making plants ... -
Initial environmental examination of BRAC programs: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, sericulture
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Manikganj Silk Reeling Impact,1992
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Moral hazard: Experimental evidence from tenancy contracts
(Oxford Academic, 2018)Agricultural productivity is particularly low in developing countries. Output-sharing rules that make farmers less-than-full residual claimants are seen as a potentially important driver of low agricultural productivity. ... -
Post cyclone rehabilitation of agriculture in the Sidr affected areas in South West Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2011)Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries of the world. Every year the country is experiencing one or more natural disasters like cyclone and flood. Bangladesh is an agricultural country. But unfortunately ... -
Regulation of genetically modified organisms in India and the influence of Cartagena protocol on its biosafety framework
(Brac University, 2022-05)Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are the products of modern-day biotechnology techniques. One prominent example which highlights just how popular GMOs have become, is that of genetically engineered (GE) plants. ...
