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The eggs of marine crabs - an unexploited resource
Type: Journal Article
Marine crabs belonging to the family Portunidae form bycatch of shrimp trawlers in India. They are sold at low prices and consumers discard eggs and consume the meat. The paper details the nutritional value of eggs of ...
Disaggregated projections on supply, demand,and trade for developing asia: preliminary results from the Asiafish model
Type: Conference Proceedings
The AsiaFish model is a quantitative tool for making disaggregated projections and impact analysis for fish supply, demand, and trade. It has recently been applied to nine major fish producers in Asia (Bangladesh, China, ...
Data management and database systems at WorldFish Center Dhaka, Bangladesh: mission report
Type: Report
Since the late 90's, the WorldFish Center' in Dhaka has two major research programs ongoing in Bangladesh: 1.
An intra-farm study of production factors and productivity for shrimp farms in Bangladesh: an index approach
Type: Journal Article
The production characteristics of shrimp farming in Bangladesh are reported based on a panel of farms for the period 1998 to 2002. The data allow for a profit decomposition based on the Törnqvist index, where differences ...
Impact of stocking on yield in small reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh, India
Type: Journal Article
The relationships between surface area, stocking density and fish yield in 40 small reservoirs in India between 1994 and 1999 were examined. A significant positive correlation (r = 0.6) was found between stocking density ...
Food and nutritional security in Bangladesh: going beyond carbohydrate counts
Type: Journal Article
The progress towards achieving household nutritional food-security in Bangladesh has remained slow. So far the food security is cereal-based (mainly rice) and food basket has not yet diversified towards high nutritive/ ...
Adoption and Productivity Impact of Modern Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The Bangladesh research system has been continuing to release new rice varieties with novel traits. The improved varieties have spread to nearly two thirds of the rice area. The technological progress has helped Bangladesh ...
Some aspect of population dynamics of three penaeid shrimp (P.monodon, P.semisulcatus and M.monoceros) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Type: Journal Article
In the Bay of Bengal of Bangladesh area the values of asymptotic length (La) for tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) and brown shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros) were found to be 30.0 cm, ...
Assessment of forest fragmentation and species diversity in North Andaman Islands (India): a geospatial approach
Type: Journal Article
The present study was carried out in the context of conservation biology research, focusing on the species diversity in the fragmented landscapes of island ecosystem. The study analyzed the levels of forest fragmentation ...
Decentralized provision of primary healthcare in rural Bangladesh : a study of government facilities
Type: Working Paper
Bangladesh has made significant progress in health indicators in recent years in spite of her low level of income. This is mainly due to the commitment of the state supported by donors in providing preventive care with ...