Mahnaz Afsar Senior Lecturer

Name :

Mahnaz Afsar

Designation

Senior Lecturer

Department

Department of Agricultural Economics

Faculty

Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Nationality

Bangladeshi (By birth)

E-mail

mahnazafsar@ebaub.edu.bd, mahnazafsar@yahoo.com

Phone office/work

078153525-29

Cell-Phone (Personal)

+88-01675309463

MS in Agricultural Economics (Production Economics)
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh
B.Sc. Ag. Econ (Hons.)
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Training
1. Participation in Researcher Connect Online training course organized by British Council.
2. Attend the International Faculty Development Programme on Research: Methods, Tools & Innovations organized by Indian Academic Researchers' Association (IARA).
3. Participation in computer training on MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS organized by BSERT, BAU, Mymensingh.
4. Successfully completed a training course on MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, and Internet Browsing organized by Joy Computer and Photostat, BAU, Mymensingh.

Conference/ Symposium
1. Participation in International Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices from October 21-23, 2014 organized by CPWF for the CGIER Research Program WLE at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council and BRAC Centre Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. Regional Seminar of BEA on Changing Farming System in Bangladesh and lts implication for lmproving Food Security at BAU on 26 October 2013.

Research Interest

Production economics, Agribusiness, Supply chain, Rural Development and Sustainability, Alternative farming systems, Food security, Women's empowerment

Publications:

Hasan, M. M., Hossain, B. S., Sayem, M. A., & Afsar, M. (2022). Effect of Agricultural Exports and Imports on Economic Growth in Bangladesh: A Study on Agribusiness Supply Chain. Journal of Distribution Science, 20(11), 79-88.
Hasan, M. M., Hossain, B. S., Sayem, M. A., & Afsar, M. (2022). Factors of Manpower Export in Saudi Arabia and Its Contribution to The Economy of Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6(11), 610-624.
Afsar, M. , & Rahman, M. M. (2022). Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh: An Overview of Barriers and Challenges, EBAUB Journal, 4, 82-89.
Afsar, M. , Sultana, N. (2019). Effects of Different Bagging Materials on Mango Production: Assessment of Profitability and Fruit Quality, Journal of Agricultural and Rural Research, 4(1), 1-11
Afsar. M. (2019). Food Security Status of Indigenous People: A Case of Chapainawabganj District of Bangladesh, EBAUB Journal, 1, 109-14.
Afsar, M. , and Miah, T. H. (2015). Rice-sunflower: An alternative cropping system for sustained livelihoods in the coastal zone of Bangladesh, conference Proceedings of Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, 389-04. Available at: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/66389
Afsar, M. , Hossain, M. and Miah, T.H. (2013). Rice-sunflower cropping patterns and its contribution to income and food security of polder farmers, Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, 29 (1), 109-26.

Research Grant for the project titled "Cropping System and Food Security Status of Indigenous People in Chapainawabganj Districts of Bangladesh" by Research and Development (R&D) programme 2016-2017, National Science and Technology (NST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Research Grant for the project titled "Women Empowerment and Sustainable livelihood of Indigenous People in Chapainawabganj Districts of Bangladesh" by Research and Development (R&D) programme 2017-2018, National Science and Technology (NST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Research Grant for the project titled "Effects of Different Bagging Materials on Profitability and Fruit Quality of Mango Production in Chapainawabgonj District." By Research and Development (R&D) programme 2018-2019, National Science and Technology (NST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh 2012.
BSERT-IWMI G: 3 Water Governance and Community Based Management fellowship, CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF), Bureau of socioeconomic research and training (BSERT), BAU, Mymensingh from 20 May 2012 to 30 June 2013.

Member of Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh (KIB).

EBAUB

EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh

"The Only Research Based Private Agricultural University in Bangladesh"

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