Bangladesh

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Seasonal Activities in Integrated Farming

A farmer shares seasonal activities he does in integrated farming—such as stocking and collecting fish from the ponds, cultivating different types of vegetables, and planting rice—with the Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture activity.

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Maximum Land Utilization in Integrated Rice-prawn/Fish-vegetable Farm

In this video by the Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture activity, farmers maximize land by utilizing an integrated rice-prawn/fish-vegetable farming practice.

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Low-cost Long Distance Irrigation

This video, produced by the Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture activity, demonstrates a low-cost, long-distance irrigation tool to help Bangladeshi farmers.

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Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Prawn Farming

In this video, the Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture team interviews prawn farmers who have been negatively impacted by climate change.

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Leveraging Economics to Reduce Foodborne Illness: A Profile of Dr. Madan Dey

Madan Dey, an agricultural economist, performs experiments and analyses to better understand consumer behavior and aims to improve the livelihood of farmers around the world.

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Early Successes Inspire Fish Hatchery Owners to Adopt Cryopreservation Technology

The Cryogenic Sperm Banking for Carps activity has had positive feedback from fish hatchery owners who have raised quality broodstocks of bighead, mrigal, rohu, and silver carp from cryopreserved sperm-originated seeds (fertilized eggs).

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Shrimp Export Competitiveness and its Determinants: A Novel Dynamic ARDL Simulations Approach

The "Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh: Analysis of Market Access, Trade, and Consumption Patterns" activity has a new journal article in Aquaculture Economics and Management. Emphasizing Bangladesh as a case country…

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Insights of Freshwater Carp Polyculture in Bangladesh: Inefficiency, Yield Gap, and Yield Loss Perspectives

The "Genome sequencing and development of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from Rohu in Bangladesh" project has a new journal article in Aquaculture. The research focuses on inefficiency, yield gap, and yield loss of carp polyculture in…

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Aquaculture Training Teaches Bangladesh Farmers Business Practices to be More Profitable

A day-long training workshop for fish farmers on scientific and farm business management practices in Bangladesh provides the knowledge farmers need to diversify their farming operations to earn more income. This training by the Strategies for…

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A Visit to an Artificial Insemination Center Teaches Cryopreservation and Cryogenic Sperm Banking

A visit to the Central Artificial Insemination Center for Livestock provides techniques to help the Cryogenic Sperm Banking team increase the impact of their efforts to improve sperm cryopreservation and cryogenic sperm banking in their own project.