2013, Janu (Vol. 7, No. 1)

A STUDY OF BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

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A STUDY OF BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Yasmin, F.; Mohammed, Z. A.; Samsuddin, M. N.; Jamak, M. E. A. Due to slow growth of beef production, it is necessary to find out the way to increase beef production. This study was aimed to estimate future beef production at the existing rate of calving, slaughter and mortality. The ex-post Simulation Matrix (SIMM) model used from the year 1970 to 1996 and ex-ante SIMM model used from the year 1997-2015 in Malaysia. The results indicated that beef production is not profitable and in future beef production will be increased but at slower rate in Malaysia. Female breeding stock of beef population needs to be increased with higher calving rate and lower slaughter rates.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SOME ELITE HYBRID RICE VARIETIES IN DRY SEASON

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SOME ELITE HYBRID RICE VARIETIES IN DRY SEASON Hossain, M. T.; Parvin, K.; Sultana, T.; Hoque, M. A. The experiment was conducted at the research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the dry season (November, 2012 to June, 2013) to evaluate leaf area development, dry matter accumulation pattern and yield of some popular hybrid rice varieties. The experiment comprised of three hybrid varieties (Hira 2, Aloron and Tia) and an inbred variety BRRI dhan 29 with four dates of transplanting (01 January, 16 January, 31 January and 15 February). The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. Leaf area development, total dry matter production, absolute growth rate, yield and yield contributing characters were significantly influenced by the date of transplanting. Leaf area, total dry matter, absolute growth rate were found higher in early transplanted plots. The highest grain yield (6.07 t ha') was recorded from plots transplanted on 16 January due to increased panicles hi\l"' and grains paniclel.Hira 2 exhibited best result on leaf area (LA), absolute growth rate and total dry matter (TDM) production compared to all other studied varieties and thus recorded with highest grain yield (6.40 t ha"). No difference on grain yield was achieved from Hira2 at oI to 16 January transplanting

ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT CONTENTS IN CONVENTIONAL AND NONCONVENTIONAL FEED INGREDIENTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON CARP POLYCULTURE PRODUCTION

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ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT CONTENTS IN CONVENTIONAL AND NONCONVENTIONAL FEED INGREDIENTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON CARP POLYCULTURE PRODUCTION Asadujjaman, M.; Shelly, N. J.; Islam, M. A.; Hossain, M. A. A study on proximate composition of conventional and non-conventional fish feed ingredients was carried out involving two separate experiments. First experiment was conducted from April 2010 to September 2010 at the Protein and Enzyme Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi with a view to determine nutrient (protein, lipid and carbohydrate) content of some feed ingredients i.e. Rice bran, wheat bran, mustard oil cake, Azolla, grass (Cynodon dactylon) and leaf of banana (Musa acuminate) among the feed samples, protein, lipid and carbohydrate content significantly varied from 6.18±0.13 (banana leaf) to 30.53±0.40% (oil cake), 3.06±0.09 (banana leaf) to 13.33±0.10% (oil cake) and 32.95±0.29 (oil cake) to 66.12±0.47% (wheat bran), respectively. Second experiment was conducted during the period from April 20 II to September 20 II at Alampur village of SOOarUpazila under Kushtia district, Bangladesh with a view to evaluate the fish production and economics under different conventional and non-conventional feed based carp polyculture systems. There were three replications for each treatment. In this experiment, treatment To(Semi-intensive ponds fed with feeds like rice bran, wheat bran and oi1cake as control) varied more significantly (P<0.05) for the mean values of total yield but in terms of total cost, total return, net benefit, net profit margin and eBR treatment T, (Azolla fed pond) was best. Therefore, the findings indicate that weeds (non-conventional feed items) are moderately nutritive and low cost effective diets for fish production.

PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF MUSTARD PRODUCTION IN SIRAJGANJ DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

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PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF MUSTARD PRODUCTION IN SIRAJGANJ DISTRICT, BANGLADESH Rayhan, S. J.; Rahman, M. S.; Sammy, H. M.; Saha, S. The study was conducted in Sirajganj district of Bangladesh to determine the profitability and resource use efficiency of mustard production. Both descriptive statistics and functional analysis was done to achieve the objectives of the study. The findings of the study suggested that the total cost of mustard production was Tk. 51105.8 per hectare of which 52.6% was variable cost. Net return and BeR was found to be Tk. 34556.9 per hectare and 1.6? respectively. Urea and TSP had positive and significant effect on the yield of mustard. Farmers in the study area use different input inefficiently. Farmers in the study area also face some constraints like high price of inputs, non-availability of quality seed, low price of mustard etc. regarding mustard production. Financial support and crop management training are needed to farmer to increase the production of mustard in the study area.