http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3220 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:14:49 GMT 2026-04-18T16:14:49Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4402 AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN SERVICE SECTOR OF BANGLADESH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCES TO PABNA DISTRICT RANU, RAFIKA AKTER This study aims to identify the driving forces of rural entrepreneurship development in some selected areas of Pabna district, Bangladesh.By using a convenient sampling technique and a structured questionnaire a total of 120 rural entrepreneurs were surveyed to achieve the objectives.The field survey period of this study was February to April,2020.The study mainly used descriptive statistics to presents the findings. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version-23. The findings indicate that 42% of the respondents were in the age group of 36 to 45 years the majority’s 27.5% had a primary level of education.About 68% of the respondents have mentioned that self-employment is motivating elements for starting a business. Infrastructural facilities (84%),non-existence of similar units (82%), availability of raw materials (82%), and low-cost resource (41%), 30% availability of labor (30%) were among the factors contributing to the growth of rural entrepreneurship.The study found that 86.7% of rural entrepreneurs took loans for their initial investment.About 94% of rural entrepreneurs never defaulted on a loan for their investment.About 53% of rural entrepreneurs were providing training to their employees.About 91% earned money within one year.During the last three-year profit is showing an increasing trend.The study also identified a few problems, such as lack of power (22.5%) followed by infrastructural weakness (16.7%).The study also suggested some recommendations for utilizing the opportunities to overcome the problems for rural entrepreneurship development. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Management and Finance Faculty of Agribusiness Management, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) IN MANAGEMENT SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2018 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4402 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3592 DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE PRACTICE IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH ANJUM, RAGIB The study was conducted to determine and describe some characteristics of the farmers and to identify the factors that affect the adoption of conservation agriculture in Bangladesh. A total of 100 (i.e; 64 adopter of CA & 36 non-adopter of CA) farmers from two districts were selected for this study. Descriptive statistics and probit model was used to achieve the objectives. Using frequency distribution, it was found that 48.4% of adopter’s age lies between 41-50 and 30.6% of non-adopter’s age was in the group of 31-50. Most of the adopter and non-adopter farmers have only secondary level education. 82.8% of adopter’s have high income whereas 77.8% of non-adopters have high income which is relatively low compared to adopter farmers of conservation agriculture. About 53.1% of adopter farmers belong to small farmers group whereas 77.8% of non-adopter farmers belong to small farmers. That means conservation agriculture practice is relatively more popular in large farmers group than small farmers group. Using probit model, it was found that the farm size, training on CA and drought events in study area has a tremendous contribution on probability of adoption of conservation agriculture. Input support, motivation, training programs and extension services are recommended to implement in order to raise the awareness and enrich the knowledge of the farmers on conservation agriculture practice. A thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Ag ribusiness Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS) In MANAGEMENT & FINANCE Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3592 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3591 A STUDY ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE PRACTICES IN NORTHERN PARTS OF BANGLADESH ISLAM, MD. MONIRUL Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an effective approach of transforming and reorienting agricultural development under in the context of climate change. The objectives of the study were to determine and describe some characteristics of the farmers and to determine the determinants of the adoption of CSA. Data was collected from 100 farmers of 3 villages f r om each one union of two district. These Unions namely Kakonhat and Kakfoo in Godagari and Bagatipara Upazilla under Rajshahi and Natore district were purposefully selected due to easy communication as well as easy contact with the farmers. Data were collected during the period from September 13 to September 20, 2020. Descriptive statistics, multinominal regressions (MNL) were employed for analysis. 63.8% farmers partially adopted the CSA, while 23.1 and 13.1 percent of them did not a d o p t e d and fully adopted the CSA, respectively. Education, annual income, training received, and family size were key determinant of the adoption of CSA. To increase the adoption of CSA, the policy makers could invest on improving facility of education received (e.g. farmers field schools) and enhancing farmers’ to receive more income by producing more drought resistant rice variety, enhancing farmers training receive facility from different training organization and lastly motivating them for using IPM to reduce their production cost and improve their productivity. A thesis Submitted to the Department of Management & Finance Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN MANAGEMENT & FINANCE Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3591 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3240 FINANCIAL PROFITABILIBITY OF WINTER VEGETABLES CULTIVATION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF NARSINGDI DISTRICT RAHMAN, MD. HAFEZUR Vegetables offer a low-cost source of nutrition relative to other food products. Bangladesh's climate and soil are suitable for growing vegetables all year round. This study was conducted in Narsingdi district to assess the financial profitability of vegetables cultivation. A total of 60 vegetable farmers were selected randomly to achieve the objectives of the study. Out of 60 farmers, 21 were small, 26 were medium and 13 were large. A face-to-face interview was conducted during November, 2019 to February, 2020 to collected the necessary information. The farm size was arbitrarily categorized on the basis of the land where vegetables and other crops were grown. Farmers with 0.010.33 acres were considered small, 0.34-1.00 acres were considered medium farmers, and those with over 1.00 acres were considered large farmers. Mostly descriptive statistics was used to achieve the objectives. The variable cost per acre of production of brinjal, tomato and country beans werefound to be Tk. 74260, 61870 and 66680 respectively, and their corresponding fixed cost was Tk. 13713 and 13094 and 13334, respectively. The gross margin per acre was Tk. 179240, 155630 and 229420 for brinjal, tomato and country bean, respectively. The net return per acre was found to Tk. 91267, 80666 and 149406 for brinjal, tomato and country bean, respectively. The undiscounted benefit cost ratio was 2.88, 2.90 and 3.70 for brinjal, tomato and country bean, respectively.The vegetable producers in the study areas were facing various problems including inadequate capital, attack of pest and diseases, lack of quality seed, lack of availability of adequate inputs and higher cost of inputs. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Management & Finance Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN MANAGEMENT Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3240 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z