Climate-friendly and climate-resilient prawn farming in Bangladesh (ECOPRAWN)

Research Title

WP1

PhD-1: Designing Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) system combining freshwater prawn as primary species, and snails and aquatic plants as extractive species to reduce GHG emission.

PhD-2: Impacts of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) on reduction of Greenhouse Emission in Prawn Farming

Principal Investigators:

Dr. Mohammad Mahfujul Haque, Professor, WP1 Leader, Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; Email: mmhaque.aq@bau.edu.bd.

Dr. Lars H. Hansen, Professor, WP1 leader in Denmark, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen; Email: lhha@plen.ku.dk

Co- investigators:

  1. Dr. Md. Ismail Hossain, Professor, Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; Email: ihossain1968@hotmail.com
  2. Dr. Mohammad M.R. Jahangir, Professor, Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; Email: mmrjahangir@bau.edu.bd
  3. Dr. Md. Mehedi Alam, Assistant Professor, Department of Fishery Resources Conservation and Management, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh; Email: mehedifrcm01@kau.edu.bd
  4. Dr. Niels O. G. Jørgensen, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Email: nogj@plen.ku.dk

PhD fellows:

  1. Alif Layla Bablee, Assistant Professor, Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; Email: bablee_aq@bau.edu.bd
  • Abul Bashar, Email: bashar43791@bau.edu.bd

Contact Information:

Dr. Mohammad Mahfujul Haque, Professor, WP1 Leader, Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh ; Email: mmhaque.aq@bau.edu.bd

WP2

PhD-1: Develop and manage production of promising local stress-alleviating microbes and establish effects of probiotics in salt-stressed giant freshwater prawn farms in Bangladesh.

PhD-2: Efficacy of novel-local microbes and applicability of phage therapy for preventing disease in salinity-threatened giant freshwater prawn farms in Bangladesh

Principal Investigators:

Dr. Mohammad Lokman Ali, Professor, WP2 Leader, Department of Aquaculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: lokman@pstu.ac.bd

Dr. Lars H. Hansen, Professor, WP2 leader in Denmark, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen; Email: lhha@plen.ku.dk

Co- investigators:

  1. Dr. Md. Sazedul Hoque, Professor, Department of Fisheries Technology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: sazedul.fst@pstu.ac.bd
  2. Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzak, Assoc. Professor, Department of Aquaculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: arazzak@pstu.ac.bd
  3. Dr. Niels O. G. Jørgensen, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Email: nogj@plen.ku.dk

PhD fellows:

  1. H M Rakibul Islam, Senior Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Shrimp Research Station, Bagerhat-9300, Bangladesh; Email: rakib.bfri@gmail.com
  2. Md. Hafijur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries Management, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: h.rahman@pstu.ac.bd

Contact Information: Dr. Mohammad Lokman Ali, Professor, WP2 Leader, Department of Aquaculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: lokman@pstu.ac.bd, Mobile: +880 1792-171772

WP3

PhD-1: “Economics of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies: Salt intrusion in prawn farming”

PhD-2: “Economic Feasibility of Introducing IMTA and Co-Management Systems in Prawn Farms of Bangladesh”

Principal Investigators:

  1. Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan

WP3 Leader and Principal Investigator, Department of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Email: azkhan13@yahoo.com

  • Rasmus Nielsen

Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Email: rn@ifro.ku.dk

Co- investigators:

  1. Professor Dr. Mohammad Saidur Rahman

Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.  Email: saidurbau@yahoo.com

  • Professor Dr. Md. Takibur Rahman

Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. Email: takib@pstu.ac.bd, takibctg@yahoo.com

  • Dr. Mahmuda Nasrin

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Email: mahmuda_003@bau.edu.bd

  • Mashrufah Khatun

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Email: emuagf@bau.edu.bd

PhD fellows:

  1. Mohammad Sabbir Hossain

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Finance and Banking, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. E-mail: md.sabbir.pstu@gmail.com  

  • Md. Nezum Uddin 

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Banking, International Islamic University Chittagong, Kumira, Chattogram-4318  E-mail: ripon.ar@gmail.com 

Contact Information:  

Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan

WP3 Leader and Principal Investigator, Department of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Email: azkhan13@yahoo.com

WP4

PhD 1: Consumers’ willingness to pay for climate-friendly prawn domestically and internationally.

PhD 2: Analyzing prawn value chain governance of Bangladesh for implementation of global governance and life cycle analysis

Principal Investigators:

  1. Professor Badiuzzaman

Country Coordinator & WP4 Leader, Department of Economics and Sociology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; e-mail: badiuzzaman@pstu.ac.bd

  • Max Nielsen

Coordinator & WP4 Leader, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, e-mail: max@ifro.ku.dk.

Co- investigators:

  1. Olivier Jolliet

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan

E-mail: ojolliet@umich.edu

  • Professor Dr. Md. Sujahangir Kabir Saker

Dept. of Economics and Sociology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. E-mail: skabirbau2000@gmail.com  

  • Professor Dr. Imranul Islam

Dept. of Marketing, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. E-mail: imranul@pstu.ac.bd; imranul_slm@yahoo.com

  • Professor Dr. Afjal Hossain

Dept. of Marketing, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. E-mail: hossainafjal@gmail.com

  • Anup Kumar Mandal

Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics and Sociology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. E-mail: anup@pstu.ac.bd

  • Fariha Farjana

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Khulna,

E-mail: fariha_farjana@yahoo.com,

PhD fellows:

  1. Shah Mahmud Sumon

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali. E-mail: sumon.ais@pstu.ac.bd

  • Farhana Arefeen Mila

Associate Professor, Department of Agribusiness, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur. Email: famila@bsmrau.edu.bd

Contact Information:  

Professor Badiuzzaman

Country Coordinator & WP4 Leader

Department of Economics and Sociology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali;

E-mail: badiuzzaman@pstu.ac.bd, Mobile: 01716 287 109