Wakilur Rahman

Biographic Data

ID1224530
NAMEWakilur Rahman
GIVEN NAMESWakilur
FAMILY NAMERahman
SIGNATURERAHMAN W
AFFILIATIONSBangladesh Agricultural University
ORCID0000-0001-9604-0303
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Women Empowerment Status in the Coastal Fishing Communities of Bangladesh

    Open AccessWakilur Rahman, A B M Mahfuzul Haque et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2024

    Socially ascribed gender norms are a significant barrier for women of the fishing communities in coastal Bangladesh. These norms limit women’s income autonomy, access to productive resources, decision making capacity and mobility, which negatively affects their economic empowerment and overall well-being. The article delves into the topic of women’s empowerment in these communities. The study employed a mixed method approach to collect data from …

  • Delivery of services and agricultural technologies through farmers' hubs

    Open AccessM Nahid Sattar, Sarina Macfadyen et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2024Cited by: 1References: 22

    Important agricultural technologies do not always reach smallholder farmers at the pace required to improve production. The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture’s farmers’ hubs is designed to improve access to new technologies. We describe how these businesses fit into the innovation system of Bangladesh and document what products and services are being provided to the community. We surveyed 300 farmers who were participants or non-par…

  • Reflecting on an Integrated Approach to Understanding Pathways for Socially Inclusive Agricultural Intensification

    Wendy S Merritt, Serena H Hamilton et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2022

    Large investments in Research-for-Development (R4D) have occurred around agricultural intensification to improve social and economic outcomes for poor small and marginal farmer households. Mixed evidence for sustained and socially just impacts from these investments reflects that projects aimed at achieving social change are inherently complex and the pathways from intervention to impact are deeply uncertain. R4D projects are increasingly drawing…

  • Is DNA fingerprinting the gold standard for estimation of adoption and impacts of improved lentil varieties

    Open AccessYigezu A Yigezu, Jeffrey Alwang et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2018Cited by: 1References: 1

  • Climate-induced Gender Vulnerabilities in Northwestern Bangladesh

    Open AccessNishith Zahan Tanny, Wakilur Rahman et al.ARTICLEIndian Journal of Gender Studies2017Cited by: 2References: 1

    Risks and vulnerabilities arising out of climate change are exacerbated by unequal gender relations. The current study examines climate-induced vulnerabilities to which men and women are exposed and explores the factors that affect women more than men. This study was conducted in purposively selected Kurigram district as a representative of Northern Bangladesh, where people experience climatic divergence and extreme poverty. Data were collected f…

  • Women Involvement in Livestock and Poultry Raising in Some Selected Areas of Mymensingh District, Bangladesh

    Open AccessWakilur Rahman, M W Rahman et al.ARTICLEAsia-Pacific Journal of Rural…2008