*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification*


Dear Subscribers,


Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message from Tim Krupnik from
CIMMYT in Bangladesh regarding the book *"Made in Bangladesh:
Scale-appropriate machinery for agricultural resource conservation"*.



*Amir Kassam *

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Krupnik, Timothy (CIMMYT-Bangladesh) <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:50 AM
Subject: Bangla Language version of "Made in Bangladesh: Scale-appropriate
machinery for agricultural resource conservation" now available for download

 Dear Colleagues,

 I am writing to announce the electronic release the *Bangla language* version
of the book *"Made in Bangladesh: Scale-appropriate machinery for
agricultural resource conservation"*. This book is the result of many years
of collaboration and research between the International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center in Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research
Institute (BARI), and results from collaborative work in the USAID funded
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), ACAIR funded Rice-Maize,
and EU Funded Agriculture, Nutrition, and Extension (ANE) projects.

 We wish to sincerely thank Dr. Shoeb Hassan (BARI), Dr. Shafiq Islam
(CIMMYT), and Mr. Arshadul Hoque (BARI) for their hard work and assistance
in translating this book into Bangla.

   *HERE YOU CAN LINK TO THE CIMMYT WEBSITE OF THE BANGLA VERSION OF THE
BOOK: * http://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/handle/10883/4149

 *HERE IS A DIRECT LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE **BANGLA VERSION OF THE **BOOK (PDF
- 29.5 MB)*
http://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10883/4149/99562.pdf?
<http://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10883/4149/99562.pdf?sequence=1>

 An open-source publication targeted to machinery manufacturers, engineers,
researchers and development practitioners, this book describes and
provides technical designs for small-scale agricultural machinery developed
or produced in Bangladesh to support the sustainable intensification of
agriculture by smallholder farmers. The focus is on smart,
scale-appropriate equipment — particularly for use with two-wheel hand
tractors suited for the small plots typical throughout Bangladesh, but also
in many countries where smallholder farmers predominate. Most of the
machinery is designed for use with conservation agriculture crop
management practices and allows precise and timely seeding and
fertilization of crops with reduced soil disturbance. Each chapter includes
written descriptions and photographs of the machines, outlining their
purpose, performance and eld use, followed by detailed, to-scale technical
designs and other information to facilitate production of standardized
copies or improvements in the original designs. The implements described
include zero tillage and strip tillage seed and fertilizer drills,
bed planters, axial flow irrigation pumps, strip tillage blades, improved
furrow openers and seed metering mechanisms – all specialized for use with
two-wheel tractors.

 Please share this email widely and forward it to colleagues.

 If you are within Bangladesh and request hard copies of this book, we will
consider supplying them, especially if you are with a research center,
extension organization, governmental office, NGO, or educational
institution. Please simply send an email to: Mr. Subrata Chakrabarti <
[log in to unmask]> indicating the request and we will follow up.

 Lastly, apologies for any cross postings!

 Best

 Tim


 Timothy J. Krupnik, PhD *I *Systems Agronomist *I *CIMMYT (International
Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)
 *Research Team Leader and Lead Strategy Advisor - Cereal Systems
Initiative for South Asia - Mechanization and Irrigation (CSISA-MI) Project*

    House 10/B, Road 53, Gulshan-2,  Dhaka, 1213, Bangladesh  I  Mobile:
+88-0175-556-8938.  I  Skype ID: timothy_krupnik
    CIMMYT: Click here  <http://www.cimmyt.org/en/> I CSISA-MI: Click here
<http://csisa.cimmyt.org/where-we-work/csisa-bangladesh/csisa-mechanization-and-irrigation/>
 I
  Linkedin: Click here
<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-j-krupnik/22/321/527>  I  Google
Scholar: Click here <http://bit.ly/19B3zn1>  I  Research Gate: Click here
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy_Krupnik/>

* Watch a short video about CIMMYT's work to sustainably intensify cereals
based farming systems in South Asia. Click here for English
<http://www.accessagriculture.org/node/949/en>, Nepali
<http://www.accessagriculture.org/node/949/ne>, or Bangla
<http://www.accessagriculture.org/node/949/bgl> languages. You can also
find short videos on local service provision for bed planting
<http://www.accessagriculture.org/node/880/en>, rice and wheat reapers
<https://www.youtube.com/watch%20v=qvID6fFqkQc&feature=youtu.be>, strip
tillage <http://www.accessagriculture.org/node/882/en>, and f
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_AgVzw-wY&feature=youtu.be>uel efficient
pumps <http://youtu.be/VnV79S9ROTg> for surface water irrigation in the
same languages by clicking on the links in blue. *

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