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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".

 

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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?

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 Systems Agronomist 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 
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Watch a short video about CIMMYT's work to sustainably intensify cereals based farming systems in South Asia. Click here for EnglishNepali, or Bangla languages. You can also find short videos on local service provision for bed plantingrice and wheat reapersstrip tillage, and fuel efficient pumps for surface water irrigation in the same languages by clicking on the links in blue.





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