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Prof. Dr. M. Aminul Islam Akanda

Professor

Comilla University
Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

akanda_ai@hotmail.com

Biography
Qualification
Publication
Research Interest

M. Aminul Islam Akanda, PhD has started his teaching career in January 2001. Earlier, he worked as a probationary officer at AB Bank Ltd. He has long been conducted researches on agricultural policy, water resources, rural development and development economics both under grants and personal overheads. He also serves as research supervisors for graduate students. Moreover, he has undertaken some responsibilities like the Dean for a faculty, Chairman for department, Conveners for different committees and members of Syndicate and Finance committee for the university. He has so far thirteen research articles published in international and a few others in national journals. He is also an author of three reference books indexed with WorldCat. He contributes regularly to the national dailies of English and Bengali languages with more than one hundred columns in his credit.

Education Qualification
Job Experience

PhD	Kyushu University	Agr & Resour Econ	-2007
MS	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur	Agr Econ	-2000
BSc	Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymenshing	Agr Econ (hons)	-1997
HSC	Sherpur Govt. College, Dhaka Education Board		-1990
SSC	Dhatia Para High School, Dhaka Education Board		-1988

Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh Professor December 2018 - Present
Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh Associate Professor October 2011 - 2011
American Int'l University - Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh Assistant Professor May 2007 - 2007
Bangabandhu SMR Agrl. University, Gazipur, Bangladesh Lecturer January 2001 - 2001
AB Bank Limited, AB Bank Limited Probationary Officer June 1998 - 1998

1.	Seasonal and regional limits to growth of water-intensive crop farming in Bangladesh 2019 Sustainable Water Resources Management Journal, 2019, 5 (2): 817-830.
2.	Divergences in expatriating, remitting and investing remittances between semi-urban and rural Bangladesh 2018 International Journal of Development Issues 2018, 17(3): 288-304.
3.	Has Bangladesh really come ahead of the LDCs? 2015 Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2015, 17(2): 223-240.
4.	Capital concentration on land ownership in rural Bangladesh 2014 Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 2014, 2 (2): 215-232.
5.	Laws of nature and human actions on human ecology of Bangladesh 2013 International Journal of Environment, Ecology and Urban Studies, 2013, 2(3): 46-55.
6.	Rethinking crop diversification under changing climate, hydrology and food habit in Bangladesh 2009 Journal of Rural Development, 2009, 28 (4): 419-437. CAB direct, Scopus view
7.	Evolution of land ownership and its markets in rural Bangladesh: Case study of a selected clan at Krishnapur village, Sherpur district 2008 International Journal of Rural Studies, 2008, 15 (2): 23-30. Journal home, Google scholar
8.	Problem of sharecrop tenancy system in rice farming of Bangladesh: A case study on Alinapara village in Sherpur district 1908 Journal of International Farm Management, 2008, 4 (2): 1-13. Ingenta connect, Scopus view
9.	Expansion of distant marketing of vegetables in Bangladesh: A case study on Losmanpur village in Sherpur district 2006 Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University, 2006, 51 (2): 441-448. Thomson Reuters, Scopus view
10.	Process of take-off in rice farming of Bangladesh: A case study on Alinapara village in Sherpur district 2006 Review of Agricultural Economics (Japan), 2006, 57 (1): 99-110. FAOagris, Japan Diet library
11.	Expansion of commercial vegetable farming in Bangladesh: A case study on Losmanpur village in Sherpur district 2006 Journal of Rural Economics Special Issue 2006: 308-315. Journal home, Japan Diet library
12.	Structural changes in land use and rural livelihoods in Bangladesh 1905 Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 2005, 3 (1): 175-181. Medwell journals

Economic issues of Bangladesh at 41 2013 2013, AH Development Publishing House, Dhaka. Details, WorldCat preview
Process of agricultural development in Bangladesh 2008 2008, Academic Press & Publishers Library, Dhaka. Details, WorldCat preview
Policy and scale factors influencing efficiency in dairy and poultry production in Bangladesh 2005 2005, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi. Details, WorldCat preview