Photo 1: Showing the trainee ( Mohammad Ekram ul Haque)

Name and Address of J-1 Exchange Visitor:

 

Mohammad Ekram ul Haque

Senior Scientific Officer

Soil Science Division

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA)

P.O. Box No. – 4,  Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Telephone: 00880 91 54401-02 ext.355

Cell Phone: 00880 1712519504

E-mail: ehaquebina@yahoo.com

Fax: 00880 91 54091

Location of Training: BNF Laboratory, Department of Agronomy and Soils, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM), USA.

Duration of Training: 01 November’ 2006 to 01 February’ 2007

Name of the Training Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eduardo C. Schroder, Team Leader, BNF Laboratory, Department of Agronomy and Soils, UPRM,

 USA

Biological Sketch of the Trainee

Research experiences in UPRM

Production of Bio-Fertilizer, Quality Control, introduction of Bio Log and its uses

Research experiments, seminar-conferences

Information about my Country of Birth (Bangladesh):

 

Basic Information of Bangladesh Agriculture

1.

Area of Bangladesh

147, 570 sq.km

2.

Forest

19,710 sq km (13.35 %)

3.

Rivers

8,236 sq km (5.58%)

4.

Total population

(July 2006)

147. 36 Million

 

5.

Population density

998 . 61 per km

6.

Land use (2005):

Arable land:

Permanent crops:
other:

 

55.39%

 3.08%

 41.53%

7.

Annual rainfall

1,429-4,338 mm

 

8.

Irrigation Area

8.59 million acres

(54% of Crop land)

 

9.

No. of Rural Household

17.83 million

 

10.

Cultivated Area per Household

1.5 acres