Member Profile
Mahfuza Begum Mahfuza
Country of origin: Bangladesh Currently in: Bangladesh, Bangladesh Agricultural University Campus, Mymensingh-2202 General field of specialization: OtherPhD Fellowship Alumna OWSD Award
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Degrees
2006 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
Principal Investigator for the Project entitled “Development of technology for reducing weed seed bank by adopting appropriate cropping sequence” funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES) for two years. Principal Investigator on Weed Component of a co-ordinated research project entitled “Overcoming agronomic and mechanization constraints to development and adoption of conservation agriculture in diversified rice-based cropping in Bangladesh” funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) for 4 years started from January 2012 to February 2017. Team member of Inter-disciplinary research project entitled “Integrated management of crop-fish-water resources to enhance agricultural production systems towards food security in Bangladesh” funded by The Netherlands initiative for Capacity Development in Higher Education (NICHE) for 4 years started from 2013 to 2017 (Project no. NICHE/BGD/156).Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationTeachingHead of the Department of Agronomy
Workshop and Conference Attended
2015 13-16 October, 2015, Hyderabad, India 25th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference on Weed Science for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Biodiversity2016 16-19 May Kuwait City OWSD 5th General Assembly & International Conference on Women in Science and Technology for the Developing WorldPresentation given
2016The Role of Women in Agricultural Development of BangladeshKrishibid Institution, Farmgate, DhakaEvent: International women's day -
OWSD Awards
Feb 2011OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Women Scientists -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2002
PHD Graduation 2006