Mr. Rashid has been working in CEGIS since 2002 as an agriculturist of a multidisciplinary EIA team for conducting IEE, EIA, and environmental monitoring studies of water resources, communication, power, gas, and planning sector projects. He is also involved in crop modeling, crop water demand assessment, irrigation water management, transboundary issues, climate change, and disaster management projects. In addition, he is also involved as a trainer on environmental impact assessment (EIA) and climate change impact on agriculture. Having strong data analysis and computational capabilities with different computer software like DRAS (Drought Assessment) model, AquaCrop (FAO’s crop water productivity model) model, DSSAT (A Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer) model, SWAT (Soil & Water Assessment Tool), CROPWAT, ALU (Agriculture and Landuse National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software), CLIK (Climate Information tool Kit) and CPT (Climate Predictability Tool), CRAFT (CCAFS’s Regional Agricultural Forecasting Toolkit); have good knowledge about GIS application in land resources and agriculture sector; also have good knowledge about different application packages viz. MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint.
B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, 2000 & M.S in Agricultural Engineering (FPM), 2005
Soil, Agriculture, Crop Modelling and Climate Change
Ruanne. Alex, M. A. Rashid, F. Nusrat, M. T. A. Hossain (2015), Adaptation Options for Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Agriculture Sector of Bangladesh. In Hassan.Ahmadul & Luke Parsons (Eds), Climate Change Risk and Adaptation in Bangladesh (pp. 49-65). Green University Press, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Maniruzzaman. M, J.C. Biswas, M.A.I. Khan, G.W. Sarker, S.S. Haque, J.K. Biswas, M.H. Sarker, M. A. Rashid, N.U. Sekhar, A. Nemes, S. Xenarios, J. Deelstra. 2015 Climate change impacts on crop production and water requirement in southern Barisal, Bangladesh. Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices Conference Proceedings, CGIAR. pp. 39-52.
Ulllah M. W, M. A. Rashid (2014), Climate change impact on Rice Production and Crop Water Demand. In Biswas. J. C & M Maniruzzaman (Eds), Climate Change and Adaptation: Crop Production in Drought and Saline Prone Areas of Bangladesh (pp. 56-66). Akshar, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Hassan. Ahmadul, S Wahid, M L Shrestha, M. A. Rashid, T Ahmed, A Mazumder, M H Sarker, B M T A Hossain, S Mumu, and M H Sarker. 2014. Climate Change and Water Availability in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin: Impact on Local Crop Production and Policy Directives. Research insights on climate and water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. Kathmandu: ICIMOD. pp. 97-107.
M. A. Hossain, M. A. Haque, M. A. Ibrahim, E.H. Choudhury and M. A. Rashid. 2008. Use of DRAS Model for Irrigated Wheat Cultivation. Bangladesh J. Agri. Engg. 19 (1&2) 19-26
M. Z. Abedin, M. Z. Rahaman and M. A. Rashid. 2005. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Some Selected Wheat Varieties at Different Moisture Contents. Progress. Agric. 16(1): 185-193
Involved in preparation of baseline report on soil and agriculture resources for Bangladesh and Indian part of each trans-boundary river dependent study area. Compilation and analysis of secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of crop area up to year 2050. Also involved assessment of crop water demand up to year 2050 in Bangladesh and Indian part of each trans-boundary river dependent study area considering with and without climate change scenarios. Assist team leader for preparation of water sharing options and final report.
Land and agriculture resources baseline report preparation, Strategy development for land and agriculture sector. Involving for preparation of project concept note and programme development.
Preparation of soil, climate, agriculture, irrigation and economic database. Statistical downscaling has been performed for three time slices 2030s, 2050s and 2080s for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios using AgMIP Climate Scenario Generation Tools with R. Customized Climate Smart Agriculture Prioritization (CSAP) Toolkit for Bangladesh. Validation and calibration of CSAP toolkit. Preparation and optimization of climate smart technology for development an action plan for adaptation in Bangladesh agriculture under climate change.
Preparation of present state of land degradation of Bangladesh. Assist team leader to develop new projects and programmes under all thematic areas of NAP to address land degradation and desertification.
Main responsibilities are preparation of work plan and design of projects; supervising field survey and liaison with clients. Involve in generation of crop production scenarios using crop models under different climate conditions, generation of crop water requirement scenarios using DRAS and other crop modeling software, preparation of different GIS maps on crop productions, climate vulnerability and impacts based on scenarios results. Also involve in preparation of technical report and hosting all the information/maps into a website.
Involved as an agricultural expert of multidisciplinary EIA team and involve in preparation of baseline report on land and agriculture resources. Collection, compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involve in projection of different IECs on land and agriculture resources under future with and without project condition. Also involved in impact assessment of land and agriculture resources under different scenarios, i.e, with Tipaimukh, dam break and climate change scenarios etc.
Main activities are: Preparation of spatial and temporal climate/weather and soil database, preparation of agronomic and management database, preparation of crop statistics, characteristics and resources use (fertilizer, irrigation, varieties etc.) database, validation and calibration of the model, result analysis and map preparation. Involve in case study report preparation, organize and conduct national level workshops. Establish linkage with different stakeholders and other relevant organizations to provide clientele services on crop yield forecasting for policy planning and advisory messages formulation.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involve in preparation of baseline report on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of different IECs on soil, agriculture and livestock resources under future with and without project condition. Preparation of environmental management plan including monitoring plan and evaluate impacts for EMP. Assist team leader in screening and ranking of process of the projects.
Main responsibilities are preparation of work plan and design of projects; conduct regional level on job training (Bangladesh and Nepal) on crop modeling, and liaison with clients. Involved in assess the impacts of climate change on hydrological processes and regimes, downscaled climate change scenario covering the study area and all other regions in Bangladesh and Nepal, risk map for agriculture under different climatic scenarios, capacity building for the scientists and professionals working in the region through training, customize seasonal and medium range weather forecasting systems.
Main responsibilities are to prepare primary data collection procedures, field procedures and supervise field work for collecting information on farming practices, crop yield, cropping pattern, input use and crop damage. Involved in collection, preparation and analysis of agriculture and other data for baseline survey. Contribution in preparation of inception report, quarterly report and final report. Also involve in ground truth the land type and land suitability maps.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involve in preparation of baseline report on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of different IECs on soil, agriculture and livestock resources under future with and without project condition. Preparation of environmental management plan including monitoring plan and evaluate impacts for EMP.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involved in preparation of baseline report on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of different IECs on soil, agriculture and livestock resources under future with and without Ganges Barrage project. Preparation of environmental management plan including monitoring plan. Assist lead consultant team for estimation of project benefit from agriculture sector.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involved in preparation of baseline report on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Main responsibilities are assessing impact on soil, agriculture and livestock resources under future with and without project condition. Preparation environmental management plan including monitoring plan of soil, agriculture and livestock resources.
Working as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involve in preparation of baseline report on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involve in projection of different IECs on soil, agriculture and livestock resources under future with and without project condition. Preparation of environmental management plan including monitoring plan and evaluate impacts for EMP.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involved in preparation of baseline report on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of different IECs on soil, agriculture and livestock resources under future with and without Ganges Barrage project. Preparation of environmental management plan including monitoring plan of soil, agriculture and livestock resources.
Involved as Agriculture Planner and mainly involved in preparation report and development of project portfolio for agricultural sector. Main responsibilities are: -reviewing of policy, strategy and plan for agriculture and cross cutting sector, -established baseline on agriculture production system by districts (7 Nos), upazilas (57 Nos) and haors (369 Nos), -assessment future agriculture production system, -crop suitability assessment, -prepared strategy considering strength, weakness, opportunity and treats of agriculture sector.
Worked as an Agronomist and mainly involved in soil and agriculture data/information collection through RRA, KII and FGD from field. Data were also collected from transect survey. Collect soil sample from filed. Compilation and analysis of gathered data for preparation of soil and agriculture related maps and baseline report. Evaluated impact of selected IECs and prepared environmental management plan. Also involved assessment of project benefit from agriculture sector
Worked as a Study Coordinator. Main responsibilities are preparation of work plan and design of projects; supervising field survey and liaison with clients. Conducted training for field researchers for collection of data/information and labeling on mouza maps. To ensure quality of the survey any errors in leveling of area, placing the boundary, digitizing, classification, GIS algorithm, and human bias were rigorously addressed during the study. Preparation of database regarding information on river, canal, beel, pond, kanda, khas land, swamp forestry, reed land, fallow land, grazing land, sand-bed, dyke, settlement and also presented on tabular format giving some information of physical status, present ownership and exploiting pattern, lease status, community attitude about the present use and possessions along with the command villages. Information of degraded areas with reasons for degradation and possible interventions for improvement are also included in the information. Prepared and produced resource maps of haor areas in original mouza, union & upazila maps, on tracing papers and also in updateable digital form showing required features. Preparation of list for khas land, Jolmohals by plot and final PRA report
Worked as an Agricultural Engineer and main responsibilities are reviewing the existing AEZ database in cooperation with BARC; identifying and selecting the basic parameters of the AEZ database; collection, compilation and analyzed the climate data and updated the existing AEZ data base. Preparation of generalized maps for different periods with maximum and minimum temperature. Assist Climatic Expert for interpretation of analyzed data, maps and preparation of final report.
Worked as an Agronomist and Project Leader. Main responsibilities are preparation of work plan and design of projects; supervising field survey and liaison with clients. Involved in soil and agriculture data/information collection through RRA, KII and FGD from field. Data were also collected from transect survey. Compilation and analysis of gathered data for preparation of maps and baseline report. Evaluated impact of selected IECs and prepared environmental management plan.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist of multidisciplinary EIA team and involved in preparation of baseline report on soil and agriculture resources. Compilation and analysis of primary and secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of different IECs on soil and agriculture resources under future with and without project condition. Preparation of environmental management plan including monitoring plan.
Worked as a Soil and Agricultural Specialist and involved in preparation of baseline report on soil and agriculture resources for Bangladesh by hydrological regions. Compilation and analysis of secondary data for tabulation and preparation of different types of maps. Involved in projection of crop area and yield rate and production up to year 2050. Also involved assessment of crop water demand up to year 2050 in Bangladesh by hydrological regions. Impact assessment on soil and agriculture resources under with and without Indian River Linking project. Assist Agriculture Expert for preparation of final report.
Worked as an Agricultural Specialist and involved in collection of primary and secondary information on soil and agriculture for preparation of baseline, projection different IEC of soil and agriculture resources under with and without project condition. Evaluated impact and prepared environmental management plan including monitoring plan. Assist senior economist in prepared compensation mechanism for a Tidal Basin during operation of Tidal River Management.
Worked as a Junior Agriculturist and mainly involved in primary data collection from field through RRA, KII and FGD and also transect walks. Assist Senior Agriculturist in compilation, tabulation and interpretation of gathered data / information for preparing final reports.
The projects are:- Improvement of Navigation and Environment of Karatoya River in Bogra Town Project, -Hatiya-Nijhum Dwip Cross Dam Project, -Lalmohon Char Fasson Water Management Project, -Barisal Town Protection Embankment at the Right Bank of Kirtankhola River Project, -Upgrading of Polders 73/1(A&B) and 73/2 under the Coastal embankment Rehabilitation Project, -Patuakhali Town Protection Embankment Project, -Flood Control Embankment and River Bank Protection Project on the left bank of Jamuna and right bank of Dhaleswari at Nagarpur and Chowhali, -Integrated Water Resources Management of Chalan Beel Area including Beel Halti Development Project.
Mainly involved collection of data / information on problems and needs regarding mitigation and management of water, socio-economic, environmental, agricultural, fisheries and institutional issues. Involved in collection of land and agriculture resources baseline information from primary sources from primary and secondary sources. Projection future with and without project situation considering proposed project interventions. Impact assessment and prepared environmental management plan.
Main responsibilities are to develop questionnaire/checklist for collecting soil, agriculture and livestock data through PRA, RRA, KII and FGD. Identified issues and problems on soil, agriculture and livestock resources. Involved in collecting primary and secondary data from filed level and upazila agriculture extension offices. Assist Senior Agriculturist in projection future with and without project situation considering proposed project interventions. Impact assessment and prepared environmental management plan.
Worked as a Junior Engineer and mainly involved in collection of land use and land cover data from field through RRA, FGD and also Farm /Transect walks. Preparation of Landuse/land covers maps by using IRS P6 LISS III and Landsat TM Satellite image. Also validated the Landuse maps in the field.
Worked as a Junior Agriculturist and main responsibilities were: Preparation of hazard map with the help of DRAS model and Arc View software. Organize and facilitate community, Upazila and District level workshops, and preparation of questionnaires/checklists for HHS and RRA, selection of local level enumerators, trained-up enumerators and supervise survey activities. Assist Senior Agriculturist in compilation, tabulation and interpretation of gathered data / information for analyzing and preparing different study reports. Writing preliminary reports.
Worked as a Junior Agriculturist and mainly involved in primary data collection from field through RRA, KII and FGD. Involved in collection of water quality sample from Balu river and different khals spreading over the project area. Also involved in compilation, analysis, tabulation and interpretation of gathered primary and secondary water quality data. Assist Senior Agriculturist in compilation, tabulation and interpretation of gathered data / information for preparing final reports.
Worked as an Agricultural Engineer and involved in field level survey, discharge measurement, secondary data collection and soil sample collection and analysis to set the experiment of validation of Drought Assessment (DRAS) model. Involved in designing the field experiments, application and validation of Drought Assessment (DRAS) model for different crops (i.e. T. Aman, Boro, and Wheat).
