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The Determinants of Income of Rural Women in Bangladesh
This study was carried out to identify the factor which influences rural women’s income after
participation in small-scale agricultural farming, their contribution to the household, as well as their
empowerment status. This research was conducted in Jinaigati upazila of Sherpur district in
Bangladesh. A total of 80 respondents (women) from this upazilla of Sherpur were selected purposively
using simple random sampling. The quantitative data were collected by in depth interviewing of the 80
respondents through personal interview. The quantitative analytical tools used to attain specific
objectives included various descriptive statistics, functional analysis, multiple regression co-efficient,
used to identify the factors of influencing women’s income through small-scale agricultural farming.
Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) used through different problems identified scores. In accordance
with the results of the educational level of woman, other sources of income, experience and training,
access to credit, decision-making ability have a positive influence on rural women’s income, and these
variables were statistically significant. From the Problem Confrontation Index, it was found that lack of
capital was the first ranked problem, need-based training the second ranked problem, high interest rate
the third ranked problem, insufficient farm size the fourth ranked problem, and lack of quality of seed
the fifth ranked problem. Their income from this brought remarkable positive change in their life and
they had better control over their decisions and income. Finally, their active economical participation in
small-scale farming assists them to overcome prejudice, socio-economic barriers, and highest
empowerment attainment in the context of Bangladesh—and, if the government takes proper initiative
in terms of gender policy, then rural women’s income and livelihood status will be increased
remarkably
Extracellular polysaccharides from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota: production conditions, biochemical characteristics, and biological properties
Crude bacterial extracts of two new Streptomyces sp isolates as bio-colorants for textile dyeing
Renewed demand for incorporation of natural dyes (bio-colorants) in textile industry could be met through biotechnological production of bacterial pigments. Two new Streptomyces strains (NP2 and NP4) were isolated for the remarkable ability to produce diffusible deep blue and deep red pigment into fermentation medium. Crude mycelial extracts of both strains were used as bio-colorants in conventional textile dyeing procedures avoiding downstream purification procedures. The yields of bio-colorants obtained in this way were 62 and 84 mg per g of mycelia for Streptomyces sp. NP2 and Streptomyces sp. NP4, respectively. Through nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of crude extracts before and after dyeing procedures, it was shown that both extracts contained prodigiosin-like family of compounds that exhibited different dyeing capabilities towards different textile fibers. Polyamide and acrylic fibers were colored to the deepest shade, polyester and triacetate fibers to a noticeable, but much lower shade depth, while cotton and cellulosic fibers stained weakly. These results confirmed that crude bacterial extracts had the characteristics similar to those of ionic and disperse dyes, which was consistent with the identified polypyrrolic prodigiosin-like structures