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Md Shahid Uddin Akbar
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Md Shahid Uddin Akbar commented on Practitioner Hub's group Agriculture Network
"Thanks Turner, cant open the file, it shows corrupted :( We have targeted maize, potato and ginger primarily. "
Feb 5
Md Shahid Uddin Akbar commented on Practitioner Hub's group Agriculture Network
"Dear Members, Since we are working to develop an online platform for establishing market linkage between farmers and buyers, appreciate if anyone pl share your experiences, if have any. Also we are trying to frame a business model and identify the…"
Feb 5
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"The concept of Inclusive Business needs to be more clarified to the respective stakeholders and BIF can facilitate demo of impact of IB."
Jan 11
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Innovations Against Poverty

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This group aims to capture emerging lessons about the impacts of inclusive business and how to measure it.We will use this space to share what we learn from our projects about the commercial and development impacts of inclusive business ventures, and to tackle the challenging question of how impact can be tracked and measured; whether to report to donors or to help companies monitor their key performance indicators.If you are responsible for tracking results within your organisaion, or are…See More
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May 29, 2012
Md Shahid Uddin Akbar replied to Asif Mahmud Bin Tariq's discussion Looking for a company engaged in agro-goods procurement from rural farmers in the group Bangladesh Network
"Thanks Asif for your prompt reply. You can reach me at 01819243935.   Regards, Shahid  "
Aug 15, 2011
Md Shahid Uddin Akbar replied to Asif Mahmud Bin Tariq's discussion Looking for a company engaged in agro-goods procurement from rural farmers in the group Bangladesh Network
"Hi Asif,   Nice to see your posting. Is it for Katalyst? We are developing an ICT enabled market linkage system (including linkage, procurement, transaction & payment) to link farmers to the market. BIID is working as the integrator in…"
Aug 15, 2011
Md Shahid Uddin Akbar left a comment for Shahana Siddiqui
"Hi Shahana,   I am interested to understand the process of availing the knowledge materials of Solution Exchange. I have some idea about the India project of solution exchange.    Regards, Shahid"
Jun 23, 2011
Parveen Sultana Huda left a comment for Md Shahid Uddin Akbar
"Hello Shahid Bhai - thanks for joining the BIF Knowledge Hub and the Bangladesh Network. Please do share your experiences of Inculsive Business - to enrich the colective knowledge of this site. "
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"Dear Shahid Bhi, Welcome to the BIF Knowledge Hub!"
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Organisation
Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID)
Website
http://www.biid.org.bd
Title
Chief Executive Officer
About My Work
Making ICT work for development in a sustainable way and promote entrepreneurship at local level. Agriculture, MSME, Tourism, Health, Right issues, Social business and Young entrepreneurs (Business Incubation) are the focus areas. Business model design for telecentre and service need assessment in ICT4D are major works.
Sector
Business
Country Interest
Bangladesh
Issues of Interest
Inclusive Business: Value Chains, Inclusive Business: Products and Services, Working in partnership, Impact assessment, Working with farmers & the informal sector, Role of donors/governments, Driving & managing change inside the company
Main Reason for Joining this Site
Finding partners and/or Facility support for project delivery

Md Shahid Uddin Akbar's Blog

MoU inked to introduce crop insurance for farmers

 

Green Delta Insurance Company Limited (GDIC) and Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) recently signed a MoU to introduce crop insurance in Bangladesh.



"Farmers in Bangladesh suffer crop damage due to natural disasters and the impact of climate change which elicit huge financial losses every year. To reduce the risk of the farmer's vulnerability and cover their financial fatalities, our company signed a MoU with…

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Posted on April 4, 2012 at 13:30

Study report on telecentres of Tanzania published online

BIID conducted a study in Tanzania on development of business model in Telecentre jointly with TCRA and TTN.The study assessed the existing telecentres working in Tanzania and services offeredfor the rural communities. Based on findings and considering the social perpective, BIID recommended different kind of business models to cater demand of various categories of rural citizens. A service basket also framed in the report. 

 

The Report is uploaded and available at:…

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Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:05

e-Krishok: Leading towards ICT enabled market linkage for Farmers

e-Krishok is a highly innovative program linking existing infrastructures and investments into as a network for providing two way business support for Bangladesh's farmers. 

 

Developing from a successful pilot phase in 2008 and with support from and partnerships with Katalyst, Grameenphone, ACI and others e-Krishok has just launched its nationwide scaling up initiative to bring information and other services to rural…

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Posted on December 12, 2011 at 12:44

Information should be considered as an input in Agriculture

Agriculture is the dominating economic contributor in Bangladesh and employed the biggest portion of population. We always heard many initiatives to promote agriculture and increase production capacity, but only few initiatives have been taken to commercialize agriculture to ensure 'Better price' of the produces. This is not simple, it is complex and possibly that's why government is taking the short cut ways. We have not seen any effective initiatives has been taken to disseminate updated…

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Posted on August 22, 2011 at 8:00

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At 11:38 on April 25, 2011, Parveen Sultana Huda said…
Hello Shahid Bhai - thanks for joining the BIF Knowledge Hub and the Bangladesh Network. Please do share your experiences of Inculsive Business - to enrich the colective knowledge of this site. 
At 7:09 on April 25, 2011, Md. Abu Yousuf said…
Dear Shahid Bhi, Welcome to the BIF Knowledge Hub!
 
 
 
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