Project Title: Economic analysis of agroforestry plantation in Sindh Province of Pakistan
Project period: 2004 -2006
Project grantee: Prof. Dr. Heman Das Lohano, Department of Agricultural Economics, SAU Tandojam
Project funding: Agricultural Linkages Program (ALP).
Major Outcomes of Project:
Data analysis was done and a working paper was wrote & published
Project title: Sustainable livelihoods and tourism: A case study of Keenjhar lake
Project period: 2008-2009
Project grantee: Prof. Dr. Tahmina Mangan, Department of Agricultural Economics, SAU Tandojam
Project funding: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Kathmandu, Nepal.
Collaboration: SANDEE
Major Outcomes of Project:
Presented findings before researchers & other stakeholders in the dissemination workshop at SAU Tandojam
Presented research paper in 2014 in conference of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) at Islamabad.
Research Paper is published in “Pakistan Development Review”, Islamabad Vol.54,2015 under the title of “Impact of Nature-based Tourism on Local Livelihoods: Evidence from Keenjhar Lake in Pakistan”
Project title: Social Research Project
Project period: 2011-2015
Project grantee: Prof. Dr. Tahmina Mangan, Department of Agricultural Economics, SAU Tandojam
Project funding: Project of Australia Pakistan Agriculture Sector Linkages Program-2 (ASLP2), funded by ACIAR- Australian Government.
Collaboration: University of Canberra, Australia
Major Outcomes of Project:
Using Action Research Method & Involving Whole Family Approach established various successful research models of rural development of Sindh province of Pakistan:
Community Service Center (CSC)
Female Entrepreneurship Center (FEC)
Models were developed in two districts of Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Capacity building trainings of male, female and youth of research sites conducted
For dissemination of research results with policy makers, researchers and academicians and civil society various seminars & workshops were organized in research sites of project.
Leading newspapers including DAWN and local language newspapers published news of research conducted under the project.
Different articles written by Dr. Tehmina Mangan in leading newspapers including DAWN:
Entrepreneurship extension
services for rural females
Mobile Phone Agriculture Extension Services Models
Project title: Cost benefit analysis of adaptation of disease management at SMGE farms in Sindh province of Pakistan
Project period: 2014-2015
Project grantee: Prof. Dr. Tahmina Mangan, Department of Agricultural Economics, SAU Tandojam
Project funding: Funded by ACIAR- Australian Government.
Collaboration: University of Queensland, Australia
Major Outcomes of Project: Analysis data & report submitted
Project title: Preparation and marketing of mango products by women of Hot Khan Laghari and catchment area
Project period: 2014-2015
Project grantee: Prof. Dr. Tahmina Mangan, Department of Agricultural Economics, SAU Tandojam
Project funding: Funded by ACIAR- Australian Government.
Collaboration: University of Queensland, Australia
Major outcomes: Capacity building of focal villages females regarding mango value added products and other income generating activities for females & linked those activities with Female Entrepreneurship Centers (FEC) and Community Service Centers (CSC) of focal villages in order to see impact of those trainings on women empowerment in rural areas.
Dissemination workshops: Disseminated outcomes to policy makers & researchers by involving the local community of the research sites of project areas in Mirpurkhas Sindh
Project title: Economic assessment of rural women’s participation in processing and marketing of mango value added products in Hot Khan Laghari, Sindh
Project period: 2014-2015
Project grantee: Prof. Dr. Tahmina Mangan, Department of Agricultural Economics, SAU Tandojam
Project funding: Funded by ACIAR- Australian Government.
Collaboration: University of Queensland, Australia
Major outcomes: Data was analyzed and report submitted to collaborating partners
Dissemination workshops: Disseminated outcomes to policy makers & researchers by involving the local community of the research sites of project areas in Mirpurkhas Sindh