Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5926-3863
Sarker, Mou Rani
Sattar, M. Nahid
Nguyen, Thi Mai Thuong
McKenzie, Andrew M.
Taj, Tanjum Afrin
Sabbir, Abu Ahamed
Fatema, Kanij
Rahman, Mohammad Chhiddikur
Al Mamun, Md Abdullah
Islam, Mohammad Ariful
Rahaman, Md Shajedur
Salman, Md.
Bhandari, Humnath
Article History
Received: 14 February 2025
Accepted: 23 July 2026
First Online: 31 July 2026
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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Compliance of ethical standard statement: The present study was approved by the Academic Ethics Committee of the Agricultural Economics Division of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
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