People PhD Students XLI Cycle 2025-26Safiul Islam

Safiul Islam

Safiul Islam
PhD cycle:  XLI

PhD project: 

“Contractual Dairy Farming and ‘True Cost’ of Milk: Impact on Smallholder Farmers’ Income in Bangladesh.”

Supervisor
Prof. Gianluca Brunori - Co-supervisor Dr. Michele Moretti

Emails

Safiul.islam@unifi.it

Office address

Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80 - 56124 Pisa (PI, Italy)

Personal phone

+39 3520569634

Profile 

Safiul Islam is a PhD student in Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Forestry Systems at the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence. He is currently conducting his doctoral research in collaboration with the University of Pisa. Safiul holds a Master’s degree in Agribusiness from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh, and a second Master’s degree in Rural Development under the Erasmus Mundus programme, jointly delivered by four universities and coordinated by Ghent University, Belgium. He is also an Assistant Professor at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

CV: Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Forest Systems

 

Research interests and PhD project:

His research interests lie at the intersection of agricultural and environmental economics, agri-food systems, and rural development, with a particular focus on consumer behavior, sustainability transitions, and value chain governance. His doctoral research examines how market structures, institutional arrangements, and policy interventions shape economic, social, and environmental outcomes in agri-food systems.

Objectives of the PhD research project:

1. To assess whether contractual dairy farming influences the True Cost of milk production in Bangladesh, considering economic, environmental, and social externalities.
2. To assess the impact of contractual dairy farming on smallholder farmers' income in Bangladesh.
3. To identify the mechanisms through which contractual agreements influence smallholder farmers' income, including pricing structures, input provisions, and production outcomes.
4. To investigate the implications of contractual dairy farming on market concentration within the dairy sector in Bangladesh

1. Main Papers

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Seminars and conference

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Awards

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Personal Links, Blogs, Websites

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/safiul-islam-46619378