Biography
Prof. Md Ruhul Amin
Prof. Md Ruhul Amin
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Title: CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON INSECTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CROP PROTECTION AND FOOD SECURITY IN BANGLADESH
Abstract: 
Bangladesh is a subtropical country having 160.3 million people in an area of 147570 km2, surrounded by India, Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal. The country has summer monsoon from April to September and 80% of the annual rainfall is received in this time. The agriculture in Bangladesh is facing challenges due to climate change, which creates hindrance in producing cereal, fruit and vegetable crops to satisfy the nutrient requirements of the large size population in the country. The threat of climate change in Bangladesh is the fact of increasing temperature and more frequent severe drought and floods, moreover 30% yield loss is occurred in every year due to the infestation of insect and mite pests, and many of insects are the pest of crops, animals, household and stored products. Climate change causes declining the relative abundance of native insect pollinators and predators, change in biodiversity, species extinction, change in host shift and influence on the outbreaks of insect pests and their migration, and emergence of new pests or biotypes. Increased temperature and carbon dioxide due to climate change exerts in increasing problems with insect transmitted diseases. Farmers in Bangladesh are using bio-pesticides, natural enemies, resistant varieties and synthetic chemicals to mitigate the pest problems. But, the relative efficacy of many of these pest control measures is likely to change as a result of global warming. The changes of crop protection technologies incur higher expenditure and the marginal farmers fail to protect their crops timely, as a result yield losses occur and the country suffers from food security.
Biography: 
Md Ruhul Amin, Ph. D. is a Professor and Head in the Department of Entomology, and Director of Students’ Welfare of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural, Gazipur, Bangladesh, where he has been since 2012. From 2011 to 2012 he served as Professor, during 2008-2011 he was an Associate Professor, 2004 to 2008 as an Assistant Professor and 1997 to 2004 as a Lecturer in the Department of Entomology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. During 1996 to1997 he was a Scientific Officer in the Entomology Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and in 2002 he served as a Visiting Lecturer in the Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
He received B. Sc. in Agriculture and M. S. in Entomology from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Dr. Amin awarded Korean Foundation for Science and Technology Fellowship in 2004 and received his Ph. D. in Agricultural Entomology from Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea in 2007. In 2009, he offered a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship and conducted postdoctoral research in the School of Applied Biology and Environment Sciences, University of Stirling, UK. Dr Amin awarded Korean Research Foundation Fellowship to perform research in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, Korea. In 2011, he offered a CAS-TWAS Visiting Fellowship to study in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He was a Visiting Scholar in 2014 to 2015 in the Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
His research interests span for applying ecological principles in developing sustainable management practices for vegetable crops, field crops and fruits; his primary focus is to understand insect population dynamics and the use of pest-resistant varieties.  He continues to study on insect diversity and pollination ecology, pollination of crops by bees and other native pollinators. He teaches Insect Taxonomy, Principles of Insect Control and Industrial Entomology courses in graduate program, and Insect Morphology, Insect Taxonomy and Systematics, Insect Ecology and Insect Pest Management courses in undergraduate program.
He served as major professor for 16 graduate students and on the Advisory Committee for 10 others. He served on many graduate examination committees at his university and other institutions. He and his students have published 80 referred scientific papers, 01 book chapter. He speaks regularly at international conferences and has published 23 abstracts. He talked as an invited speaker in the ‘International Congress of Insect Biotechnology and Industry in 2007 in Daegu, Korea; and 2nd International Symposium on Insect Bio-Expo, Yecheon, Korea.
He was the Associate Director of the Instute of Research and Training, Director of Physical Education, Provost, and Proctor of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. He became Head of the Department of Entomology, Provost (twice) and currently serving as a member of the editorial board of the journal ‘Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture’ and holds and has held a number of prestigious leadership roles, and life member of many learned societies.