Transformational-mind!

Gagati (人?米) Khwaza-nagar1

From broad perspective of FAO’s strategic objective FOUR Enable inclusive and efficient agriculture and food system, I am interested of pursuing joint research initiative on Transformational mind from paddy and rice marketing functionaries and entrepreneurs anticipated with ADB (Asian development bank) projected agenda recommended on the changing role of rice in Asia’s food security for effective-efficiency perspectives pinpointed as serious need of new research program and new confidence building measure in the era of KBE (knowledge based economy) toward a journey of excellence or authenticity for deep understanding of highly complex global society and its inherent chaotic business system adapted on loosely coupled innovative-dynamic equilibrium condition sustained in organizational ambidexterity with learned optimism for future generation (so called new normal) in the context of history, agriculture & food systems and new age philosophy.  

The reason of why I am interested to deeper level (sphere) study of transformational human mind to understand the distinctive true meaning of chaotic-simplicity and simplicity through observing reality of growth-development as an indivisible business entity (event-ideality) in specific space-time for understanding the invisibly-linked influencing-forces behind the effective-efficiency of value added activities and its overall business performances and health. Understanding of qualitative and quantitative complexity and its deeper abstract level of true dynamics of marketing functionaries and entrepreneurial mind (mind constituents or traits; world view; systemic entities) in small scale research might be empirically exercised in higher level organizational theories for innovative cohesion of advanced and developing economics for effective-efficient utilization of global paddy and rice based resources for critically addressing of crucial food security and poverty alleviation issues into a large scale research and execution process whose emergence outcome might be maximized extrinsic and intrinsic value opportunities in local knowledge, value and employment-income fundaments through multi-disciplinary business cluster formation in agriculture, commerce and engineering field and also revitalized and reactivated the local brand formation processes with synchronized value activities in homeostatic arrangement of SC (supply chain), VC (value chain) and FC (food chain) for risk minimization and social well-being under common identity of rice-mind-science industry.

In my academic credence and expertise, I envisaged the broadly seeing big picture of true prospect of rice industry and the strength of its mind, science and technological potential. I perceived the immense importance of cross-disciplinary research resources, expertise and credence required for conducting any further deeper level (sphere) research to understand the process of transformational human mind of local paddy and rice marketing functionaries and entrepreneurs at Gagati-Khaza-nagar in Bangladesh, a field study I pursued in the year 1998 during my post graduation studies in the graduate school of biosphere science, Hiroshima University, Japan, under the guidance of professor Mikuni Hidemi (professor of marketing), professor Osamu Saito (professor of management and food systems research) and Keshav Lall Maharajan (professor of development and cooperation economics, IDEC).3 Since then (within 18 years), Gagati-Khaza-nagar transformed into 2nd largest paddy and rice processing center in Bangladesh, a premier finished rice supply source center for all over the country. Some dedicated, hardworking entrepreneurs and marketing functionaries made this place famous in Kushtia, Bangladesh. Very striking invisible-feature is that they are mostly intra-migrants from different villages like Chilmari char, Bazumara char, Vabonodia char and Chak rajapur located in Dolowatpur thana, Kushita, district whose predecessors originated from Dhaka, Manikgang, Commilla, Noakhali and Faridpur districts under the free rehabilitation program of then government of East Pakistan and they are locally called Bangal.  It is due to their colloquial languages which is little different from Kushtia dialect. River erosion and job scarcity were the main reasons for their intra-migration. In this concern, upraising some appreciative inquiries in mind, is the metaphorical phrases, a smart home is where the bottom is! true in the transformational process of different marketing-business functionaries in so called Gagati-Khaza-nagar? How Webber, Parker, Wilber, Peter and Porter are working in their mind-set as dynamic faithful retrospective coherent forces? What does it mean for them, I see therefore I am!, I think therefore I am!, I love therefore I am!, I act therefore I am! and, I am me.!  At the end, how do profit follow or accrued for them? 

In conclusion, under helping fellow being through mutual cooperation, I am interested to pursue or coordinate the cross-disciplinary research on transformational mind to explore the working dynamism, consciousness and inherent absolute beauty for  reason of being and spontaneously endeavoring for promoting high value added activities of paddy and rice based resources under common business cluster toward realizing the dream vision of rice-mind-science industry3 for understanding the true meaning of strategic staple-the Rice

The only lasting thing is self-motivation--Homer Rice

Note:

1.   Gagati--(Bangla word and its dictionary meaning)-the mother of the earth; the earth; the world; Khwaza (Bangla word and its dictionary meaning)-A kind of crispy sweetmeat made of flour and sugar; (coll)- lacking in intelligence , stupid, good for nothing; Nagar-(Bangla word and its dictionary meaning)-city; town; place

Sailendra Biswas (1982): Samsad Bangla-English dictionary, revised third editio

2

• Akbar M A & Hidemi M. (1998) “Paddy processing system for food security and poverty alleviation in Bangladesh”, J. Fac. Appl. Sci.,37:23-38
• Akbar M A & Keshav L. M. (1997) “ A study on paddy marketing functionaries in Bangladesh”, Journal of International Development and Cooperation,3(1): 115-136
• Akbar M A バングラデツにおける米生産と食料?環境問題

3. Global rice straw (725MT); Husk (200MT); Bran (30MT); Milled rice (500MT); broken rice (37MT); International rice trade (50MT); Global rice consumption (500MT)

                          FAO (2013) estimation basis

The total value of the rice in 2013 was estimated at $203 billion/year: Rice is the staple food for 4 billion people, provide 27% of calories in the world’s low and middle income countries; In Asia, poorest of the poor derive up to 70% of their calories from rice;

Potential value of global rice food value chain!?

Dedicated my simple endeavor

A very tiny future who takes my 写真 by her tiny eyes in a very last-last summer!