A field experiment was conducted at the Research farm, Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India for two consecutive rainy (kharif) seasons of 2009 and 2010 to find out the impact of nitrogen, sulphur and farmyard manure (FYM) on growth and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Application of 120 kg N ha -1 significantly increased all the yield components viz., plant height, leaf area index, dry matter production, capitulum diameter, achenes capitulum -1 and 1000-seed weight. Pooled yield increased by 26% with 120 kg N but it was statistically at par with 80 kg N ha -1. With increased N dose, the oil content consistently decreased but the oil yield improved during both years. Sulphur application at the rate of 60 kg ha -1 significantly increased plant height, leaf area index and dry matter production after 25 days of sowing (DAS).All yield contributing characters viz., filled achenes capitulum . Application of FYM at the rate of 10 and 20 t ha -1 was at par with each other but recorded significant improvement in the plant height, leaf area index and dry matter production of sunflower after 25 days of sowing over no FYM. FYM @10 and 20 t ha -1 increased the oil yield by 11 and 5.4 %, respectively over no application.

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Development agencies, including UNICEF, has for long pioneered in Communication for Development (C4D) and therefore, stood as a catalytic lead in playing fulcrum to design, programming, implementation and creating evidence for children, young people and women. The discourse has recently transformed to Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) with an emphasis on ‘behavioural insights’. It shall bear a significant impact on mitigating child marriages across the region, including Bangladesh. Child marriage is an accepted practice across communities in Bangladesh albeit in varying degrees. It necessarily requires effective partnerships, sustained community mobilization, empowerment of adolescents for bringing marked changes in individual, family and community behaviours through active engagements with and exposure to the multiple communication tools. Drivers for child marriage are usually common in Bangladesh, and are anchored in the social, structural and systemic features of a patriarchal society, which invariably oppress women and girls as a second-class citizen and promote gender inequality at all stages. The current desk-based qualitative analysis, regardless of its limitations, confirms that SBC interventions designed to maximize community collaboration and participation can have a beneficial impact on mitigating child marriages in Bangladesh.