Sanzidur Rahman

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Associate Professor
Areas of interest
- Productivity and efficiency measurements in agriculture
- Total factor productivity measurements and sources of growth
- Underlying areas of technological change in agriculture
- Impact of climate change on agriculture and/o land use
- Energy - agriculture interaction
- Poverty, inequality and livelihoods
I am a leading researcher on agricultural, environmental and/or resource economics focusing on the developing economies, specifically South and Southeast Asia, China and Africa. The core concern of my research is to improve understanding of the range of factors influencing agricultural and economic development in developing economies and to promote their integration into policy and practice. I have a keen interest in production economics, environmental and resource economics, energy use in agriculture, climate change, household level decision-making, poverty and livelihoods.
Postgraduate supervision
Current PhD students:
As co-supervisor
- Rezoyana Kabir Rasha [Bangladesh]. The Impact of Aquaculture Technology on the Livelihoods and Food Security of the Coastal People: An Empirical Study in Bangladesh with Professor Chittur Srinivasan
- Milorad Plasvic [Serbia]. Long-Term Effects of Extreme Events on Dietary Patterns, Lifestyleand Health: Evidence from The Great Famine in China with Professor Chittur Srinivasan.
- Kwadwo Adusei Peasah [Ghana].Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and its interaction with food security, health and livelihoods with Professor Chittur Srinivasan
- Umar Shehu Umar [Nigeria]. Contracts and the Problem of Contract Compliance in Nigeria's Tomato Markets with Dr Giacomo Zanello
Completed PhD Students:
As Lead Supervisor (Director of Studies)
- Al-Noor Abdullah [Sudan]. Assessing Economic, Social, Political and Environmental Issues related to Mega-projects in Developing Economies: A case study of Merowe Dam in Sudan,with Professor Geoff Wilson. University of Plymouth, UK.
- Chidiebere Daniel Chima [Nigeria]. The impact of agricultural technology adoption on agricultural productivity and food availability in Southeastern Nigeria, with Ian Whitehead, University of Plymouth, UK.
- Zhangping Hu [China]. Socio-economic Drivers of Agricultural Production in a Transition Economy: the Case of Village Hu, Sichuan Province, China, with Professor Geoff Wilson, SoGEES, University of Plymouth, UK.
- Susan Alison Wren [UK]. Socio-economic and livelihood impacts of environmentally friendly bioenterprise development for agro-pastoralists in Somburu Heartlands, Kenya, with Professor Mick Fuller, University of Plymouth, UK.
- Brodrick O. Awerije [Nigeria]. Exploring the potential of cassava as a source of agricultural growth in Nigeria, with Professor Geoff Wilson, University of Plymouth, UK.
- Cesar J. Vasquez-Navarette, [Mexico]. Productivity management in the Cacao Agro-industry of Tabasco, Mexico: A Fitness Approach, with Professor Geoff Wilson, University of Plymouth. UK.
As co-supervisor/associate supervisor:
- Noor-E-Sabiha [Bangladesh]. Environmental Impact of High Yield Variety Rice Cultivation in Bangladesh: A Study Based on Farm Level Data, with Professor Ruhul Salim. Curtin Business School, Perth, Australia.
- Kantaporn Chuangchid [Thailand]. Applications of Extreme Value Econometrics to Energy-Crop Price Analysis, with Professor Songsak Sriboonchitta, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
- Wei Chen Sang [Taiwan]. An Analysis of Rubber Price Return Volatility, with Professor Songsak Sriboonchitta, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
- YanYan Sun [China]. Environment/Welfare-Oriented Productivity and Its Application in the Evaluation of Economic Development, with Professor C. Dai, Donghua University, China.
- Gong Xue [China], Econometric Analysis of Agricultural and Energy Commodity Price Returns Behaviour, with Professor Songsak Sriboonchitta, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Teaching
Module convenor of Environmental and Resource Economics. (APME76-APME77)Background
Previously, I was Associate Professor/Reader in International Development at the University of Plymouth, UK. I also held research positions at the University of Manchester, UK; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA; Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently, I also hold the position of Distinguished Adjunct Professor (non-residential) at Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China. Previously, I was Adjunct Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.Publications
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Li, K.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1353-8021 , Liu, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2128-6015 , Xue, Y.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8896-766X , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. (2022) Consequences of ignoring dependent error components and heterogeneity in a Stochastic Frontier Model: an application to rice producers in Northern Thailand. Agriculture , 12 (8). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12081078
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Anik, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0461-6094 , Sarker, J. (2022) Climate, environment and socio-economic drivers of global agricultural productivity growth. Land , 11 (4). ISSN: 2073-445X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11040512
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Abdullah, A.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6325-8728 and Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2021) Social impacts of a mega-dam project as perceived by local, resettled and displaced communities: a case study of Merowe Dam, Sudan. Economies , 9 (4). ISSN: 2227-7099 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/economies9040140
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Liu, J.
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Wang, H.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6650-0356 , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. (2021) Energy efficiency, energy conservation and determinants in the agricultural sector in emerging economies. Agriculture , 11 (8). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11080773
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Anik, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0461-6094 and Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2021) Commercial energy demand forecasting in Bangladesh. Energies , 14 (19). ISSN: 1996-1073 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14196394
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Anik, A.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2021) Women’s empowerment in agriculture: level, inequality, progress, and impact on productivity and efficiency. The Journal of Development Studies , 57 (6). pp. 930-948. ISSN: 0022-0388 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1817393
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Anik, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0461-6094 , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sarker, J. , Al Hasan, M. (2021) Farmers’ adaptation strategies to combat climate change in drought prone areas in Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction , 65 ISSN: 2212-4209 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102562
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Khanal, U.
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Wilson, C.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Lee, B. , Hoang, V. (2021) Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and its potential contribution to UN’s sustainable development goals of zero hunger and no poverty. Journal of Cleaner Production , 281 ISSN: 0959-6526 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124999
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Abdullah, A.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Essex, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7728-4043 , Benhin, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3305-1168 (2020) Economic contributions of mega-dam infrastructure as perceived by local and displaced communities: a case study of Merowe Dam, Sudan. Agriculture , 10 (6). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10060227
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Reza Anik, A.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sarker, J. (2020) Five decades of productivity and efficiency changes in world agriculture (1969–2013). Agriculture , 10 (6). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10060200
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Liu, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2128-6015 , Dong, C.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1996-9028 , Liu, S.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8199-1835 , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. (2020) Sources of total-factor productivity and efficiency changes in China’s agriculture. Agriculture , 10 (7). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10070279
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Liu, J.
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Wang, M.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5378-0798 , Ma, J. , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. (2020) A simultaneous stochastic frontier model with dependent error components and dependent composite errors: an application to Chinese banking industry. Mathematics , 8 (2). ISSN: 2227-7390 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math8020238
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Liu, J.
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Song, Q.
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Qi, Y.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. (2020) Measurement of systemic risk in global financial markets and its application in forecasting trading decisions. Sustainability , 12 (10). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12104000
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Liu, J.
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Wang, M.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5378-0798 , Yang, L. , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. (2020) Agricultural productivity growth and its determinants in south and southeast Asian countries. Sustainability , 12 (12). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12124981
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Salim, R.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8416-1885 , Hassan, K. , Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2020) Impact of R&D expenditures, rainfall and temperature variations in agricultural productivity: empirical evidence from Bangladesh. Applied Economics , 52 (27). pp. 2977-2990. ISSN: 1466-4283 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1697422
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Barmon, B. , Anik, A. (2020) Productivity growth and efficiency changes in prawn-carp–rice farming in ‘Gher’ system in Bangladesh: a Färe-Primont index approach. Aquaculture Economics and Management , 522 ISSN: 1365-7305 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735107
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 and Anik, A. (2020) Productivity and efficiency impact of climate change and agroecology on Bangladesh agriculture. Land Use Policy , 94 ISSN: 0264-8377 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104507
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 and Barmon, B.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6099-1446 (2019) Greening modern rice farming using vermicompost and its impact on productivity and efficiency: an empirical analysis from Bangladesh. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment , 9 (11). ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9110239
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Mwalupaso, G.
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Wang, S.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Alavo, E. , Tian, X.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1070-3581 (2019) Agricultural informatization and technical efficiency in maize production in Zambia. Sustainability , 11 (8). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11082451
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 and Barmon, B. (2019) Women’s gainful employment in ‘gher’ farming system (prawn–carp–rice integrated culture) in Bangladesh: trends and determinants. Aquaculture International , 27 (2). pp. 519-537. ISSN: 0967-6120 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10499-019-00347-9
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 and Barmon, B. (2018) Total Factor Energy Productivity and efficiency changes of the gher (prawn-carp-rice) farming system in Bangladesh: a stochastic input distance function approach. Energies , 11 (12). ISSN: 1996-1073 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11123482
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2018) Agroecological, land-elevation and socioeconomic determinants of raising livestock in Bangladesh. Agriculture , 8 (1). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8010012
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 and Chima, C. (2018) Determinants of pesticide use in food crop production in Southeastern Nigeria. Agriculture , 8 (3). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8030035
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 and Chima, C. (2018) Food energy availability from agriculture at the farm-level in Southeastern Nigeria: level, composition and determinants. Agriculture , 8 (5). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8050069
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Matin, M. , Hasan, M. (2018) Joint determination of improved variety adoption, productivity and efficiency of pulse production in Bangladesh: a sample-selection stochastic frontier approach. Agriculture , 8 (7). ISSN: 2077-0472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8070098
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Sabiha, N.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2018) Environment-smart agriculture and mapping of interactions among environmental factors at the farm level: a directed graph approach. Sustainability , 10 (5). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10051580
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Wilson, G.
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Hu, Z.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2018) Community resilience in rural China: the case of Hu Village, Sichuan Province. Journal of Rural Studies , 60 pp. 130-140. ISSN: 0743-0167 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.03.016
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Kar, A.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2018) Changes in total factor productivity and efficiency of microfinance institutions in the developing world: a non-parametric approach. Economic Analysis and Policy , 60 pp. 103-118. ISSN: 0313-5926 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2018.09.012
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 (2017) Climate, agroecology and socio-economic determinants of food availability from agriculture in Bangladesh, (1948–2008). Sustainability , 9 (3). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9030354
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Liu, J.
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Rahman, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0391-6191 , Sriboonchitta, S. , Wiboonpongse, A. (2017) Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of Thai rice farmers: a Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier approach. Sustainability , 9 (5). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9050770