Research

Selected Publications

Water Resources Management and Sustainability

Razzaq, A., Qing, P., Naseer, M.A.u.R., Abid, M., Anwar, M., & Javed, I. (2019)

Can the informal groundwater markets improve water use efficiency and equity? Evidence from a semi-arid region of Pakistan

Science of the Total Environment, 666, 849-857

Razzaq, A., Liu, H., Xiao, M., Mehmood, K., Shahzad, M.A., & Zhou, Y. (2022)

Analyzing past and future trends in Pakistan's groundwater irrigation development: implications for environmental sustainability and food security

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(12), 35413-35429

Razzaq, A., Liu, H., Zhou, Y., Xiao, M., & Qing, P. (2022)

The Competitiveness, Bargaining Power, and Contract Choice in Agricultural Water Markets in Pakistan

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:917984

Razzaq, A., Xiao, M., Zhou, Y., Liu, H., Abbas, A., Liang, W., & Naseer, M.A.u.R. (2022)

Impact of Participation in Groundwater Market on Farmland, Income, and Water Access: Evidence from Pakistan

Water, 14(12), 1832

Razzaq, A., Shahbaz, P., Haq, S. U., Zhou, Y., Erfanian, S., & Abbas, A. (2024)

Assessment of the heterogeneous impacts of global value chain participation on Sustainable economic growth and environmental quality

Heliyon, 10(15).

Razzaq, A., Zhou, Y., Shahzad, M. A., Wang, L., & Eliw, M. (2024)

A Tale of Two Countries: The Potential of Managed ‎Aquifer Recharge in Pakistan and Egypt

In M. El-Rawy & A. Negm (Eds.), Managed Aquifer Recharge in MENA ‎Countries. Springer Cham.‎

Razzaq, A.*, A. Rehman, A. H. Qureshi, I. Javed, R. Saqib and M. N. Iqbal (2018)

An Economic Analysis of High ‎Efficiency Irrigation Systems in Punjab, Pakistan

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 34(4): 818-826.

Razzaq, A., & Zhou, Y. (2024)

Groundwater Markets in the Era of Environmental Challenges: Pathways to Sustainability

In: The 6th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management

Naseer, M. A. u. R., Ashfaq, M., Razzaq, A.*, & Ali, Q. (2020)

Comparison of water use efficiency, profitability and ‎consumer preferences of different rice varieties in Punjab, Pakistan

Paddy and Water Environment, 18(1), 273-282.

Du, J., Shrestha, R. P., Nitivattananon, V., Nguyen, T. P. L., & Razzaq, A. (2023)

Unveiling the value of nature: A comprehensive analysis of the ecosystem services and ecological compensation in Wuhan City’s urban lake wetlands

Water, 15(12), 2257.

Agricultural Economics and Food Systems

Razzaq, A., Qin, S., Anwar, M., & Zhou, Y. (2024)

Technical Efficiency, Economic Sustainability, and Environmental Implications of Dairy Farms in Pakistan

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 34(2), 1285-1297.

Razzaq, A., Naseer, M. A. U. R., & Farrukh, M. U. (2024)

Editorial: Sustainable Food Consumption and Production in the 21st Century

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, 1386268.

Razzaq, A., Tang, Y., & Qing, P. (2021)

Towards Sustainable Diets: Understanding the Cognitive Mechanism of Consumer Acceptance of Biofortified Foods

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1175

Razzaq, A., Naseer, M. A. U. R., & Farrukh, U. (2024)

Sustainable food consumption and production in the 21st century

Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA. (Edited book).

Qing, P., Huang, H., Razzaq, A., Tang, Y., & Tu, M. (2018)

Impacts of sellers’ responses to online negative consumer reviews: Evidence from an agricultural product

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 66(4), 587-597.

Shahzad, M. A., Razzaq, A., Qing, P., Rizwan, M., & Faisal, M. (2022)

Food availability and shopping channels during the disasters: Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed peoples’ online food purchasing behavior?

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 83, 103443.

Ke, J., Dan, H., Wang, Q., & Razzaq, A. (2025)

The role of off-farm employment in promoting sustainable farm development through integrated pest management technology adoption

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8

Shahzad, M.A.‎†‎, Razzaq, A.‎†‎, Wang, L., Zhou, Y., & Qin, S. (2024)

Impact of COVID-19 on dietary diversity and food security in Pakistan

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 110, 104642

Li, T., Zhou, D., Razzaq, A.*, & Wang, Q. (2021)

Rethinking the Role of Grain Banks in China’s Agriculture

Agriculture, 11(1), 49.

Chen, T., Razzaq, A., Qing, P., & Cao, B. (2021)

Do you bear to reject them? The effect of anthropomorphism on empathy and consumer preference for unattractive produce

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 61, 102556

Zhang, Q., Ye, F., Razzaq, A.*, Feng, Z., & Liu, Y. (2024)

The impact of land consolidation on rapeseed cost efficiency in China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8

Zhang, Q., Razzaq, A.*, Qin, J., Feng, Z., Ye, F., & Xiao, M. (2022)

Does the Expansion of Farmers’ Operation Scale ‎Improve the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in China? Implications for Environmental Sustainability

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:918060.

Sang, X., Luo, X., Razzaq, A.*, Huang, Y., & Erfanian, S. (2023)

Can agricultural mechanization services narrow the income gap in rural China?

Heliyon, 9, e13367.

Ye, F., Wang, L., Razzaq, A., Tong, T., Zhang, Q., & Abbas, A. (2023)

Policy Impacts of High-Standard Farmland Construction on Agricultural Sustainability: Total Factor Productivity-Based Analysis

Land, 12(2), 283.

Naseer, M. A. U. R., Ashfaq, M., Hassan, S., Abbas, A., Razzaq, A., Mehdi, M., & Anwar, M. (2019)

Critical Issues at the Upstream Level in Sustainable Supply Chain Management of Agri-Food Industries: Evidence from Pakistan’s Citrus Industry

Sustainability, 11(5), 1326.

Ashfaq, M., Razzaq, A., Haq, S. U., & Muhammad, G. (2015)

Economic analysis of dairy animal diseases in Punjab: a case study of Faisalabad district

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 25(5), 1482-1495.

Financial Inclusion and Digital Technology

Razzaq, A., Qin, S., Zhou, Y., Mahmood, I., & Alnafissa, M. (2024)

Determinants of financial inclusion gaps in Pakistan and implications for achieving SDGs

Scientific Reports, 14(1), 13667

Erfanian, S., Zhou, Y., Razzaq, A.*, Abbas, A., Safeer, A.A., & Li, T. (2022)

Predicting Bitcoin (BTC) Price in the Context of Economic Theories: A Machine Learning Approach

Entropy, 24(10), 1487

Gong, X., Razzaq, A.*, & Wang, W. (2021)

More Haste, Less Speed: How Update Frequency of Mobile Apps Influences Consumer Interest

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 16(7), 2922-2942

Safeer, A. A., Chen, Y., Abrar, M., Kumar, N., & Razzaq, A. (2022)

Impact of perceived brand localness and globalness on brand authenticity to predict brand attitude: a cross-cultural Asian perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 34(7), 1524-1543.

Rural Development and Sustainability

Rehman, A., Ping, Q., & Razzaq, A. (2019)

Pathways and Associations between Women's Land Ownership and Child Food and Nutrition Security in Pakistan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18), 3360.

Akhtar, S., Li, G. C., Nazir, A., Razzaq, A., Ullah, R., Faisal, M., & Raza, M. H. (2019)

Maize production under risk: The simultaneous adoption of off-farm income diversification and agricultural credit to manage risk

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 18(2), 460-470.

Zhang, L., Wan, J., Razzaq, A., Zhang, Q., Zhou, L., & Erfanian, S. (2023)

Exploring the impact of China-Europe Railway Express on the urban-rural income gap

Heliyon, 9(7), e17571

Rajpar, H., Zhang, A., Razzaq, A., Mehmood, K., Pirzado, M.B., & Hu, W. (2019)

Agricultural Land Abandonment and Farmers' Perceptions of Land Use Change in the Indus Plains of Pakistan

Sustainability, 11(17), 4663

Mahmood, I., Qin, S., Xia, C., Razzaq, A.*, & Bashir, A. (2024)

Do E-Credit and Institutional Support Drive Climate-‎Smart, Environmentally Sustainable Practices in Punjab’s Agriculture?

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies.

Mukhtar, U., Zhong, Z., Tian, B., Razzaq, A., Naseer, M.A.u.R., & Hina, T. (2018)

Does Rural–Urban Migration Improve Employment Quality and Household Welfare? Evidence from Pakistan

Sustainability, 10(11), 4281

Shahzad, M. A., Razzaq, A.*, & Qing, P. (2019)

On the wheat price support policy in Pakistan

Journal of Economic Impact, 1(3), 80-86.

Adnan, K. M. M., Ying, L., Sarker, S. A., Hafeez, M., Razzaq, A., & Raza, M. H. (2019)

Adoption of Contract Farming and Precautionary Savings to Manage the Catastrophic Risk of Maize Farming: Evidence from Bangladesh

Sustainability, 11(1), 29.

Education and Environmental Well-being

Saqib, Z.A., Zhang, Q., Ou, J., Saqib, K.A., Majeed, S., & Razzaq, A. (2020)

Education for sustainable development in Pakistani higher education institutions

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21(6), 1249-1267

Xiao, M., Razzaq, A.*, Qing, P., Phromphithakkul, W., Thinakaran, R., & Alnafissa, M. (2024)

Reducing food waste and promoting sustainable consumption: the role of message framing and controllability attributions in ugly produce marketing

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8.

Zou, J., Tang, Y., Qing, P., Li, H., & Razzaq, A. (2021)

Donation or Discount: Effect of Promotion Mode on Green Consumption Behavior

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1912.

Zhang, X., Yan, G., Feng, Q., Razzaq, A*., & Abbas, A. (2022)

Ecological Sustainability and Households' Wellbeing: Linking Households' Non-Traditional Fuel Choices with Reduced Depression in Rural China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 15639

Research Directions

Environmental Economics

Focusing on sustainable agricultural practices and their economic implications, including market-based environmental policies and ecosystem services valuation.

Water Resource Management

Studying efficient water allocation and conservation strategies in agriculture, with emphasis on sustainable irrigation practices and water markets.

Agricultural Economics and Food Policy

Analyzing market dynamics and policy impacts on food systems, including food security, supply chain efficiency, and rural development.