Dr. Muhammad Ziaul Hoque

Associate Professor

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Gazipur Agricultural University, Gazipur-1706, BANGLADESH

Cell Phone: +88 01931527513

Fax: +880 2-996695333

Tel: 02-996695310-14 (Office 2438)

E-mail:  mziahoque.aer@gau.edu.bd

Research Interest

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Urban Agriculture, Environmental impact assessment, Monitoring and simulation of changes in land use/land cover and associated ecosystem services, Adoption and diffusion of climate smart agro-technologies and their impacts on farm communities.

Selected Papers

  1. Hoque, M. Z., Ahmed, M., Ahmed, S., Hasan, M. Z., Rahman, M. A., & Bhandari, H. (2025). Current status, challenges, and opportunities of agroforestry in rice-based mixed farming systems in Northern Bangladesh. Agroforestry Systems, 99(7), 205. [Q1]
  2. Das, D., Prodhan, F. A., Hoque, M. Z., Haque, M. E., & Kabir, M. H. (2025). Monitoring and Future Prediction of Land Use Land Cover Dynamics in Northern Bangladesh Using Remote Sensing and CA-ANN Model. Earth, 6(3), 73. [Q1]
  3. Prodhan, F. A., Hoque, M. Z., Nafee, K. M., Fahad, M. S. A., & Rahman Sakib, M. N. (2025). Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Community Perceptions on Coastal Forest Ecosystem Services, Restoration Willingness and Their Determinants in Bangladesh. Wild, 2(3), 26.
  4. Islam, I., Tonny, K. F., *Hoque, M. Z., Abdullah, H. M., Khan, B. M., Islam, K. H. S., … & Ferdush, J. (2024). Monitoring and prediction of land use land cover change of Chittagong Metropolitan City by CA-ANN model. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 21(8), 6275-6286. [Q1]
  5. Mim, N. A., Hasan, S. S., Hoque, M. Z., Ahmed, M., & Chakma, P. (2024). Tobacco Farmers’ Perceptions of Unsafe Tobacco Cultivation and Its Effect on Health and Environment: A Case of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Clean Technologies, 6(2), 586-601. [Q2]
  6. Hasan, M., Hassan, L., Abdullah Al, M., Kamal, A. H. M., Idris, M. H., Hoque, M. Z., … & Ali, A. (2024). Human intervention caused massive destruction of the second largest mangrove forest, Chakaria Sundarbans, Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(17), 25329-25341. [Q1]
  7. Prodhan, F. A., Afrad, M. S. I., Haque, M. E., Hoque, M. Z., Rokonuzzaman, M., Mohana, H. P., & Pervez, A. K. (2023). Factors driving the adoption of organic tea farming in the northern region of Bangladesh. Research in Globalization, 7, 100145. [Q1]
  8. Prodhan, F. A., *Hoque, M. Z., Afrad, M. S. I., Haque, M. E., Ahmed, M., Kabir, M. H., … & Sultana, N. (2023). Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change in Climatically Vulnerable Ecosystem of Bangladesh. In Strategizing Agricultural Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation(pp. 133-147). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  9. Chakma, S., Haque, M.E., *Hoque, M. Z., Hossain, M., Afrad, M., Islam, S., Saha, Prodhan, F.A., Hasan, S.S., & Choudhury, J. (2022). Adapting Land Degradation and Enhancing Ethnic Livelihood Security Through Fruit Production: Evidence from Hilly Areas of Bangladesh. In Agro-biodiversity and Agri-ecosystem Management(pp. 217-238). Springer, Singapore.
  10. *Hoque, M. Z., Ahmed, M., Islam, I., Cui, S., Xu, L., Prodhan, F. A., … & Hasan, J. (2022). Monitoring Changes in Land Use Land Cover and Ecosystem Service Values of Dynamic Saltwater and Freshwater Systems in Coastal Bangladesh by Geospatial Techniques. Water, 14(15), 2293. [Q1]
  11. Islam, I., Cui, S., Hoque, M. Z., Abdullah, H. M., Tonny, K. F., Ahmed, M., … & Ding, S. (2022). Dynamics of Tree outside Forest Land Cover Development and Ecosystem Carbon Storage Change in Eastern Coastal Zone, Bangladesh. Land, 11(1), 76. [Q1]
  12. *Hoque, M. Z., Islam, I., Ahmed, M., Hasan, S. S., & Prodhan, F. A. (2022). Spatio-temporal changes of land use land cover and ecosystem service values in coastal Bangladesh. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 25(1), 173-180. [Q1]
  13. *Hoque, M. Z., Haque, E., & Islam, S. (2022). Mapping integrated vulnerability of coastal agricultural livelihood to climate change in Bangladesh: Implications for spatial adaptation planning. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 103080. [Q2]
  14. Prodhan, F. A., Zhang, J., Sharma, T. P. P., Nanzad, L., Zhang, D., Seka, A. M., Ahmed, N., Hasan, S.S., Hoque, M.Z., & Mohana, H. P. (2022). Projection of future drought and its impact on simulated crop yield over South Asia using ensemble machine learning approach. Science of The Total Environment, 151029. [Q1]
  15. Ahmed M, Rahman MA, Hoque MZ, Hossain MS, Matsumoto M (2022) Assessment of Ecological Risk Through Toxic Heavy Metal Contamination in Konabari Terrace Industrial Area of Gazipur, Bangladesh. J Fac Agr Kyushu Univ 67(1):33–38.
  16. Hoque, M. Z., Cui, S., Islam, I., Xu, L., & Ding, S. (2021). Dynamics of plantation forest development and ecosystem carbon storage change in coastal Bangladesh. Ecological Indicators, 130, 107954. [Q1]
  17. Hoque, M. Z., Cui, S., Islam, I., Xu, L., & Tang, J. (2020). Future Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Services in the Lower Meghna River Estuary, Bangladesh. Sustainability, 12(5), 2112. [Q1]
  18. Hoque, M. Z., Cui, S., Lilai, X., Islam, I., Ali, G., & Tang, J. (2019). Resilience of coastal communities to climate change in Bangladesh: Research gaps and future directions. Watershed Ecology and the Environment, 1, 42-56. [Q1]
  19. Hoque, M. Z., Cui, S., Xu, L., Islam, I., Tang, J., & Ding, S. (2019). Assessing agricultural livelihood vulnerability to climate change in coastal Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22), 4552. [Q2]