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Hossein Azadi
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2022
Barriers to developing social entrepreneurship in NGOs : application of grounded theory in Western Iran
Hossein Azadi
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2022
Genetically modified crops in developing countries : savior or traitor?
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
2022
The intentions of agricultural professionals towards diffusing wireless sensor networks : application of technology acceptance model in Southwest Iran
Fatemeh Taheri
Marijke D'Haese
Dieter Fiems
Hossein Azadi
C3
Conference
2022
2021
An attempt to develop ecotourism in an unknown area : the case of Nehbandan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
2021
Analysis of land use land cover dynamics and driving factors in Desa’a forest in Northern Ethiopia
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2021
Determinants of commercial bank loan and advance disbursement : the case of private Ethiopian commercial banks
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BANK MARKETING
2021
Determinants of smallholder commercialization of livestock : a case study from Tigray, Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE
2021
Estimation of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic vegetation coverage in the lower reaches of Tarim River based on sentinel-2A data
Tim Van de Voorde
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
A1
Journal Article
in
REMOTE SENSING
2021
Impact assessments of new mobility services : a critical review
Tom Storme
Corneel Casier
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2021
Impact of agricultural land conversion on climate change
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
2021
Role of social network measurements in improving adaptive capacity : the case of agricultural water users in rural areas of western Iran
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
2021
Status of energy utilization and factors affecting rural households' adoption of biogas technology in north-western Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
HELIYON
2021
The water management regime in western Iran : a retrospective analysis through a hybrid transitions framework
Hossein Azadi
Kobe Boussauw
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2021
2020
A critical view on social performance assessment at company level : social life cycle analysis of an algae case
Gwenny Thomassen
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
2020
A social perspective on soil functions and quality improvement : Romanian farmers’ perceptions
Dacinia Crina Petrescu
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
GEODERMA
2020
Agricultural land use sustainability in Southwest Iran : improving land leveling using consolidation plans
Hossein Azadi
Veerle Van Eetvelde
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2020
Ant colony optimization parameter selection for shortest path problem
Farzaneh Dadrass Javan
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
C1
Conference
2020
Evolution of land distribution in the context of development theories
Hossein Azadi
Eric Vanhaute
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2020
Financial inclusion in Ethiopia : is it on the right track?
Hossein Azadi
A2
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STUDIES
2020
Optimum path determination to facilitate fire station rescue missions using ant colony optimization algorithms (case study: city of Karaj)
Farzaneh Dadrass Javan
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
C1
Conference
2020
Sustainable agricultural practices, environmental risk mitigation and livelihood improvements : empirical evidence from Northern Ethiopia
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Hossein Azadi
Stijn Speelman
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2020
Wireless sensor network for small-scale farming systems in southwest Iran : application of Q-methodology to investigate farmers’ perceptions
Fatemeh Taheri
Marijke D'Haese
Dieter Fiems
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
2020
2019
Essays on agricultural land conversion drivers
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
Philippe De Maeyer
Dissertation
2019
How social status contributes to sustainable livelihoods? : an empirical analysis in Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2019
Impact of land use changes on soil and vegetation characteristics in Fereydan, Iran
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURE-BASEL
2019
Livelihood alternatives model for sustainable rangeland management : a review of multi-criteria decision-making techniques
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
2019
Mutual effects of land distribution and economic development : evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Hossein Azadi
Eric Vanhaute
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND
2019
Socio-demographic profile, food insecurity and food-aid based response
Jan Nyssen
Fien De Rudder
Koen Vlassenroot
Hossein Azadi
Bookchapter
in
Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's tropical mountains : the Dogu'a Tembien District
2019
Sustainable rangeland management in Southwest Iran : understanding changes in experts' attitudes toward livelihood alternatives
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Elham Omidzadehardali
Veronique Van Acker
Veerle Van Eetvelde
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
2019
Take out the farmer : an economic assessment of land expropriation for urban expansion in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
Jan Nyssen
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2019
Vulnerability to climate change of smallholder farmers in the Hamadan province, Iran
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
2019
2018
Agricultural land conversion : reviewing drought impacts and coping strategies
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
2018
Co-existence of GM, conventional and organic crops in developing countries : main debates and concerns
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
2018
Cooperatives and food security : trade-offs in Ethiopian multipurpose cooperatives
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
Marijke D'Haese
C3
Conference
2018
Determinants of internal governance quality : evidence from corporations in Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
A2
Journal Article
in
COGENT ECONOMICS & FINANCE
2018
Effects of livestock grazing on key vegetation attributes of a remnant forest reserve : the case of Desa'a Forest in northern Ethiopia
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
2018
Effects of supply chain management on tomato export in Iran : application of structural equation modeling
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
Thomas Dubois
Frank Witlox
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF FOOD PRODUCTS MARKETING
2018
Environmental impacts and causes of conflict in the Horn of Africa : a review
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
2018
Impacts of socio-psychological factors on actual adoption of sustainable land management practices in dryland and water stressed areas
Woldegebrial Zeweld Nugusse
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Hossein Azadi
Stijn Speelman
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2018
More food or better distribution? : reviewing food policy options in developing countries
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL
2018
Sustainable rangeland management in Iran : towards a policy-oriented decision-support model
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Frank Witlox
Philippe De Maeyer
Hossein Azadi
Dissertation
2018
Sustainable rangeland management in southwest Iran : application of the AHP-TOPSIS approach in ranking livelihood alternatives
Hossein Azadi
Zbelo Tesfamariam Welemaram
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
RANGELAND JOURNAL
2018
Understanding famine in Ethiopia : bio-physical and socio-economic drivers
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
Bookchapter
in
Handbook of famine, starvation, and nutrient deprivation : from biology to policy
2018
2017
A world without hunger : organic or GM crops?
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
Marijke D'Haese
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2017
Commercial land deals and the interactions between investors and local people : evidence from western Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Sil Lanckriet
Fatemeh Taheri
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2017
Dynamics of the North-South capital flows or rise of South-South land deals? : features of land acquisition in Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Hossein Azadi
Jan Nyssen
Sil Lanckriet
Fatemeh Taheri
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
2017
Effects of land deals on peak discharge and sediment transport in the catchments around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Sil Lanckriet
Hossein Azadi
Tesfaalem-Ghebreyohannes Asfaha
Frank Witlox
Jan Nyssen
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
2017
Evolution of land use-change modeling : routes of different schools of knowledge
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
2017
Financial product development and members' voluntary saving behavior in saving and credit cooperatives in Tigray : a case study in Endamohoni Woreda
Hossein Azadi
A2
Journal Article
in
COGENT ECONOMICS & FINANCE
2017
How participation in vegetables market affects livelihoods : empirical evidence from Northern Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD & AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING
2017
Impacts of the Hara Biosphere Reserve on livelihood and welfare in Persian Gulf
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
2017
Land deals in western Ethiopia put the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at risk of siltation
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Tesfaalem-Ghebreyohannes Asfaha
Sil Lanckriet
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
Jan Nyssen
C3
Conference
2017
Land-use suitability in Northeast Iran : application of AHP-GIS hybrid model
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
2017
Organic farming and small-scale farmers : main opportunities and challenges
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
2017
Sustainability of wheat production in Southwest Iran : a fuzzy-GIS based evaluation by ANFIS
Hossein Azadi
A2
Journal Article
in
COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE
2017
Sustainable cropping pattern in North Iran : application of fuzzy goal programming
Fatemeh Taheri
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
2017
Targeting international food aid programmes : the case of productive safety net programme in Tigray, Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
Fien De Rudder
Koen Vlassenroot
Jan Nyssen
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2017
The trade offs in multi-purpose land use
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
Bookchapter
in
Land degradation and the sustainable development goals : threats and potential remedies
2017
Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2017
2016
Agricultural land conversion drivers in Northeast Iran : application of structural equation model
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
APPLIED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY
2016
Agricultural outsourcing or land grabbing: a meta-analysis
Hossein Azadi
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Frank Witlox
Eric Vanhaute
A1
Journal Article
in
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
2016
Aquaculture land-use policy : the case of clam farming in Thaibinh Province, Vietnam
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2016
Attitudes of agricultural experts toward genetically modified crops : a case study in Southwest Iran
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
2016
Factors affecting sustainable rangeland management : experts' attitudes towards livelihood cornerstones in the Bazoft region
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A2
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2016
Genetically modified crops and small-scale farmers : main opportunities and challenges
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
2016
How sustainable is transnational farmland acquisition in Ethiopia? : lessons learned from the Benishangul-Gumuz region
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Hossein Azadi
Jan Nyssen
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2016
The features of large-scale transnational land deals and their effects on environment and livelihood : evidence from Western Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Frank Witlox
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Dissertation
2016
Transnational farmland acquisition and determinants of investor-local people interactions in Western Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Sil Lanckriet
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2016
Understanding communicational behavior among rangelands' stakeholders : application of social network analysis
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
2016
Urban sprawl and its impacts on land use change in Central Ethiopia
Hossein Azadi
Fatemeh Taheri
A1
Journal Article
in
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
2016
Vulnerability assessment models to drought : toward a conceptual framework
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2016
2015
Agricultural land conversion in Northwest Iran
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
2015
Commercial land rental and investment performance in Western Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2015
Corporate land acquisition and local people's reaction in western Ethiopian lowlands
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2015
Effects of transnational land deals on peak discharge and sediment transport in the catchments around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Sil Lanckriet
Tesfaalem-Ghebreyohannes Asfaha
Biadgilgn Demissie Mullaw
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2015
Exploring appropriate livelihood alternatives for sustainable rangeland management
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
RANGELAND JOURNAL
2015
Sustainability indicators of Iran's developmental plans : application of the sustainability compass theory
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY
2015
Transnational land deals: towards an inclusive land governance framework
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Hossein Azadi
Jan Nyssen
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2015
2014
Land deals, local people's livelihood, and environment nexus (How to create win-win transnational land deals in Ethiopia?)
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2014
Land rights as an engine of growth?: an analysis of Cambodian land grabs in the context of development theory
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
LAND USE POLICY
2014
Linking biodiversity conservation and livelihood strategies: a new approach for sustainable rangeland management
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2014
Organic agriculture in Iran: farmers' barriers to and factors influencing adoption
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS
2014
Reforming land-tenure systems in South Africa: routes to socio-economic and agricultural sustainability
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW
2014
Silage corn production in conventional and conservation tillage systems, part I: sustainability analysis using combination of GIS/AHP and multi-fuzzy modeling
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
2014
Sustainable livelihoods in range management : adaptive livelihood strategies for food security
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2014
Working with stakeholders of rangeland landscapes : integrating knowledge for sustainable rangeland management
Hojatollah Khedri Gharibvand
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2014
2013
Agricultural outsourcing: a two-headed coin?
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
2013
Agricultural resources outsourcing in the western lowlands of Ethiopia: exploratory evidence from Guba-Dangure Districts, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Frank Witlox
Hossein Azadi
Jan Nyssen
C3
Conference
2013
International land deals, local people's livelihood, and environment nexus (How to create win-win land deals in Ethiopia?)
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Frank Witlox
Hossein Azadi
Jan Nyssen
C3
Conference
2013
Knowledge, attitudes and behavioral intentions of agricultural professionals toward genetically modified (GM) foods: a case study in Southwest Iran
Hossein Azadi
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
2013
Organic agriculture and undernourishment in developing countries: main potentials and challenges
Hossein Azadi
Ben Derudder
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
2013
Sustainable forest management in Iran: a factor analysis
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
2013
Sustainable rangeland management: pastoralists' attitudes toward integrated programs in Iran
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
2013
Technological innovation drivers in rural small food industries in Iran
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING
2013
Transnational land acquisitions and the livelihood of indigenous communities: evidence from Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia
Dereje Teklemariam Gebremeskel
Jan Nyssen
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
C3
Conference
2013
2012
Bitter sweet: how sustainable is bio-ethanol production in Brazil?
Hossein Azadi
Ben Derudder
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
2012
Determining appropriate forestry extension model: application of AHP in the Zagros area, Iran
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
2012
Drought vulnerability assessment: the case of wheat farmers in Western Iran
Hossein Azadi
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
2012
Food systems: new-ruralism versus new-urbanism
Hossein Azadi
Veronique Van Acker
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
2012
Reconcilability of socio-economic development and environmental conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
2012
Sustainable and efficient energy consumption of corn production in Southwest Iran: combination of multi-fuzzy and DEA modeling
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
ENERGY
2012
2011
Application of GM crops in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learned from green revolution
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
2011
Multi-stakeholder involvement and urban green space performance
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
2011
Organic agriculture and sustainable food production system: main potentials
Hossein Azadi
Ben Derudder
Philippe De Maeyer
Frank Witlox
Other
2011
Pollute first, clean up later?
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
2011
2010
Factors influencing the success of animal husbandry cooperatives : a case study in Southwest Iran
Hossein Azadi
Frank Witlox
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS
2010