Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of droughts in many agricultural regions. Wanting to understand how crops will hold up in a drier climate, Stanford researchers used satellite images and soil data to examine corn yields in drought conditions, finding that the crop has become more sensitive to drought despite advances in corn varieties.
The Center on Food Security and the Environment is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
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