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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Scholarly Publications
Estimating global agricultural effects of geoengineering using volcanic eruptions
August 2018
Solar radiation management is increasingly considered to be an option for managing global temperatures1,2, yet the economic effects of ameliorating climatic changes by scattering sunlight back to...
Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States and Mexico
July 2018
Linkages between climate and mental health are often theorized, but remain poorly quantified.
Seeds of Sustainability: Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution
November 2011
Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural development and transitions toward more sustainable management in one region.
Other Publications
Policy Reforms and Mexican Agriculture: Views from the Yaqui Valley
April 2001
The overall effects of policy reforms enacted during the 1990s in Mexico on financial and economic profitability of Yaqui Valley agriculture are assessed in this study, which describes the reforms...
News
Effects of Climate Change on Suicide Rates
March 2019
As global temperatures rise, climate change’s impacts on mental health are becoming increasingly evident.
Stanford researchers find warming temperatures could increase suicide rates across the U.S. and Mexico
July 2018
Suicide rates are likely to rise as the earth warms, according to new research published July 23 in Nature Climate Change. The study, led by Stanford economist Marshall Burke, finds that projected...
Big year for FSI's David Lobell
September 2013
David Lobell was one of 24 MacArthur Fellows, for his research on the impact of climate change on crop production and food security.
Projects
The Yaqui Valley Revisited: A case study on agricultural sustainability in Mexico
The Yaqui Valley is the birthplace of the Green Revolution and one of the most intensive agricultural regions of the world, using irrigation, fertilizers, and other technologies to produce some of...
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Agricultural applications of multi-year remote sensing
While remote sensing has been widely used for broad-scale production forecasts and early famine warning, its potential contribution to agricultural management is still far from realized.
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Integrated Studies of Sustainability: Land-Water systems of the Yaqui Basin
The Yaqui Valley, in Sonora, Mexico is a region of rapid demographic, economic, and ecological change in both upland and coastal areas.
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People
Rosamond L. Naylor Senior Fellow William Wrigley Professor of Earth System Science, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor, by courtesy, Economics, Senior Fellow and Founding Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment 
