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.
North America
Scholarly Publications
Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California
June 2020
Research has consistently identified firearm availability as a risk factor for suicide.
Satellites reveal a small positive yield effect from conservation tillage across the US Corn Belt
December 2019
Machine learning and satellite data of crops shows that farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and soybeans and improve the health of the soil.
Increasing drought and diminishing benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean yields across the US Midwest
November 2017
Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) are expected to increase C3 crop yield through the CO2 fertilization effect (CFE) by stimulating photosynthesis and by reducing stomatal conductance...
Other Publications
Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis
November 2012
SummaryClimate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events-slowly at first, but then more quickly.
Convergence of Energy and Agriculture: Implications for Research and Policy
November 2006
Access to an adequate energy supply at reasonable cost is crucial for sustained economic growth.
News
U.S. corn yields growing more vulnerable to heat and drought
May 2014
U.S. corn yields are growing more sensitive to heat and drought, according to research by environmental scientist David Lobell.
Growing crops on photovoltaic solar farms is a 'win-win' situation
April 2014
A new model for solar farms that "colocates" crops and solar panels could result in the harvesting of valuable biofuel crops in addition to sunlight.
Crop yields likely to fall with rising temperatures
March 2014
FSE’s David Lobell finds that an increase of more than two degrees Celsius in average global temperature is likely to cause yields of wheat, rice and maize to fall throughout the 21st century....
Events
Biofuels: The changing nature of agricultural demand
April 11, 2012
Policies promoting ethanol and biodiesel production and use in the U.S., Europe, and other parts of the world since the mid-2000s have had profound—and largely unintended—consequences on global...
12th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Environment & Security
January 18, 2012
FSE director Roz Naylor will be a plenary speaker at the National Council for Science and Education's 12th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Environment & Security.
Improving Food Security in the 21st Century: What are the Roles for Firms and Foundations
February 11, 2011
Inaugural Global Food Policy and Food Security Symposium.
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...
English
Quantification and reduction of uncertainties in projections of climate impacts on drought and agriculture for North America
Introduction to the Problem: Agricultural productivity is highly dependent on climate variability and is thus susceptible to future changes including temperature extremes and drought.
English
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.
English
Multimedia
Improving Food Security in the 21st Century: What are the Roles for Firms and Foundations
February 2011
Inaugural Global Food Policy and Food Security Symposium.
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 
