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.
Science and Technology
Scholarly Publications
Integrating satellite and climate data to predict wheat yield in Australia using machine learning approaches
May 2019
Wheat is the most important staple crop grown in Australia, and Australia is one of the top wheat exporting countries globally.
Smallholder maize area and yield mapping at national scales with Google Earth Engine
May 2019
Accurate measurements of maize yields at field or subfield scales are useful for guiding agronomic practices and investments and policies for improving food security.
Mapping Missing Population in Rural India: A Deep Learning Approach with Satellite Imagery
February 2019
Millions of people worldwide are absent from their country’s census.
Other Publications
Data Science for Food Security
August 2017
Using agricultural and economic characteristics in African nations as test cases, new research by David Lobell and Marshall Burke demonstrates the use of satellite data to address the long-standing...
Climate Change and China's Agricultural Sector: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation
May 2010
Although China and the United States are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, China’s emissions on a per capita basis are significantly lower than those of the U.S.: in 2005, per capita...
News
Food system failures in our age of abundance
January 2019
Twelve-year-old Lena is growing up poor and malnourished on Chicago’s West Side. She buys Blue Juice and Hot Chips from the corner store on her way to school.
Notes From the Farm: Blue Skies and Dark Clouds
September 2017
September means that it is time again for my annual Iowa farm report, the sixth edition in this series.
Stanford scientists combine satellite data, machine learning to map poverty
August 2016
One of the biggest challenges in providing relief to people living in poverty is locating them.
Events
Center on Global Poverty and Development Speaker Series - Adaptation to Climate Change: What Do the Data Say?
March 29, 2019
RSVPOn April 16, Solomon Hsiang, the Chancellor's Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Center's Noosheen Hashemi Visiting Scholar, will lead a...
Film Screening: "Seeds of Time" with Dr. Cary Fowler
April 20, 2016
Join us for a free screening of "Seeds of Time: One man's journey to save the future of our food" from Academy Award nominated director Sandy McLeod.Synposis:A perfect storm is brewing as...
Connecting the Dots 2015: The Food, Energy, Water and Climate Nexus
April 17, 2015
For more information and to register, visit tomkat.stanford.edu/ctd.Each year Stanford experts from a range of disciplines meet to discuss the interconnections and interactions among humanity's...
Projects
Remote sensing approaches to improving aid targeting and understanding aid effectiveness
This project aims to develop and test remote-sensing based approaches to gathering two typesof aid-relevant data: data on agricultural productivity and data on household assets, with a focus on Sub...
English
Solar Market Gardens as a Tool for Rural Development
In the northern region of Benin, in the Sudano-Sahel region of West Africa, the dry season between rains can last six to nine months at a time.
English
An Alternative Development Model: Assessing solar electrification for income generation in rural Benin
Within one year of the project, pilot households saw a $0.69 per capita daily increase in standard of living.
English
Multimedia
Doomsday Vaults, Genebanks and Plant Breeding in the Age of Climate Change
May 2015
On May 6, 2015 Dr. Cary Fowler visited Stanford to speak about his life's work preserving crop genetic diversity to protect the global food supply from the future impacts of climate change.
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
Pamela Matson Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, FSE Affiliated Faculty Professor, Earth Sciences, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute 
Stefano Ermon Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment 
