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.
Innovation
Scholarly Publications
Searching for Solutions in Aquaculture: Charting a sustainable course
October 2012
Aquaculture is currently the fastest growing animal food production sector and will soon supply more than half of the world’s seafood for human consumption.
Solar-powered drip irrigation Impacts on crops production diversity and dietary diversity in northern Benin
March 2016
In 2007, "solar market gardens" were installed in 2 villages for women’s agricultural groups as a strategy for enhancing food and nutrition security.
Crop type mapping without field-level labels: Random forest transfer and unsupervised clustering techniques
January 2019
Crop type mapping at the field level is necessary for a variety of applications in agricultural monitoring and food security.
News
CESP senior fellows receive funding from the Presidential Fund to support the launch of the new program on Food Security and the Environment
February 2006
The project, "Feeding the World in the 21st Century: Exploring the Connections Between Food Production, Health, Environmental Resources and International Security," was one of eight projects to be...
New Program on Food Security and the Environment Tackles Global Hunger and Environmental Destruction
March 2006
This past autumn the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) in conjunction with the Woods Institute for the Environment launched a program on Food Security and the Environment ...
FSE grad student Rodrigo Pizzaro wins Tech Museum Award
December 2007
A non-governmental organization co-run by FSE graduate student Rodrigo Pizzaro has won a Tech Museum award in recognition of its "innovative work benefiting humanity".
Events
Structural Change and the Future of Indian Agriculture
May 10, 2012
Binswanger-Mkhize's talk will look at past and likely future agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in the context of the overall economy of India, in which growth has accelerated sharply...
Water and agriculture in a changing Africa: What might be done?
May 23, 2013
Effective water management is one key element of agricultural innovation and growth.
Africa's Food Systems in 2030
February 5, 2013
Paul Collier will talk about how to manage the difference between helpful and damaging commercialisation, and puts forth three arguments.
Projects
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
Multimedia
Benin solar market gardens: video gallery
March 2012
This video gallery features the success story of a women's farming group in Nothern Benin who through the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps increased household income and nutritional intake in just one year.
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.
People
