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
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.
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.
News
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.
Monitoring crops from space
November 2015
As Earth's population grows toward a projected 9 billion by 2050 and climate change puts growing pressure on the world's agriculture, researchers are turning to technology to help safeguard the...
"Doomsday vault" founder calls for seed saving, plant breeding to cope with climate change
May 2015
Governments must do more to diversify the types of crops grown throughout the world.
Events
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...
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
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.
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.
People
David Lobell Senior Fellow Professor, Earth System Science, William Wrigley Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment 
