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
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.
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.
Hierarchical Modeling of Seed Variety Yields and Decision Making for Future Planting Plans
June 2018
Eradicating hunger and malnutrition is a key development goal of the twenty first century.
News
Stanford researchers harness satellite imagery and AI to help fight poverty in Africa
May 2020
A new tool combines publicly accessible satellite imagery with AI to track poverty across African villages over time.
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.
Feeding Africa and the World in the 21st Century
December 2017
Food security experts from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) gathered to discuss transforming food production in Africa at Stanford on Nov. 29.
Old 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.
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.
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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.