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.
Disease
Scholarly Publications
Monitoring Ethiopian Wheat Fungus with Satellite Imagery and Deep Feature Learning
August 2017
Wheat is the most important Ethiopian crop, and rust one of its greatest antagonists.
Income Shocks and HIV in Africa
June 2015
We examine how variation in local economic conditions has shaped the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Freshwater availability and water fetching distance affect child health in sub-Saharan Africa
December 2012
Currently, more than two-thirds of the population in Africa must leave their home to fetch water for drinking and domestic use.
News
David Lobell and Marshall Burke Talk Food Security, Human Health and the Importance of Mitigation
September 2018
When it comes to food security, health and poverty, the impacts of climate change already are evident.
New Stanford study suggests climate mitigation could yield trillions in economic benefits
May 2018
Failing to meet climate mitigation goals laid out in the U.N.
Child health in Kenya improves with access to clean water
December 2013
Children in rural Kenya are more susceptible to disease and death the farther away they live from clean drinking water, according to Stanford researchers.
Projects
Rural Health & Development at the Food-Water Nexus
More than two-thirds of the population in Africa must leave their home to fetch water for drinking and domestic use.
English
Rethinking the Balance Between Future Obesity and Malnutrition with Climate Change
As India's middle class has expanded, the nation's public health concerns have shifted. Obesity rates have risen, coinciding with a surge in diabetes.
English
Deadly Connections: Climate, Disease, Poverty and Conflict
Violent conflicts claim 3,000 lives per day through wars, bombings and attacks that dominate the news media.
English
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