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
Climate adaptation as mitigation: the case of agricultural investments
February 2013
Successful adaptation of agriculture to ongoing climate changes would help to maintain productivity growth and thereby reduce pressure to bring new lands into agriculture.
How Can Trade Improve Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa?
January 2013
For decades, earnings from farming in many developing countries, including in Sub-Saharan Africa, have been depressed by a pro-urban and anti-trade bias in own-country policies, as well as by...
Other Publications
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...
Smallholders and High Value Commodities in China
October 2006
In this report, we seek to meet the specific objectives of the first phase of China's study.
News
Debating the future of food in Africa
February 2013
Africa owns 60% of the world’s uncultivated land suited for crop production, but accounts for 30% of the world’s malnourished and only 3% of global agricultural exports.
Institutions and supply chains help shape Brazil’s soybean boom
November 2012
A new study out of Stanford University examines the role of institutions and supply chain conditions in Brazil’s booming soybean industry and the relationship between soy yields and planted area....
Small-scale irrigation investments needed in sub-Saharan Africa
April 2012
95 percent of farms in sub-Saharan Africa are rainfed and rely on water from a short, 4-5 month rainy season.
Events
Fisheries and Food Security in China - 2014 Symposium
May 13, 2014
From May 13-15, the Center on Food Security and the Environment and the Lenfest Ocean Program welcomed leading Chinese and international scientists to the Stanford Center at Peking University in...
Has the Food Price Bubble Burst?
April 29, 2014
A reception in the lobby of Encina Hall will follow the event. Bursting the Bubble: A Long Run Perspective What are the long run drivers of global food prices?
Connecting the Dots 2013: The Energy, Food, Water, and Climate Nexus
April 19, 2013
Stanford experts from a range of disciplines will discuss the interconnections and interactions among humanity’s need for and use of energy, food, water, and environmental resources.
Projects
Climate variability and global food security, with an eye on France
Extreme weather events and climate variability threaten crop production, food prices, food security, and human lives at local and global scales.
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Aquaculture in China and its Role in Global Markets and Resources
Seafood plays a critical role in global food security and protein intake.
English
Food Price Spikes in a Warming World
There are reasons to expect more frequent price spikes, given that it will be more common to see conditions that are considered extreme. Other factors could dampen rises, however, including...
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