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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Anticipated burden and mitigation of carbon-dioxide-induced nutritional deficiencies and related diseases: A simulation modeling study
July 2018
Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are anticipated to decrease the zinc and iron concentrations of crops.
Robust relationship between air quality and infant mortality in Africa
June 2018
Poor air quality is thought to be an important mortality risk factor globally1,2,3, but there is little direct evidence from the developing world on how mortality risk varies with changing exposure...
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.