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.
Health and the Environment
Recent Publications
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Causes of Indonesia’s forest fires
November 2019
The economic costs of Indonesia’s 2015 forest fires are estimated to exceed US $16 billion, with more than 100,000 premature deaths.
Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Fruit and Vegetable Productivity and Consumption are Needed to Achieve Global Nutrition Security
November 2018
Increased intake of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is recommended for most populations across the globe.
Improving environmental practices in agricultural supply chains: The role of company-led standards
December 2017
Food retailers and manufacturers are increasingly committing to address agricultural sustainability issues in their supply chains.
Data Science for Food Security
August 2017
Using agricultural and economic characteristics in African nations as test cases, new research by David Lobell and Marshall Burke demonstrates the use of satellite data to address the long-standing...
Satellite-based assessment of yield variation and its determinants in smallholder African systems
February 2017
The emergence of satellite sensors that can routinely observe millions of individual smallholder farms raises possibilities for monitoring and understanding agricultural productivity in many...
Using remotely sensed temperature to estimate climate response functions
January 2017
Temperature data are commonly used to estimate the sensitivity of many societally relevant outcomes, including crop yields, mortality, and economic output, to ongoing climate changes.
The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution: Food, Feed, Fuel, and Forests
November 2016
Over the last two decades global production of soybean and palm oil seeds have increased enormously.
Factors explaining the low and variable profitability of fertilizer application to maize in Zambia
October 2016
It is widely recognized that an “African green revolution” will require greater use of inorganic fertilizers.
Invisible water, visible impact: groundwater use and Indian agriculture under climate change
August 2016
India is one of the world's largest food producers, making the sustainability of its agricultural system of global significance.
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.
Income Shocks and HIV in Africa
June 2015
We examine how variation in local economic conditions has shaped the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Health Impact Assessment of Global Climate Change: Expanding upon Comparative Risk Assessment Approaches for Policy Making
April 2008
Climate change is projected to have adverse impacts on public health. Cobenefits may be possible from more upstream mitigation of greenhouse gases causing climate change.
Climate Change and Global Health: Quantifying a Growing Ethical Crisis
November 2007
Climate change, as an environmental hazard operating at the global scale, poses a unique and "involuntary exposure" to many societies, and therefore represents possibly the largest health inequity...
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Rosamond L. Naylor Senior Fellow William Wrigley Professor of Earth System Science, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor, by courtesy, Economics, Senior Fellow and Founding Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment 
