News and Press Releases: Food Security
How to Measure Resource Tradeoffs in Times of Drought »
A new computer model developed by a Stanford scientist can be used by resource managers around the world to weigh food and energy tradeoffs when water is scarce
By Paige Miller
Interactive Tool Tells Story of Global Change »
Using first-person narratives, Stanford undergraduate students have created an interactive tool that shows how forces of global environmental change are manifested locally throughout...
By Rob Jordan,
Measuring Crop Yields From Space »
Stanford-led team uses satellites to measure a special light emitted by plants to estimate crop yields with more accuracy than ever before. This advance will help scientists study how...
By Laura Seaman,
It is the end of summer and time for another Iowa report. My wife and I own a medium-sized farm in East Central Iowa that produces corn and soybeans, and beef from a cow/calf herd. My day...
By Walter Falcon,
Marijuana's Environmental Impacts »
Researchers link cultivation to environmental damage in California; call for greater regulation
By Laura Seaman,
Drought Increases Spread of HIV in Africa »
When the rains fail in sub-Saharan Africa, some farmers try to make up for lost income through sex work. This, in turn, can increase local HIV infection rates by more than 10 percent...
By Laura Seaman,
Toward More Sustainable Palm Oil »
Teams including Woods researchers awarded grants to explore sustainable palm oil supply chains and other potential environmental solutions
By Laura Seaman,
David Lobell named William Wrigley Senior Fellow »
FSE deputy director David Lobell has been named the William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International...
Agriculture: Delivering Water with Sunlight »
Innovative multi-year project shows promise of economically and environmentally sustainable solar irrigation systems This story is part of a series about Stanford researchers developing...
Climate Change Could Expand U.S. Crop Potential »
New research shows that climate change is expanding amount of land suitable for harvesting two crops per growing season. However, gains could be negated by future yield losses due to...
By Laura Seaman,
Chinese Aquaculture Could Tip Balance of World Fish Supplies »
China's booming aquaculture industry relies increasingly on fishmeal made from wild-caught fish, risking depletion of wild fish stocks and straining fragile ocean ecosystems. A Stanford...
By Laura Seaman,
New Technique Confirms Wheat's Vulnerability to Rising Temperatures »
Researchers have developed a more powerful and accurate way to predict wheat yields
By Laura Seaman,
Contributing to International Food Security Policy »
Stanford Researchers take research to United Nations agencies
By Laura Seaman,
Urban Agriculture on the Rise »
Study finds that the land in and around cities are increasingly becoming important centers of food production worldwide
Can We Feed the World in the 21st Century? »
All countries, including wealthy economies like the United States, struggle with problems of food availability, access and nutrition. William Wrigley Senior Fellow Rosamond Naylor...
By Laura Seaman,
Causes of California Drought Linked to Climate Change »
The extreme atmospheric conditions associated with California’s crippling drought are far more likely to occur under today’s global warming conditions than in the climate that existed...
By Ker Than,
Reducing Climate Change Risks »
Stanford researchers discuss science and policy of resilience in a changing world
By Rob Jordan,
New Research Links Malnutrition and Pollination »
Researchers with The Natural Capital Project discover micronutrient deficiencies are three times as likely to occur in areas of highest pollination dependence
By Liz Rauer,
Environmental Risk and Resilience: A Learning Experience »
Innovative online and on-campus course for decision-makers promises unique and valuable learning experience
By Rob Jordan,
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