News and Press Releases: Food Security
Satellite Imaging Breakthrough »
Researchers have developed an approach for measuring plant growth from space by refining a decades-old technique. The new technology gets around earlier obstacles to accurate...
By Rob Jordan,
Grasses are better able to withstand drought or high temperatures than many other plants in large part due to changes in their pores, called stomata. Stanford scientists have...
By Taylor Kubota,
Tropical Oil Crops - a More Sustainable Future? »
An interview with authors of the “The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution” predicts the future of soy and palm oil booms by examining the past and present.
By Michelle Horton,
Satellites Measure Farm Yields »
By using high-res images taken by the latest generation of compact satellites, Stanford scientists have developed a new capability for estimating crop yields from space. Measuring...
By Ker Than,
How China is Poised for Marine Fisheries Reform »
Stanford researchers view ocean management as next front for China to compete as global sustainability leaders.
By Michelle Horton,
National Security's Connections to Food, Energy and Water Security »
Stanford scholars and other experts discussed pressing environmental and energy challenges and risks that the next presidential administration will need to confront.
By Devon Ryan,
Milestones, Markets and Malaise: Dispatches from an Iowa Farm »
Walter Falcon, the Helen Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural Policy in Economics emeritus and Woods senior fellow emeritus, reflects on changes in farming practices,...
By Walter Falcon,
Mapping Poverty with Satellite Data and Machine Learning »
Poverty and the desperate pursuit of resources it engenders can be a powerful driver of damaging environmental impacts such as deforestation. Accurate and reliable information on the...
By Michelle Horton,
Climate and Land Use Changes a 'One-Two Punch’ for Some Species »
Study highlights that paying attention to current and future regional climate can help decision-makers expand agriculture in ways that minimize harm to, and maybe even benefit,...
By Rob Jordan,
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...
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...
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...
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,
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