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Water

Scholarly Publications

Historical effects of CO2 and climate trends on global crop water demand

November 2017

Author(s): 
Daniel W. Urban, Justin Sheffield, David Lobell
A critical question for agricultural production and food security is how water demand for staple crops will respond to climate and carbon dioxide (CO2) changes1, especially in light of the expected...

Impact of a rural solar electrification project on the level and structure of women's empowerment

September 2017

Author(s): 
Jennifer Burney, Halimatou Alaofè, Rosamond L. Naylor, Douglas Taren
Although development organizations agree that reliable access to energy and energy services—one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals—is likely to have profound and perhaps disproportionate...

Prevalence of anaemia, deficiencies of iron and vitamin A and their determinants in rural women and young children: a cross-sectional study in Kalalé district of northern Benin

January 2017

Author(s): 
Jennifer Burney, Rosamond L. Naylor, Halimatou Alaofè, Douglas Taren
Objective: To identify the magnitude of anaemia and deficiencies of Fe (ID) and vitamin A (VAD) and their associated factors among rural women and children.Design: Cross-sectional, comprising a...
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Other Publications

Building Hydropower Plants in Uganda: Who is the Best Partner?

June 2017

Author(s): 
Lin Le
Uganda has long been plagued by chronic power shortages.

To be "dam"-ed: Navigating Stakeholder Relations to Bring Energy to Africa with Inga 3

May 2017

Author(s): 
Kate Gasparro
This case follows the development of the Inga 3, the third hydroelectric plant to be built on the Inga River in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The Inga 3, with a capacity of 3,000 MW, would...

Development of Peru's Asparagus Industry

March 2016

Author(s): 
Jessie Bullock
The asparagus industry in Ica, Peru exports asparagus across the world and is the economic engine of the region.
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News

Feeding Africa and the World in the 21st Century

December 2017

Food security experts from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) gathered to discuss transforming food production in Africa at Stanford on Nov. 29.

India’s groundwater future is at stake

May 2017

Since the 1960s, India’s groundwater irrigation has increased dramatically, playing an important role in its economy and people’s lives — supporting livelihoods of over 26 crore farmers and...
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Events

Can water security be engineered?

August 2, 2017

Description:  Audio recording of Craig Criddle talk, Can water security be engineered?, at CISAC, 01/22/2018  Abstract: Freshwater scarcity is expected to increase over the coming decades due to...
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Projects

Critical Infrastructure Resilience

The Critical Infrastructure Initiative builds the cyber-resilience of critical infrastructure through methodologically diverse outputs-oriented research and engagement with end users and homeland...
English

Understanding the Effects of China's Mariculture Development on Coastal Fisheries with Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Modeling

Growth in shellfish, marine finfish, and seaweed production is being promoted aggressively in China to offset pressure on near-shore fisheries and to meet the country’s rising seafood demand.
English

The Mexico Initiative

OVERVIEW ŸŸŸ• PARTNERSHIPS • EVENTS • STUDENT ENGAGEMENT • BOOKS Staff Contact:Aberto Díaz-CayerosFreeman Spogli Institute for International StudiesEncina HallStanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305...
English
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Multimedia

Interview with Quentin Grafton

March 2018

Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, visited FSE to speak about "Insights from the Global Food and Water Nexus." He sat...

Insights from the Global Food and Water Nexus

March 2018

Quentin Grafton presented at the Global Food Security Symposium on March 7, where he discussed the current state of the food-water nexus, possible future scenarios, and evaluated some of the myths, realities, and possible solutions to promote both...

Can Sustainable Intensification Feed the World?

February 2015

Professor Sir Gordon Conway visited Stanford University on February 10, 2015 to discuss the importance of sustainable intensification of agriculture to feed the world in the face of obstacles such as population growth, shifting diets, land and...
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People

David Lobell Senior Fellow Professor, Earth System Science, William Wrigley Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Alberto Díaz-Cayeros Senior Fellow Professor, by courtesy, Political Science
Frank Wolak Senior Fellow Professor, Economics
Stephen P. Luby Senior Fellow Professor, Medicine (CHP/PCOR)
David Freyberg Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Katrina ole-MoiYoi PhD student, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
Wolfram Schlenker Visiting Scholar
Kathleen Kelly Janus Lecturer, Program on Social Entrepreneurship
Mark W. Smith Adjunct Affiliate, CHP/PCOR
Sriniketh Nagavarapu Visiting Scholar
Nicole Feldman Communications Associate