Program on Food Security and the Environment


Climate change and food security

Project
Ongoing

Investigators
David Lobell - Stanford University
Marshall Burke - Stanford University
Rosamond L. Naylor - Stanford University
Walter P. Falcon - Stanford University
Michael D. Mastrandrea - Stanford University
Claudia Tebaldi - National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christopher Field - Carnegie Institute of Global Ecology
Cary Fowler - Director at Global Crop Diversity Trust

This project examines the potential effects of climate change on regional and global food security. Research topics include: past and future effects of climate variability and climate change on agricultural productivity, including projects in Indonesia and China; how to best use climate data to inform agricultural investment priorities; and the conservation of plant genetic resources in the face of climate change.