Welcome to the Land Use and Global Environment (LUGE) Research Group
at the University of British Columbia
We study linkages between human land use, global environmental change,
and food security
at the University of British Columbia
We study linkages between human land use, global environmental change,
and food security
Sample Publications
Klassen, S., and Murphy, S., 2020. Equity as both a means and an end: Lessons for resilient food systems from COVID-19. World Development, 136, 105104. doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105104
Sidhu, B.S., Kandlikar, M. and Ramankutty, N., 2020. Power tariffs for groundwater irrigation in India: A comparative analysis of the environmental, equity, and economic tradeoffs. World Development, 128, p.104836. doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104836 Ricciardi, V., Ramankutty, N., Mehrabi, Z., Jarvis, L. and Chookolingo, B., 2018. How much of the world's food do smallholders produce? Global food security, 17, pp.64-72. doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.05.002 Mehrabi, Z., Ellis, E.C. and Ramankutty, N., 2018. The challenge of feeding the world while conserving half the planet. Nature Sustainability, 1(8), p.409. doi.org/10.14288/1.0376069 Seufert, V., and Ramankutty, N., 2017. Many shades of gray—The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture. Science Advances, 3(3). doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602638 See our full list of publications here
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News
September 9, 2021
Navin co-authored a perspective piece on the productivism vs agroecology debate April 30, 2021 Balsher has been quoted in an AP news article on the deepening water crisis in India November 16, 2020 Ginni, Balsher, Juan and Vinny contributed to the SDG Atlas 2020 November 3, 2020 A new paper led by Zia and featuring Juan, Christian, Vinny, Navin and others is out in Nature Sustainability, and has been covered by NatGeo and Forbes. October 9, 2020 Navin was awarded the Wihuri International Prize for his work on sustainability. June 5, 2020 Balsher wrote a piece featured in CGIAR's blog on groundwater depletion in Punjab. March 26, 2020 Laura is featured in the Ubyssey commenting on UBC's approach to help food insecure students. See all news here
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