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
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. February 11, 2020 Navin gave the Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Alberta, on the topic of "Farming on a Warming Planet" January 16, 2020 New publication by Balsher, Milind & Navin on the impact that electricity tariffs have on groundwater consumption for agriculture. November 18, 2019 Balsher has written an article for The Tribune on who is (and is not) to blame for poor air quality in North India. October 10, 2019 Ginni and Zia are at the Herrenhausen conference in Hanover discussing food security and extreme events See our recent news here
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