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 Land Use and Global Environment Lab

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



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

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News

August 31, 2022
We recently said goodbye to Hanna Karg, who was a visiting postdoc with us for 8 months. We are also saying hello to visiting PhD student Vili Virkki and visiting professor Patrick Meyfroidt. Welcome to the LUGE lab!

October 8, 2021
Navin and colleagues published a review of cropping system data products

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


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