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
Sidhu, B. S., Mehrabi, Z., Ramankutty, N., and Kandlikar, M. 2023. How can machine learning help in understanding the impact of climate change on crop yields? Environmental Research Letters, 18(2), 024008.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb164 Klassen, S., Luna-Perez, E., Bridson, N., Castrejón Violante, L., Wittman, H., & Ramankutty, N. (2023). Beyond equivalency: comparing governance and sustainability of three North American organic standards. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 47(10), 1607-1633. doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2254717 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
February 8, 2024
Jumi successfully defended her PhD. Three cheers for Dr. Gogoi! December 15, 2023 We're very happy to be welcoming PhD student Farrukh Chishtie to the Luge Lab October, 2023 Navin, Kushank, and Jeff took a trip to Kitchener for the Solutionscapes annual meeting September 21, 2023 Navin authored a perspective piece on the roles of both technological innovation and cultural change in advancing sustainability objectives September 17, 2023 Charlotte joined the LUGE team as lab manager. June 27, 2023 After a fruitful 10 month visit, we said we're sad to bid farewell to Patrick, who is headed back to UCLouvain. Goodbye Patrick! January 10, 2023 Julie headed off to Germany to begin her PhD. We wish Julie a fond farewell and the best of luck on her future studies! 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 See all news here
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