Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of British Columbia
$200,000.00
Global Food Security and Sustainability
FY 2019-20
Summary
Agriculture is a major cause of global environmental degradation around the world. Yet, the challenge of feeding humanity is not over, nearly a billion people are malnourished today. Further, the rising human population coupled with shifting diets is expected to double food demand by 2050. How can we meet this demand while lowering global environmental costs? To address this question, I develop global data sets, field observations, and global models to investigate how our farming systems influence the environment, how climate and other global changes influence agriculture, and to seek solutions to grow our food in less harmful ways.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
1000230397-2014
Name nom
Ramankutty, Navin
Department département
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4000
Research subject group en
Earth science
Research subject group fr
Sciences de la terre
Research subject en
Earth science (see also marine geology 4604)
Research subject fr
Sciences de la terre (voir aussi géologie marine, 4604)
Installment
NA
Partie
0
Nb partie
NA
Application title
Global Food Security and Sustainability
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Agriculture is a major cause of global environmental degradation around the world. Yet, the challenge of feeding humanity is not over, nearly a billion people are malnourished today. Further, the rising human population coupled with shifting diets is expected to double food demand by 2050. How can we meet this demand while lowering global environmental costs? To address this question, I develop global data sets, field observations, and global models to investigate how our farming systems influence the environment, how climate and other global changes influence agriculture, and to seek solutions to grow our food in less harmful ways.
