Publications
Getting more ‘carbon bang’ for your ‘buck’ in Acre State, Brazil
Acre State in Brazil is at the forefront of efforts to institutionalize jurisdictional-scale policies that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Given limited REDD+ funds and … read more »
Co-benefits and trade-offs in the water–energy nexus of irrigation modernization in China
There are strong interdependencies between water use in agriculture and energy consumption as water saving technologies can require increased pumping and pressurizing. The Chinese Government includes water efficiency improvement … read more »
Economic growth and agricultural land conversion under uncertain productivity improvements in agriculture
We study how stochasticity in the evolution of agricultural productivity interacts with economic and population growth, and the associated demand for food. We use a two-sector Schumpeterian model of growth, … read more »
The expansion of modern agriculture and global biodiversity decline: an integrated assessment
Modern agriculture relies on a small number of highly productive crops and its continued expansion has led to a significant loss of biodiversity. In this paper we consider the macroeconomic … read more »
Crop-specific seasonal estimates of irrigation-water demand in South Asia
Biemans, H., Siderius, C., Mishra, A., and Ahmad, B. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 1971-1982, doi:10.5194/hess-20-1971-2016, 2016.
The role of rainfed agriculture in securing food production in the Nile Basin
Siderius, C., Van Walsum, P.E.V., Roest, C.W.J., Smit, A.A.M.F.R., Hellegers, P.J.G.J., Kabat, P. and Van Ierland, E.C. (2016) The role of rainfed agriculture in securing food production in the Nile … read more »
Global population growth, technology and Malthusian constraints: a quantitative growth theoretic perspective
Global population growth, technology, and Malthusian constraints: a quantitative growth theoretic perspective read more »
Regional disparities in the beneficial effects of rising CO2 concentrations on crop water productivity
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) are expected to enhance photosynthesis and reduce crop water use. However, there is high uncertainty about the global implications of these effects for future … read more »
(Not so) Gently down the stream: river pollution and health in Indonesia
Waterborne diseases are the leading cause of mortality in developing countries. We emphasize a previously ignored cause of diarrhea – upstream river bathing. Using newly constructed data on upstream-downstream hydrological … read more »
Environmental impacts of food trade via resource use and greenhouse gas emissions
Agriculture will need to significantly intensify in the next decades to continue providing essential nutritive food to a growing global population. However, it can have harmful environmental impacts, due to … read more »
