Feed use by livestock globally. Panel a is total feed, panel b is the breakdown by human food competing feedstuffs. 🐄🐂 consume the most feed - more animal mass to support & they are ruminants is why; however, they are more minor competitors with human food compared to 🐓🦃🐖

Now, for the first time, WestDAAT provides user-friendly access to #data in a #machinereadable format for over 1.7 million active #waterrights. Read our blog from Western States Water Council's Adel M. Abdallah, Ryan James, and Tony Willardson to learn more! bit.ly/WestDAATBlog

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA) often seems like THE biggest story in California agriculture. It must be affecting ag decisions already, right? Ellen Bruno and I did a deep dive... and our best answer seems to be no A long🧵on what we found and why

We introduce the United States Groundwater Well Database (USGWD), which contains 14.2+ million use and monitoring wells across the US. 1/9 Paper: rdcu.be/dDGDY Data: hydroshare.org/resource/8b028…

#GLASSNET Workshop: Understanding Climate Impacts on 21st Century Crop Yields from the GGCMI Network June 18, 2024 10:00-11:30 AM EDT (UTC-4) Register Here: maillinks.purdue.edu/t/46140865/171…

Our new paper in NatureClimate! “Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation” nature.com/articles/s4155… We've mapped abatement cost ($/tCO2) for two common reforestation methods across 138 low- and middle-income countries...(thread)

Game theory is one of the most important concepts in economics. But it’s also fundamental to increasing the resolution of satellite images. Here’s how:

While irrigation is valuable for climate change adaptation, irrigated ag leads to GHG hotspots through multiple pathways: pumping on-farm and for water projects, increased N2O, and groundwater degassing. We provide the first natl comprehensive assessment: rdcu.be/dPEX6

The Center for Global Trade Analysis is pleased to welcome this year's #GTAP Short Course cohort! gtap.org/events/Short_C… #GTAPU #GTAPSC

📸 2024 #GTAP Short Course cohort 📸 gtap.org/events/Short_C… #GTAPU #GTAPSC

#GLASSNET Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Purdue Ag Econ Professor Thomas W. Hertel recently delivered the Elmhirst Memorial Lecture during the #icae2024 on Global and Local Policies for Respecting Planetary Boundaries: Tradeoffs and Synergies gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/uploads/resour…

The South St. Vrain-James Creek diversion point! This dam, and the canal it feeds, were the focus of Coffin v Left Hand, the court case which set the doctrine of prior appropriation. This ditch is why water rights in the West work the way they do! "First in time, first in right"

Development of improved crop varieties shows how local agricultural research benefitted environment and food system sustainability globally. Learn more about Purdue Ag Econ's groundbreaking research published in PNASNews. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/02/n…

🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics! 🔗 Info + application link below 👇 🗓️Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley w Max Auffhammer, Severin Borenstein 🇺🇦, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack, ...

⏳ The countdown is on — #PurdueDayofGiving is just hours away (April 30), and PurdueAgEcGSO is joining in! Let’s come together to support their mission of building a stronger, more connected grad student community. 💛🖤 👉 Donate April 30: dayofgiving.purdue.edu/donate?campaig…

How is water really governed on the ground? Over 50 experts met at Food and Agriculture Organization to validate draft principles for the responsible governance of #WaterTenure - a key to sustainable, fair access to water. More info 👉 tinyurl.com/3kdumph7 #WaterAction #WaterRights

Prof. Purnamita Dasgupta and Girika Sharma's authored chapter has been published in the book. “Climate Finance for Adaptation and Sustainable Development in India”, has been published in K.R Shanmugam edited book. Girika Read- link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Water markets help Western states balance a strong system of water rights with the need to adapt to shifting supplies and new demand sectors. Watch this recorded webinar for an overview of Western water markets, with insights into recent legal and policy developments shaping

🌍 Exciting news! The first Global GPP dataset at 30m resolution (2000–2024, bi-monthly) is now available — thanks to the Global Pasture Watch consortium under Land & Carbon Lab & OpenGeoHub Foundation💡 ➡️ Check: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.… ➡️ Explore: bit.ly/45wO3Ko

Super interesting: Imperial Irrigation District in CA uses more water than entire states! Much goes towards alfalfa production, with 2M tons exported in 2022. Many here have senior property rights in water. projects.propublica.org/california-far…