Navin Ramankutty

Navin Ramankutty (1970) is an agricultural geographer.[1] As of 2015 he is a professor of Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia[2][3] Ramankutty studies changes in land use and agricultural practices, and the effect on global food production.[4]

Early life and education

Ramankutty earned a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at the PSG College of Technology in India in 1991. He received a Master of Science in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois in 1994, with the thesis An Empirical Estimate of Climate sensitivity. He then earned a Ph.D. in land resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000.

Career

After graduation Ramankutty worked as an assistant research scientist on a project at the Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, on the development of the first worldwide land use maps.[5] Information from these studies was used in the National Geographic Atlas of the World, 8th edition.[6]

In 2006 he became an assistant professor in the McGill University geography department,[7][8] and in 2014 moved to the University of British Columbia as a professor of global food security and sustainability.

Publications

Ramankutty has published more than 100 articles on various topics about land use and food security.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Geography professor Navin Ramankutty is challenging students in the Sustainability, Science and Society program to come up with ways to feed the world in 2050 when climate change and natural disasters like this flooding near Fargo, N.D., affect the amount and usefulness of good arable land.". Scott Olson, GETTY IMAGES FILE, The Gazette , 05.11.2011[clarification needed]
  2. ^ "Farming in a Changing Climate". The Agenda, TVOntario, aired October 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "Can organic be profitable? If the price is right, WSU study says". Seattle Times, June 1, 2015
  4. ^ Andrew M. Barton; Alan S. White; Charles V. Cogbill (2012). The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods. UPNE. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-1-61168-295-3.
  5. ^ "Crops play a major role in the annual CO2 cycle increase". University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nov. 19, 2014, by Kelly April Tyrrell
  6. ^ Committee on Scientific Accomplishments of Earth Observations from Space (17 December 2007). Earth Observations from Space:: The First 50 Years of Scientific Achievements. National Academies Press. pp. 139–. ISBN 978-0-309-18566-0.
  7. ^ New Scientist. New Science Publications. 2008. p. 14.
  8. ^ "Is there room for organics? ", Cosmos, 17 Feb 2014
  9. ^ Google Scholar Report

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