Madhu Khanna

Professor; Director of iSEE; ACES Distinguished Professor in Environmental Economics
Faculty
Madhu Khanna

Dr. Khanna examines the motivations for producers to adopt innovative technologies in food and fuel production, such as precision farming, biofuels, and conservation. Her work informs stakeholders and policy makers about the cost-effectiveness of various policy approaches to improve environmental quality and their implications for farm profitability, land use and food and fuel production. Madhu is the Director of CEOS. 

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Research Output

Title Publication Year Category
Identifying the Determinants and Availability of Socially Marginal Land 2024 FA
Economics of the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence–Based Digital Technologies in Agriculture Annual Review of Resource Economics 2024 FA
Heterogeneous and long-term effects of a changing climate on bird biodiversity Global Environmental Change Advances 2024 FA
Policy Instruments to Promote the Adoption of Sustainable Nitrogen Management Practices 2024 FA
Inducing the adoption of emerging technologies for sustainable intensification of food and renewable energy production: insights from applied economics Aust. J Agric Resource Econ. 2022 FA
A roadmap toward scalably quantifying field-level agricultural carbon outcome EarthArXiv 2022 FA
Responsiveness of miscanthus and switchgrass yields to stand age and nitrogen fertilization: A meta-regression analysis GCB-Energy 2022 FA, EE
The impacts of temperature on Chinese food processing firms Agricultural and Resource Economics 2022 FA
Challenges and opportunities in precision irrigation decision-support systems for center pivots Environmental Research Letters 2021 FA
Digital transformation of the agricultural sector: pathways, drivers and policy implications Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2021 FA
Impact of changes in Title II of the 2018 Farm Bill on the acreage and environmental benefits of Conservation Reserve Program Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2021 FA
Neonicotinoids and decline in bird biodiversity in the United States Nature Sustainability 2020 FA
Adopting energy crops: Does farmers' attitude toward loss matter? Agricultural Economics 2019 FA, EE
Harnessing advances in agricultural technologies to optimize resource utilization in the food-energy-water nexus Annual Review of Resource Economics 2019 FA, EE
Effects of ethanol plant proximity and crop prices on land-use change in the United States American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2018 FA, EE
Sustaining our natural resources in the face of increasing societal demands on agriculture: Directions for future research Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2018 FA
Harnessing emerging technologies to address the Hypoxia challenge Nature Sustainability 2018 FA
Costs of Meeting a Cellulosic biofuel mandate with perennial energy crops: Implications for policy Energy Economics 2017 FA, EE
Effectiveness of the biomass crop assistance program: Roles of behavioral factors, credit constraint, and program design Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2017 FA, EE
Nexus between food, energy and ecosystem services in the Mississippi River basin: Policy implications and challenges Choices 2017 FA, EE
Responsiveness of yield and acreage to climate and prices American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2016 FA
Optimal mix of vertical integration and contracting for energy crops effect of risk preferences and land quality Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives 2015 FA, EE