We use a variety of well-tested and novel approaches to understanding how to balance economic, social and environmental objectives. From cost-benefit analysis to machine learning, CEOS members use and advance methods to model complex social-environmental systems, estimate impact of interventions and design optimal policy solutions to enable us to build a more sustainable society.
Research Output
| Title | Publication | Authors | Year Published | Category | Method | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay it Forward: A Mechanism for Achieving Scale in Anti-Poverty Programs | Janzen, Sarah and Magnan, Nicholas and Sharma, Sudhindra and William, Thompson M. | 2024 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (WP) Working Paper | |
| Policy Instruments to Promote the Adoption of Sustainable Nitrogen Management Practices | Menglin Liu, Madhu Khanna, Shadi S Atallah | 2024 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (WP) Working Paper | |
| Identifying the Determinants and Availability of Socially Marginal Land | Bijay P Sharma, Madhu Khanna, Tongtong Li, Adam J Daigneault | 2024 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (WP) Working Paper | |
| Relaxing Information and Credit Constraints: Five-Year Experimental Evidence from Tanzanian Agriculture | Economic Development and Cultural Change | Tamim, A., A. Harou, M. Burke, D. Lobell, M. Madajewicz, C. Magomba, H. Michelson, J. Xue | 2024 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (PR) Peer Reviewed |
| Water Quality and the Conservation Reserve Program: Empirical Evidence from the Mississippi River Basin | Nicole Karwowski, Robert A Hrozencik, Marin Skidmore, Andrew B Rosenberg | 2024 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (WP) Working Paper | |
| Do Agricultural stakeholder panels enhance post-harvest loss reduction? Evidence from Malawi | Agriculture & Food Security | Festus O Amadu, Paul E McNamara | 2024 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (PR) Peer Reviewed |
| The impact of extreme precipitation on nutrient runoff | Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association | Skidmore, M., Foltz, J., and Andarge, T. | 2023 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (PR) Peer Reviewed |
| Nature's Kidneys: the role of Wetland Reserve Easements in restoring water quality | Karwowski, N. and Skidmore, M. | 2023 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (WP) Working Paper | |
| Extreme heat and livestock production: Costs and adaptation in the US dairy sector | Hutchins, J., Skidmore, M., and Nolan, D. | 2023 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (WP) Working Paper | |
| The impacts of temperature on Chinese food processing firms | Agricultural and Resource Economics | Chen, X., Khanna, M., & Lu Yang, L. | 2022 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (PR) Peer Reviewed |
| How do farmers learn from extension services? Evidence from Malawi | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Maertens, A., Michelson, H., & Nourani, V. | 2021 | FA, LW, SC | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design | |
| Conservation tillage mitigates drought induced soybean yield losses in the US Corn Belt | Q Open | Chen, B., Gramig, B.M., & Yun, S.D. | 2021 | FA, LW | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| 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 | Cornish, B., Miao, R., & Khanna, M. | 2021 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (PR) Peer Reviewed |
| Neonicotinoids and decline in bird biodiversity in the United States | Nature Sustainability | Yijia Li, Y., Miao, R., & Khanna, M. |
2020 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Market structure and the effect of ethanol expansion on Land allocation: A spatially explicit analysis | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Wang, Y., Delgado, M. S., Sesmero, J. P., Gramig, B. M. |
2020 | FA, LW | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (SM) System Modeling | |
| The effect of farm size and farmland use on agricultural diversification: a spatial analysis of Brazilian municipalities | Agricultural and Food Economics | José Luiz Parré, André Luis Squarize Chagas & Mary Paula Arends-Kuenning | 2020 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | (PR) Peer Reviewed |
| Yield effects of climate-smart agriculture aid investment in southern Malawi | Food Policy | Amadu, F.O., McNamara, P.E., & Miller, D.C. (2020). | 2020 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design | |
| Understanding the adoption of climate-smart agriculture: A farm-level typology with empirical evidence from southern Malawi | World Development | Amadu, F.O., McNamara, P.E., & Miller, D.C. | 2020 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design | |
| Can irrigation infrastructure mitigate the effect of rainfall shocks on conflict? Evidence from Indonesia | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Gatti, N., Baylis, K., & Crost, B. |
2020 | FA, O | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Assessing the role of stakeholder platforms as drivers of resilient communities: the case of Malawi | Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension | Álvarez-Mingote, C., Moore, A.C., & McNamara, P.E. | 2020 | FA, SC | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design | |
| Assessing the downstream socioeconomic impacts of agroforestry in Kenya | World Development | Hughes, K., Morgan, S., Baylis, K., Oduol, J., Smith-Dumont, E., Vågen, T. G., & Kegode, H. |
2020 | FA, SC | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Agroforestry as a pathway to agricultural yield impacts in climate-smart agriculture investments: Evidence from southern Malawi | Ecological Economics | Amadu, F.O, Miller, D.C., & McNamara, P.E. | 2020 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design | |
| Conservation agriculture and climate resilience | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management' | Michler, J. D., Baylis, K., Arends-Kuenning, M., & Mazvimavi, K. |
2020 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Site-specific treatment responses in on-farm precision experimentation | Preprints | Trevisan, R. G., Bullock, D. S. & Martín, N. F. |
2019 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| After the drought: The impact of microinsurance on consumption smoothing and asset protection | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Janzen, S. A., & Carter, M. R. | 2019 | FA, SC | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Smallholder food storage dynamics and resilience | Food Security | Waldman, K. B., Giroux, S., Blekking, J. P., Baylis, K., & Evans, T. P. |
2019 | FA, O | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (OM) Other | |
| Conservation agriculture and climate resilience | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | Michler, J., Baylis, K., Arends-Kuenning, M., & Mazvimavi, K. | 2019 | FA, LW | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Effects of ethanol plant proximity and crop prices on land-use change in the United States | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Li, Y., Miao, R., & Khanna, M. |
2018 | FA, EE | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| Crop yield response function and ex post economic thresholds: The impacts of crop growth stage-specific weather conditions on crop yield | Working Paper | Yun, S. D., & Gramig, B. | 2017 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation | |
| The influence of retail outlet and FSMA information on consumer perceptions of and willingness to pay for organic grape tomatoes | Journal of Economic Psychology | Ellison, B., Bernard, J., Paukett, M., & Toensmeyer, U.C. |
2016 | FA, O | (IE) Impact Evaluation, (VA) Valuation | |
| Responsiveness of yield and acreage to climate and prices | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Miao, R., Khanna, M., & Huang, H. |
2016 | FA | (IE) Impact Evaluation |