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  1. Determinants of changes in harvested area and yields of major crops in China

    Article • Food Security, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  2. Monitoring Indicators of Economic Activities in Sudan Amidst Ongoing Conflict Using Satellite Data

    Article • Defence and Peace Economics, December 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  3. Smallholder maize yield estimation using satellite data and machine learning in Ethiopia

    Article • Crop and Environment, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  4. Global crop-specific nitrogen fertilization dataset in 1961–2020

    Article • Scientific Data, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  5. Water stress dominates the projected maize yield changes in Ethiopia

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  6. Human health impacts of dams and reservoirs: neglected issues in a One Health perspective

    Article • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, April 2023, Michigan State University Press

    Dr Liangzhi You

  7. Estimating local agricultural gross domestic product (AgGDP) across the world

    Article • Earth System Science Data, March 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Liangzhi You

  8. Climate variability and simultaneous breadbasket yield shocks as observed in long-term yield records

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  9. Cropland displacement contributed 60% of the increase in carbon emissions of grain transport in China over 1990–2015

    Article • Nature Food, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  10. Mapping Diverse Paddy Rice Cropping Patterns in South China Using Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  11. Incorporating Seasonality into an Agroeconomic Model of Ethiopia

    Article • Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, February 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  12. Mapping the potential northern limits and promotion extent of ratoon rice in China

    Article • Applied Geography, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  13. History of anthropogenic Nitrogen inputs (HaNi) to the terrestrial biosphere: a 5 arcmin resolution annual dataset from 1860 to 2019

    Article • Earth System Science Data, October 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Liangzhi You

  14. Research priorities for global food security under extreme events

    Article • One Earth, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  15. Cropland Displacement Drives Carbon Emission of Grain Transport in China

    Article • May 2022, Research Square

    Dr Liangzhi You

  16. Inauguration of a new journal with focus on sustainable intensification of crop production: Crop and Environment

    Article • Crop and Environment, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  17. Mapping global cropping system: Challenges, opportunities, and future perspectives

    Article • Crop and Environment, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  18. Sequenced Crop Evapotranspiration and Water Requirement in Developing a Multitrigger Rainfall Index Insurance and Risk-Contingent Credit

    Article • Weather Climate and Society, January 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Liangzhi You

  19. Comparing rice production systems in China: Economic output and carbon footprint

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  20. Heat shocks, maize yields, and child height in Tanzania

    Article • Food Security, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  21. The past, present, and future of multiple wheat and maize breadbasket shocks

    Article • August 2021, Research Square

    Dr Liangzhi You

  22. Integrating coarse-resolution images and agricultural statistics to generate sub-pixel crop type maps and reconciled area estimates

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  23. Climate-mediated dynamics of the northern limit of paddy rice in China

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, May 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Liangzhi You

  24. Mapping development potential of dry-season small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan African countries under joint biophysical and economic constraints - An agent-based modeling approach with an application to Ethiopia

    Article • Agricultural Systems, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  25. A cultivated planet in 2010 – Part 2: The global gridded agricultural-production maps

    Article • Earth System Science Data, December 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Liangzhi You

  26. A Macro Perspective on the Relationship between Farm Size and Agrochemicals Use in China

    Article • Sustainability, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  27. Evaluating satellite-based evapotranspiration estimates for hydrological applications in data-scarce regions: A case in Ethiopia

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  28. Assessing long-term spatial movement of wheat area across China

    Article • Agricultural Systems, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  29. Improving potential of nitrogen linked gray water footprint in China’s intensive cropping systems

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  30. A cultivated planet in 2010 – Part 1: The global synergy cropland map

    Article • Earth System Science Data, August 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Liangzhi You

  31. Does the Granary County Subsidy Program Lead to manipulation of grain production data in China?

    Article • China Economic Review, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  32. South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Beijing’s groundwater levels

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  33. Uptake of insurance-embedded credit in presence of credit rationing

    Article • Agricultural Finance Review, June 2020, Emerald

    Michael Ndegwa, Dr Liangzhi You

  34. The role of climate in the trend and variability of Ethiopia's cereal crop yields

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  35. Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers

    Article • The Economic Journal, May 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  36. The Ability of Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence From OCO-2 and MODIS-EVI to Monitor Spatial Variations of Soybean and Maize Yields in the Midwestern USA

    Article • Remote Sensing, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Yongguang Zhang, Dr Liangzhi You

  37. Evaluation of a UAV-mounted consumer grade camera with different spectral modifications and two handheld spectral sensors for rapeseed growth monitoring: performance and influencing factors

    Article • Precision Agriculture, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  38. Estimating and understanding crop yields with explainable deep learning in the Indian Wheat Belt

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, February 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Liangzhi You

  39. Spatial Autocorrelation Panel Regression: Agricultural Production and Transport Connectivity

    Article • Networks and Spatial Economics, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  40. Integrating climate prediction and regionalization into an agro-economic model to guide agricultural planning

    Article • Climatic Change, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  41. Drought Trend Analysis Based on the Standardized Precipitation–Evapotranspiration Index Using NASA’s Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections, High Spatial Resolution Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 Projections, and Assessment o...

    Article • Water, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  42. Integrating satellite and climate data to predict wheat yield in Australia using machine learning approaches

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  43. Synchronous crop failures and climate-forced production variability

    Article • Science Advances, July 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Liangzhi You

  44. Heatwave Trends and the Population Exposure Over China in the 21st Century as Well as Under 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C Global Warmer Future Scenarios

    Article • Sustainability, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  45. Design and rating of risk-contingent credit for balancing business and financial risks for Kenyan farmers

    Article • Applied Economics, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Calum G Turvey, Dr Liangzhi You

  46. Rice production and climate change in Northeast China: evidence of adaptation through land use shifts

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, February 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Liangzhi You

  47. A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps

    Article • Agricultural Systems, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  48. Industrial Water Pollution Discharge Taxes in China: A Multi-Sector Dynamic Analysis

    Article • Water, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Mun Ho, Dr Liangzhi You

  49. What Rainfall Does Not Tell Us—Enhancing Financial Instruments with Satellite-Derived Soil Moisture and Evaporative Stress

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  50. Spatially-explicit effects of seed and fertilizer intensification for maize in Tanzania

    Article • Land Use Policy, November 2018, Elsevier

    Jawoo Koo, Dr Liangzhi You

  51. Spatiotemporal changes of cropping structure in China during 1980–2011

    Article • Journal of Geographical Sciences, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  52. Remoteness, urbanization, and child nutrition in sub‐Saharan Africa

    Article • Agricultural Economics, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  53. Increasing concentration of major crops in China from 1980 to 2011

    Article • Journal of Land Use Science, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Daniel Mueller, Dr Liangzhi You, Fang Yin

  54. Synthesis of agricultural land system change in China over the past 40 years

    Article • Journal of Land Use Science, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Daniel Mueller, Dr Liangzhi You

  55. Can Sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? The role of irrigation development in the region’s drylands for food security

    Article • Water International, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  56. Village-level supply reliability of groundwater irrigation in rural China

    Article • China Agricultural Economic Review, July 2018, Emerald

    Dr Liangzhi You

  57. Marginal abatement cost of agricultural carbon emissions in China: 1993-2015

    Article • China Agricultural Economic Review, July 2018, Emerald

    Dr Liangzhi You

  58. Global cropping intensity gaps: Increasing food production without cropland expansion

    Article • Land Use Policy, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  59. Satellite sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence detects early response of winter wheat to heat stress in the Indian Indo-Gangetic Plains

    Article • Global Change Biology, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Yongguang Zhang, Dr Liangzhi You

  60. Spatial and temporal changes of vegetable production in China

    Article • Journal of Land Use Science, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  61. Harvested area gaps in China between 1981 and 2010: effects of climatic and land management factors

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, March 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Liangzhi You

  62. Invest in small-scale irrigated agriculture: A national assessment on potential to expand small-scale irrigation in Nigeria

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  63. A Synergy Cropland of China by Fusing Multiple Existing Maps and Statistics

    Article • Sensors, July 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  64. A global dataset of crowdsourced land cover and land use reference data

    Article • Scientific Data, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  65. Assessing the harvested area gap in China

    Article • Agricultural Systems, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  66. An Ex-Post Evaluation of Agricultural Extension Programs for Reducing Fertilizer Input in Shaanxi, China

    Article • Sustainability, April 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Liangzhi You

  67. Projecting regional climate and cropland changes using a linked biogeophysical‐socioeconomic modeling framework: 1. Model description and an equilibrium application over West Africa

    Article • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, February 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  68. Projecting regional climate and cropland changes using a linked biogeophysical‐socioeconomic modeling framework: 2. Transient dynamics

    Article • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, February 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  69. Variable Returns to Fertiliser Use and the Geography of Poverty: Experimental and Simulation Evidence from Malawi

    Article • Journal of African Economies, February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Liangzhi You, Chris Barrett

  70. In the Weeds: Effects of Temperature on Agricultural Input Decisions in Moderate Climates

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  71. Geospatial database of agricultural indicators for SSA

    Article • F1000Research, October 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Jawoo Koo, Dr Liangzhi You

  72. Patterns of Cereal Yield Growth across China from 1980 to 2010 and Their Implications for Food Production and Food Security

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2016, PLOS

    Dr Liangzhi You

  73. Potential impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on future agricultural land use in West Africa

    Article • Earth System Dynamics, February 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Liangzhi You

  74. Potential impact of climate change on cereal crop yield in West Africa

    Article • Climatic Change, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jawoo Koo, Dr Liangzhi You

  75. Drought and food security – Improving decision-support via new technologies and innovative collaboration

    Article • Global Food Security, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  76. Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security

    Article • Global Food Security, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  77. Chinese Rice Production Area Adaptations to Climate Changes, 1949–2010

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  78. Mapping global cropland and field size

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  79. Spatial evaluation of crop maps by the spatial production allocation model in China

    Article • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, November 2014, SPIE

    Dr Liangzhi You

  80. An analysis of methodological and spatial differences in global cropping systems models and maps

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  81. Local warming and violent conflict in North and South Sudan

    Article • Journal of Economic Geography, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  82. Bayesian Markov Chain Random Field Cosimulation for Improving Land Cover Classification Accuracy

    Article • Mathematical Geosciences, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  83. Irrigation potential and investment return in Kenya

    Article • Food Policy, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  84. Spatial evaluation of crop maps by spatial production allocation model in China

    Article • August 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  85. How Could Agricultural Land Systems Contribute to Raise Food Production Under Global Change?

    Article • Journal of Integrative Agriculture, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  86. Interpretation of Climate Change and Agricultural Adaptations by Local Household Farmers: a Case Study at Bin County, Northeast China

    Article • Journal of Integrative Agriculture, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  87. Impacts of Road Expansion on Deforestation and Biological Carbon Loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Environmental and Resource Economics, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  88. Generating global crop distribution maps: From census to grid

    Article • Agricultural Systems, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  89. Diversification and Development in Pastoralist Ethiopia

    Article • World Development, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  90. Spatio-temporal dynamics of maize cropping system in Northeast China between 1980 and 2010 by using spatial production allocation model

    Article • Journal of Geographical Sciences, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  91. Estimating the potential for expanding smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  92. Farm size and efficiency

    Article • China Agricultural Economic Review, November 2013, Emerald

    Dr Liangzhi You

  93. Change analysis of rice area and production in China during the past three decades

    Article • Journal of Geographical Sciences, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  94. Water conservancy projects in China: Achievements, challenges and way forward

    Article • Global Environmental Change, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  95. Affordable Nutrient Solutions for Improved Food Security as Evidenced by Crop Trials

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Liangzhi You

  96. Impacts of observed growing-season warming trends since 1980 on crop yields in China

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  97. A typology of food security in developing countries

    Article • China Agricultural Economic Review, January 2013, Emerald

    Bingxin Yu, Dr Liangzhi You

  98. The Need for Improved Maps of Global Cropland

    Article • Eos, January 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  99. A Hybrid Wetland Map for China: A Synergistic Approach Using Census and Spatially Explicit Datasets

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2012, PLOS

    Dr Liangzhi You

  100. A tale of two countries: Spatial and temporal patterns of rice productivity in China and Brazil

    Article • China Economic Review, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  101. Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Agricultural Economics, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  102. Land use change and environmental stress of wheat, rice and corn production in China

    Article • China Economic Review, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  103. What is the irrigation potential for Africa? A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach

    Article • Food Policy, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  104. Dynamic Agricultural Supply Response Under Economic Transformation: A Case Study of Henan, China

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  105. Global-scale assessment of potential future risks of food insecurity

    Article • Journal of Risk Research, October 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  106. The sources of total factor productivity growth in Chinese agriculture: technological progress or efficiency gain?

    Article • Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  107. Agricultural water productivity assessment for the Yellow River Basin

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  108. Cropland for sub-Saharan Africa: A synergistic approach using five land cover data sets

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  109. Scenario-based assessment of future food security

    Article • Journal of Geographical Sciences, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi You

  110. Yellow River basin: living with scarcity

    Article • Water International, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  111. A high-resolution assessment on global nitrogen flows in cropland

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Liangzhi You

  112. Exploring strategic priorities for regional agricultural R&D investments in East and Central Africa

    Article • Agricultural Economics, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  113. Impact of growing season temperature on wheat productivity in China

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  114. Generating plausible crop distribution maps for Sub-Saharan Africa using a spatially disaggregated data fusion and optimization approach

    Article • Agricultural Systems, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  115. A spatially explicit assessment of current and future hotspots of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of global change

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  116. Quality or volume? An economic evaluation of coffee development strategies for Uganda

    Article • Development in Practice, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi You

  117. Assessing the Potential Impact of Avian Influenza on Poultry in West Africa: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi You

  118. Generating Plausible Crop Distribution Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatial Allocation Model

    Article • Information Development, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin, Dr Liangzhi You

  119. Ex post assessment methods of climate forecast impacts

    Article • Climate Research, December 2006, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Liangzhi You

  120. An entropy approach to spatial disaggregation of agricultural production

    Article • Agricultural Systems, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  121. Assessing the spatial distribution of crop areas using a cross-entropy method

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  122. Delayed impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on biosphere productivity in Asia

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  123. Displacements of Reinforced Slopes Subjected to Seismic Loads

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, August 2000, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Liangzhi You

  124. Displacement charts for slopes subjected to seismic loads

    Article • Computers and Geotechnics, July 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  125. Effective width rule in calculations of bearing capacity of shallow footings

    Article • Computers and Geotechnics, December 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You

  126. Non-Symmetrical Limit Loads on Strip Footings

    Article • SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS, December 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You