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Walter P. Falcon, PhD

Deputy Director of FSE; FSI Senior Fellow; Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow; and Helen Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural Policy, Economics (Emeritus)

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October 19th, 2012

FSE has a few more questions for the candidates

FSE News

As a follow up to the FSI piece on five foreign policy questions for Obama and Romney, FSE fellows ask a few additional food security related questions. Read more »



August 8th, 2012

Field notes from an Iowa farm

FSE, FSI Stanford News

The American Midwest is suffering through the driest summer in decades, and Stanford economist Walter Falcon is watching the corn wither in his fields. He writes how the drought is affecting crops, prices and the livelihoods of his fellow farmers in Iowa. Read more »



July 1st, 2012

FSE overview video: A brighter future through food security

FSE, FSI Stanford News

Leaders from Stanford University's Center on Food Security and the Environment discuss the Center's global and multifaceted approach to addressing issues of global hunger, poverty, climate change and environmental degradation in this five-minute overview video. Read more »



April 9th, 2012

Researchers call for policy, aid and innovation to help world’s poorest

CISAC, CDDRL, FSE, FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR News

Bill Gates spoke to a Stanford audience about the importance of foreign aid and product innovation in the fight against chronic hunger, poverty and disease in the developing world. FSI senior fellows Larry Diamond, Jeremy Weinstein, Paul Wise and Walter Falcon share their own ideas about how to secure the most fragile nations. Read more »



November 27th, 2011

Stanford-Cargill partnership strengthens to address food security issues

FSE, FSI Stanford News

Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) has received a $2 million grant from Cargill, a second gift from the company that raises its total contribution to FSE to $5 million over 10 years. Read more »




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Are Biofuels Contributing to Higher Food Prices?
“Corn prices are higher than they’d be if we didn’t have the biofuel industry. People who primarily subsist on corn make $2 a day or less and spend 60% of their budget on food and are seriously hurt by higher prices,” said Walter P. Falcon ...
March 28, 2011 in Greentech Media (blog)

Rethinking the Sandwich: the Globalization of Wheat Rust
According to Walter Falcon, the deputy director for Stanford University's Program for Food Security and the Environment, and a former chairman of CGIAR's ...
July 26, 2010 in Miller-McCune.com