Research in Progress

(pd = Postdoctoral mentee | ** = PhD advisee | * = Master’s advisee | ^ = Undergraduate advisee)

  • Dim, U., Lopez, D., Balasubramanya, S., Kumar, P.  2026. Who Collects, Who Purchases? Land Ownership and Biomass Acquisition in LMICs. Revise and resubmit at Environmental Research Letters.
  • Kafle, K., Balasubramanya, S., Barnor, K**, Elias, E.  2026. Smallholder land restoration in Ethiopia: Evidence on farm revenue, input costs, and vegetation quality. In review. 
  • Kafle, K., Peter, L., Balasubramanya, S., Sharma, S. 2026. W: Land use change and transhumance pastoralism in the Himalayas. In review. 
  • Wuepper, D., Hadi, H., Schioppa, A., Oluch, W., Balasubramanya, S. 2026. Crop yields and forest cover in the tropics: systematic evidence from trillions of satellite measurements.  In review. 
  • Mitra, A.**, Balasubramanya, S., Brouwer, R. 2026. Testing demand for bundled crop insurance under yield penalties from stress-tolerant seeds. In review. 
  • Balasubramanya, S., Fishman, R., Etgar, D., Karimi, P. 2026. (Dis)adoption of DSR: the case of Punjab. Ongoing. 
  • Garrick, B., Balasubramanya, S. 2026. Groundwater markets in agriculture: a review. Ongoing.
  • Balasubramanya, S., Beleac, T., Stifel, D., Kwon, J., Regmi, H. 2026. Do trees outside forests in Nepal reduce dependency on forests?  Ongoing.