Blanc, Elodie

Elodie Blanc
Research Scientist, Joint Program
eblanc@mit.edu
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Focus Areas

Managed Resources, Regional Analysis

Bio

Dr. Élodie Blanc is a Research Scientist at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Her research focuses on agricultural economics.

Education + Credentials
M.Com., Economics of Sustainable Development, Environment and Energy, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France, 2006.
Ph.D., Economics, University of Otagao, New Zealand, 2011. Dissertation: The impact of climate change on crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Recent Publications

Journal Article
Aggregation of gridded emulated projections at the national or regional level: rainfed and irrigated crop yields and irrigation water requirements
Blanc, E. (2020). Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 5 (2), 138-151 (doi: 10.21642/JGEA.050204AF)
Joint Program Report
Challenges in simulating economic effects of climate change on global agricultural markets
Reilly, J.M., A. Gurgel and E. Blanc (2020). Joint Program Report Series Report 343, [PDF]
Journal Article
Statistical emulators of irrigated crop yields and irrigation water requirements
Blanc, E. (2020). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology , Volume 284 (107828) (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107828)
Book/Chapter
Estimating the impact of crop diversity on agricultural productivity in South Africa
Bellora, C., E. Blanc, J-M. Bourgeon and E. Strobl (2019). NBER Book Series, ISBN: 978-0-226-61980-4 [PDF]
Joint Program Report
Statistical Emulators of Irrigated Crop Yields and Irrigation Water Requirements
E. Blanc (2018). Joint Program Report Series Report 333, October, 35 p. [PDF]
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News + Media

News Release
AGU Fall Meeting goes online for 2020
Joint Program News | 
Oct 16, 2020
News Brief
Estimating irrigated crop yields and irrigation water requirements
Joint Program News | 
Jan 21, 2020
News Release
The future of food production amid global change
MIT News | 
Nov 13, 2018
DOE Highlight: Statistical Emulators of Irrigated Crop Yields and Irrigation Water Requirements
Joint Program News | 
Nov 01, 2018
DOE Highlight: Efficient assessment of environmental impacts on crop yields at the regional level
Joint Program News | 
Jan 01, 2018
In The News
Climate, Food Security and Water: Interdisciplinary Insights
MIT ClimateX | 
Sep 25, 2017
News Release
Estimating the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture
Joint Program News | 
Aug 11, 2017
In The News
Climate change could curb crop yields by 2050, MIT study says
Boston Globe | 
Jul 14, 2017
News Release
Climate change to deplete some US water basins, reduce irrigated crop yields
MIT News | 
Jul 11, 2017
DOE Highlight: Modeling water availability for irrigation in the US
Joint Program News | 
Jul 01, 2017
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