Michael Jacobson
Professor of Forest Resources

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309 Forest Resources
University Park, PA - mgj2@psu.edu
- 814-865-3994
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Economics Food Biomass Crops Bioenergy Energy Water Crop Energy Crops Sales Water Quality Agroforestry Sustainable Development Climate Analysis Africa Carbon Sequestration Landowner Biofuels Vegetation Meta Analysis Landowners Catastrophe Marketing Northeastern United StatesMost Recent Publications
Food resilience in a dark catastrophe: A new way of looking at tropical wild edible plants
Daniel Jefferson Winstead, Michael Gregory Jacobson, 2022, Ambio on p. 1949-1962
Trends in Vegetation Ordinances across the Southern United States
Kripa Neupane, Donald L. Grebner, Jason S. Gordon, Michael G. Jacobson, 2022, Forests
Forest Resource Availability After Nuclear War or Other Sun-Blocking Catastrophes
Daniel Jefferson Winstead, Michael Gregory Jacobson, 2022, Earth's Future
Water-energy-food nexus approaches and initiatives in Africa
Michael Jacobson, G Pekarcik, 2022,
Water-energy-food nexus approaches to facilitate smallholder agricultural technology adoption in Africa
Michael G. Jacobson, 2022, on p. 279-297
Upscaling WEF nexus capacity development for transformational change in Africa
Michael Jacobson, 2022,
Building capacity for upscaling the WEF nexus and guiding transformational change in Africa
Tendai P. Chibarabada, Goden Mabaya, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Stanley Liphadzi, Krasposy K. Kujinga, Jean Marie Kileshye-Onema, Hodson Makurira, Dhesigen Naidoo, Michael G. Jacobson, 2022, on p. 299-320
An Analysis of U.S. Hardwood Log Exports from 1990 to 2021
William Luppold, Matthew Bumgardner, Michael Jacobson, 2022, Forest Products Journal on p. 198-206
Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change
Dhesigen Naidoo, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Nafisa Sobratee, Aidan Senzanje, Stanley Liphadzi, Rob Slotow, Michael Jacobson, Albert T. Modi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Producers, production, marketing, and sales of non-timber forest products in the United States: a review and synthesis
Gregory E. Frey, James L. Chamberlain, Michael G. Jacobson, 2021, Agroforestry Systems
Most-Cited Papers
Soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems: a meta-analysis
Andrea De Stefano, Michael Gregory Jacobson, 2018, Agroforestry Systems on p. 285-299
Improving water quality in the Chesapeake Bay using payments for ecosystem services for perennial biomass for bioenergy and biofuel production
Peter B. Woodbury, Armen R. Kemanian, Michael Jacobson, Matthew Langholtz, 2018, Biomass and Bioenergy on p. 132-142
The impact of the biomass crop assistance program on the united states forest products market: An application of the global forest products model
Wei Jiang, Douglas R. Carter, Hanliang Fu, Michael G. Jacobson, Katherine Y. Zipp, Jiang Jin, Long Yang, 2019, Forests
Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change
Dhesigen Naidoo, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Nafisa Sobratee, Aidan Senzanje, Stanley Liphadzi, Rob Slotow, Michael Jacobson, Albert T. Modi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Economic assessment of landowners’ willingness to supply energy crops on marginal lands in the northeastern of the United States
Wei Jiang, Katherine Y. Zipp, Michael Jacobson, 2018, Biomass and Bioenergy
Local communities’ perceptions of climate variability in the Mt. Elgon region, eastern Uganda
Allan Bomuhangi, Gorettie Nabanoga, Justine Jumba Namaalwa, Michael Gregory Jacobson, Banana Abwoli, 2016, Cogent Environmental Science
A sustainability framework for assessing studies about marginal lands for planting perennial energy crops
Wei Jiang, Michael G. Jacobson, Matthew H. Langholtz, 2019, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining on p. 228-240
Malawi's energy needs and agroforestry: Impact of woodlots on fuelwood sales
Gregory G. Toth, P. K.Ramachandran Nair, Michael Jacobson, Yekti Widyaningsih, Colm P. Duffy, 2019, Energy for Sustainable Development on p. 101-108
An assessment of farm scale biomass pelleting in the Northeast
Daniel Ciolkosz, Michael Jacobson, Nichole Heil, Will Brandau, 2017, Renewable Energy on p. Pages 85-91
Modeling spatial dependence and economic hotspots in landowners’ willingness to supply bioenergy crops in the northeastern United States
Wei Jiang, Katherine Y. Zipp, Matthew H. Langholtz, Michael G. Jacobson, 2019, GCB Bioenergy on p. 1086-1097
News Articles Featuring Michael Jacobson
Oct 27, 2022
International consortium to better assess Africa drought risks, boost resilience
An international, Penn State-led consortium aims to improve drought risk analysis and management and increase societal resilience in Africa, funded by a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the Belmont Forum. This project aims to boost preparedness for drought to reduce food insecurity, poverty, health problems and the displacement of people.
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Jul 27, 2022
Researchers get $2M NSF grant to develop Africa water-food-energy network
Michael Jacobson, professor of forest resources in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a three-institution team developing the “Sustainfood Network,” which links scientists, communities and policymakers to address challenges in Africa at the nexus of water, energy and food security.
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Jun 08, 2020
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million from Open Philanthropy to study food resilience in the face of potentially catastrophic global events.
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