Peer-Reviewed Papers
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2024
Mieno, T., Foster, T., Kakimoto, S., & Brozović, N. (2024). Aquifer depletion exacerbates agricultural drought losses in the US High Plains. Nature Water, 1-11.
Kelly, T. D., Foster, T., & Schultz, D. M. (2024). Assessing the value of deep reinforcement learning for irrigation scheduling. Smart Agricultural Technology, 7, 100403.
2023
Govindarajulu, D., Pritchard, R., Chhatre, A., Foster, T., & Oldekop, J. A. (2023). Rights based approaches to forest landscape restoration; learning from the Indian forest policy experience. Forest Policy and Economics, 157, 103073.
York, N. D., Pritchard, R., Sauls, L. A., Enns, C., & Foster, T. (2023). Justice and ethics in conservation remote sensing: Current discourses and research needs. Biological Conservation, 287, 110319.
Urfels, A., Mausch, K., Harris, D., McDonald, A.J., Kishore, A., van Halsema, G., Struik, P.C., Craufurd, P., Foster, T., Singh, V. and Krupnik, T.J., 2023. Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification. Agricultural Systems, 207, 103618.
Bowden, C., Foster, T., & Parkes, B. (2023). Identifying links between monsoon variability and rice production in India through machine learning. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2446.
Kelly, T. D., Foster, T., & Schultz, D. M. (2023). Assessing the value of adapting irrigation strategies within the season. Agricultural Water Management, 275, 107986.
Higginbottom, T. P., Adhikari, R., & Foster, T. (2023). Rapid expansion of irrigated agriculture in the Senegal River Valley following the 2008 food price crisis. Environmental Research Letters, 18, 014037
2022
Redicker, S., Dimova, R., & Foster, T. (2022). Synthesising evidence on irrigation scheme performance in West Africa. Journal of Hydrology, 127919.
Suchato, P., Mieno, T., Schoengold, K., & Foster, T. (2022). The potential for moral hazard behavior in irrigation decisions under crop insurance. Agricultural Economics, 53(2), 257-273.
Ghansah, B., Foster, T., Higginbottom, T. P., Adhikari, R., & Zwart, S. J. (2022). Monitoring spatial-temporal variations of surface areas of small reservoirs in Ghana's Upper East Region using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and machine learning. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 125, 103082
Akpoti, K., Higginbottom, T. P., Foster, T., Adhikari, R., & Zwart, S. J. (2022). Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 803, 149959
Adeluyi, O., Harris, A., Foster, T., & Clay, G. D. (2022). Exploiting centimetre resolution of drone-mounted sensors for estimating mid-late season above ground biomass in rice. European Journal of Agronomy, 132, 126411.
2021
Foster, T., Adhikari, R., Adhikari, S., Justice, S., Tiwari, B., Urfels, A., & Krupnik, T. J. (2021). Improving pumpset selection to support intensification of groundwater irrigation in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. Agricultural Water Management, 256, 107070.
Adeluyi, O., Harris, A., Verrelst, J., Foster, T., & Clay, G. D. (2021). Estimating the phenological dynamics of irrigated rice leaf area index using the combination of PROSAIL and Gaussian Process Regression. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 102, 102454.
Kelly, T. D., & Foster, T. (2021). AquaCrop-OSPy: Bridging the gap between research and practice in crop-water modeling. Agricultural Water Management, 254, 106976.
Du, E., Cai, X., Wu, F., Foster, T., & Zheng, C. (2021). Exploring the impacts of the inequality of water permit allocation and farmers’ behaviors on the performance of an agricultural water market. Journal of Hydrology, 599, 126303.
Kelly, T. D., Foster, T., Schultz, D. M., & Mieno, T. (2021). The Effect of Soil-moisture Uncertainty on Irrigation Water Use and Farm Profits. Advances in Water Resources, 103982.
Higginbottom, T. P., Adhikari, R., Dimova, R., Redicker, S., & Foster, T. (2021). Performance of large-scale irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Sustainability, 4(6), 501-508.
Afshar, M. H., Foster, T., Higginbottom, T. P., Parkes, B., Hufkens, K., Mansabdar, S., Ceballos, F., & Kramer, B. (2021). Improving the Performance of Index Insurance Using Crop Models and Phenological Monitoring. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 924.
Young, R., Foster, T., Mieno, T., Valocchi, A., & Brozović, N. (2021). Hydrologic‐economic trade‐offs in groundwater allocation policy design. Water Resources Research, 57(1), e2020WR027941.
2020
Foster, T., Mieno, T., & Brozovic, N. (2020). Satellite‐based monitoring of irrigation water use: assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy. Water Resources Research, e2020WR028378
Oldekop, J., Horner, R., Hulme, D., Adhikari, R., … Foster, T., … et al. (2020). COVID-19 and the case for global development. World Development, 134, 105044.
Rad, M. R., Brozovic, N., Foster, T., & Mieno, T. (2020). Effects of instantaneous groundwater availability on irrigated agriculture and implications for aquifer management. Resource and Energy Economics, 59, 101129.
2019
Parkes, B., Higginbottom, T. P., Hufkens, K., Ceballos, F., Kramer, B., & Foster, T. (2019). Weather dataset choice introduces uncertainty to estimates of crop yield responses to climate variability and change. Environmental Research Letters, 14(12), 124089.
Foster, T., Goncalves, I.Z., Campos, I., Neale, C.M.U., & Brozovic, N. (2019). Assessing landscape scale heterogeneity in irrigation water use with remote sensing and in-situ monitoring. Environmental Research Letters, 14(2), 024004.
Hufkens, K., Melaas, E. K., Mann, M. L., Foster, T., Ceballos, F., Robles, M., & Kramer, B. (2019). Monitoring crop phenology using a smartphone based near-surface remote sensing approach. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 265, 327-337.
2018
Foster, T. & Brozovic, N. (2018). Simulating crop-water production functions using crop growth models to support water policy assessments. Ecological Economics, 152, 9-21.
2017
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Speir, C. (2017). The buffer value of groundwater when well yield is limited. Journal of Hydrology, 547, 638-649.
Foster, T., N. Brozovic, A. P. Butler, C. M. U. Neale, D. Raes, P. Steduto, E. Fereres, and T. C. Hsiao. (2017) AquaCrop-OS: An open source version of FAO's crop water productivity model. Agricultural Water Management 181, 18-22
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2017). Effects of initial aquifer conditions on economic benefits from groundwater conservation. Water Resources Research, 53(1), 744-762.
2015 and earlier
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2015). Why well yield matters for managing agricultural drought risk. Weather and Climate Extremes, 10, 11-19.
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2015). Analysis of the impacts of well yield and groundwater depth on irrigated agriculture. Journal of Hydrology, 523, 86-96.
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2014). Modeling irrigation behavior in groundwater systems. Water Resources Research, 50(8), 6370-6389.
2024
Mieno, T., Foster, T., Kakimoto, S., & Brozović, N. (2024). Aquifer depletion exacerbates agricultural drought losses in the US High Plains. Nature Water, 1-11.
Kelly, T. D., Foster, T., & Schultz, D. M. (2024). Assessing the value of deep reinforcement learning for irrigation scheduling. Smart Agricultural Technology, 7, 100403.
2023
Govindarajulu, D., Pritchard, R., Chhatre, A., Foster, T., & Oldekop, J. A. (2023). Rights based approaches to forest landscape restoration; learning from the Indian forest policy experience. Forest Policy and Economics, 157, 103073.
York, N. D., Pritchard, R., Sauls, L. A., Enns, C., & Foster, T. (2023). Justice and ethics in conservation remote sensing: Current discourses and research needs. Biological Conservation, 287, 110319.
Urfels, A., Mausch, K., Harris, D., McDonald, A.J., Kishore, A., van Halsema, G., Struik, P.C., Craufurd, P., Foster, T., Singh, V. and Krupnik, T.J., 2023. Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification. Agricultural Systems, 207, 103618.
Bowden, C., Foster, T., & Parkes, B. (2023). Identifying links between monsoon variability and rice production in India through machine learning. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2446.
Kelly, T. D., Foster, T., & Schultz, D. M. (2023). Assessing the value of adapting irrigation strategies within the season. Agricultural Water Management, 275, 107986.
Higginbottom, T. P., Adhikari, R., & Foster, T. (2023). Rapid expansion of irrigated agriculture in the Senegal River Valley following the 2008 food price crisis. Environmental Research Letters, 18, 014037
2022
Redicker, S., Dimova, R., & Foster, T. (2022). Synthesising evidence on irrigation scheme performance in West Africa. Journal of Hydrology, 127919.
Suchato, P., Mieno, T., Schoengold, K., & Foster, T. (2022). The potential for moral hazard behavior in irrigation decisions under crop insurance. Agricultural Economics, 53(2), 257-273.
Ghansah, B., Foster, T., Higginbottom, T. P., Adhikari, R., & Zwart, S. J. (2022). Monitoring spatial-temporal variations of surface areas of small reservoirs in Ghana's Upper East Region using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and machine learning. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 125, 103082
Akpoti, K., Higginbottom, T. P., Foster, T., Adhikari, R., & Zwart, S. J. (2022). Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 803, 149959
Adeluyi, O., Harris, A., Foster, T., & Clay, G. D. (2022). Exploiting centimetre resolution of drone-mounted sensors for estimating mid-late season above ground biomass in rice. European Journal of Agronomy, 132, 126411.
2021
Foster, T., Adhikari, R., Adhikari, S., Justice, S., Tiwari, B., Urfels, A., & Krupnik, T. J. (2021). Improving pumpset selection to support intensification of groundwater irrigation in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. Agricultural Water Management, 256, 107070.
Adeluyi, O., Harris, A., Verrelst, J., Foster, T., & Clay, G. D. (2021). Estimating the phenological dynamics of irrigated rice leaf area index using the combination of PROSAIL and Gaussian Process Regression. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 102, 102454.
Kelly, T. D., & Foster, T. (2021). AquaCrop-OSPy: Bridging the gap between research and practice in crop-water modeling. Agricultural Water Management, 254, 106976.
Du, E., Cai, X., Wu, F., Foster, T., & Zheng, C. (2021). Exploring the impacts of the inequality of water permit allocation and farmers’ behaviors on the performance of an agricultural water market. Journal of Hydrology, 599, 126303.
Kelly, T. D., Foster, T., Schultz, D. M., & Mieno, T. (2021). The Effect of Soil-moisture Uncertainty on Irrigation Water Use and Farm Profits. Advances in Water Resources, 103982.
Higginbottom, T. P., Adhikari, R., Dimova, R., Redicker, S., & Foster, T. (2021). Performance of large-scale irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Sustainability, 4(6), 501-508.
Afshar, M. H., Foster, T., Higginbottom, T. P., Parkes, B., Hufkens, K., Mansabdar, S., Ceballos, F., & Kramer, B. (2021). Improving the Performance of Index Insurance Using Crop Models and Phenological Monitoring. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 924.
Young, R., Foster, T., Mieno, T., Valocchi, A., & Brozović, N. (2021). Hydrologic‐economic trade‐offs in groundwater allocation policy design. Water Resources Research, 57(1), e2020WR027941.
2020
Foster, T., Mieno, T., & Brozovic, N. (2020). Satellite‐based monitoring of irrigation water use: assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy. Water Resources Research, e2020WR028378
Oldekop, J., Horner, R., Hulme, D., Adhikari, R., … Foster, T., … et al. (2020). COVID-19 and the case for global development. World Development, 134, 105044.
Rad, M. R., Brozovic, N., Foster, T., & Mieno, T. (2020). Effects of instantaneous groundwater availability on irrigated agriculture and implications for aquifer management. Resource and Energy Economics, 59, 101129.
2019
Parkes, B., Higginbottom, T. P., Hufkens, K., Ceballos, F., Kramer, B., & Foster, T. (2019). Weather dataset choice introduces uncertainty to estimates of crop yield responses to climate variability and change. Environmental Research Letters, 14(12), 124089.
Foster, T., Goncalves, I.Z., Campos, I., Neale, C.M.U., & Brozovic, N. (2019). Assessing landscape scale heterogeneity in irrigation water use with remote sensing and in-situ monitoring. Environmental Research Letters, 14(2), 024004.
Hufkens, K., Melaas, E. K., Mann, M. L., Foster, T., Ceballos, F., Robles, M., & Kramer, B. (2019). Monitoring crop phenology using a smartphone based near-surface remote sensing approach. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 265, 327-337.
2018
Foster, T. & Brozovic, N. (2018). Simulating crop-water production functions using crop growth models to support water policy assessments. Ecological Economics, 152, 9-21.
2017
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Speir, C. (2017). The buffer value of groundwater when well yield is limited. Journal of Hydrology, 547, 638-649.
Foster, T., N. Brozovic, A. P. Butler, C. M. U. Neale, D. Raes, P. Steduto, E. Fereres, and T. C. Hsiao. (2017) AquaCrop-OS: An open source version of FAO's crop water productivity model. Agricultural Water Management 181, 18-22
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2017). Effects of initial aquifer conditions on economic benefits from groundwater conservation. Water Resources Research, 53(1), 744-762.
2015 and earlier
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2015). Why well yield matters for managing agricultural drought risk. Weather and Climate Extremes, 10, 11-19.
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2015). Analysis of the impacts of well yield and groundwater depth on irrigated agriculture. Journal of Hydrology, 523, 86-96.
Foster, T., Brozovic, N., & Butler, A. P. (2014). Modeling irrigation behavior in groundwater systems. Water Resources Research, 50(8), 6370-6389.
Working and Conference Papers
Foster, T., Adhikari, R., Urfels, A., Adhikari, S. & Krupnik, T.J. (2019) Costs of diesel pump irrigation systems in the Eastern Indo Gangetic Plains: What options exist for efficiency gains? CSISA Research Note No.15.
Urfels, A., Foster, T., Krupnik, T.J. & McDonald, A. (2019) Framework to enable irrigation development to support smallholder farmers’ climate resilience in the Eastern Gangetic Plains. ICID 3rd World Irrigation Forum.
Adeluyi, O., Harris, A., Clay, G. & Foster, T. (2019) A comparison of retrieval approaches for estimating the seasonal dynamics of rice leaf area index from simulated Sentinel-2 data. SPIE 2019 Conference Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology .
Ceballos, F., Foster, T., Hufkens, K., Jahdav, A., Kannan, S. & Kramer, B. (2018). Seeing is believing: Using crop pictures in personalized advisory services. IFPRI PBI Project Note.
Urfels, A., Foster, T., Krupnik, T.J. & McDonald, A. (2019) Framework to enable irrigation development to support smallholder farmers’ climate resilience in the Eastern Gangetic Plains. ICID 3rd World Irrigation Forum.
Adeluyi, O., Harris, A., Clay, G. & Foster, T. (2019) A comparison of retrieval approaches for estimating the seasonal dynamics of rice leaf area index from simulated Sentinel-2 data. SPIE 2019 Conference Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology .
Ceballos, F., Foster, T., Hufkens, K., Jahdav, A., Kannan, S. & Kramer, B. (2018). Seeing is believing: Using crop pictures in personalized advisory services. IFPRI PBI Project Note.