Simple-G: A Gridded Economic Approach to Sustainability Analysis of the Earth’s Land and Water Resources

Dr. Iman Haqiqi is a leading agricultural economist at Purdue University, recognized for his research on global trade and sustainability. His work within the Center for Global Trade Analysis and the Global to Local Analysis of Systems Sustainability (GLASS), has contributed significantly to our understanding of interactions of international agricultural trade, land use, water resources, and climate change. Dr. Haqiqi’s approach to research is characterized by its global-to-local-to-global perspective, considering economic feedback and local conditions to address major sustainability and resilience challenges. His contributions to the field have earned him the prestigious Purdue Seed for Success Acorn Award, a testament to his innovative research.

Dr. Thomas Hertel is Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. Prof. Hertel’s research and teaching focuses on international trade, food and environmental security. He is a 2022 recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and is a Fellow, and a Past-President, of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as well as the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, and Honorary Life Member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. He is also the founder and Executive Director of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) which now encompasses more than 28,000 researchers in 179 countries.