Michael Jacobson

Professor of Forest Resources

Michael Jacobson

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Contribution of agroforestry practices to income and poverty status of households in Northwestern Ethiopia

Michael Jacobson, Discov Agric

Improving Smallholder Maize Production in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Joe G. Ono-Raphel, Lisa du Preez, Audie L. Cherry, Michael G. Jacobson, 2025, Food and Energy Security

Bioeconomy bright spots, challenges, and key factors going forward: Perceptions of bioeconomy stakeholders

Michael Jacobson, 2024, EFB Bioeconomy Journal

Storable, neglected, and underutilized species of Southern Africa for greater agricultural resilience

Daniel J. Winstead, Michael G. Jacobson, 2024, Plant-Environment Interactions

Usability of Agricultural Drought Vulnerability and Resilience Indicators in Planning Strategies for Small Farms: A Principal Component Approach

Michael Jacobson, 2024, SSRN

Enhancing drought resilience and vulnerability assessment in small farms: A global expert survey on multidimensional indicators

Karina Sass, Abdullah Konak, Marina Batalini de Macedo, Marcos Roberto Benso, Elisabeth Shrimpton, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Tanaya Sarmah, Eduardo Mario Mendiondo, Greicelene Jesus da Silva, Pedro Gustavo Câmara da Silva, Adelaide Cassia Nardocci, Michael Jacobson, 2024, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Nutritional properties of raw and cooked Azolla caroliniana Willd., an aquatic wild edible plant

Daniel Winstead, Francesco Di Gioia, Marjorie Jauregui, Michael Jacobson, 2024, Food Science and Nutrition on p. 2050-2060

Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia

Jacob Johnson, Michael Jacobson, Steven Cole, Alexander Kaminski, Heather Karsten, Muleya Syapwaya, J Stauffer, Leif Jensen, Mary Lundeba, 2024, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems on p. 29

Brief communication: Lessons learned and experiences gained from building up a global survey on societal resilience to changing droughts

Marina Batalini De MacEdo, Marcos Roberto Benso, Marina Batalini de Macedo, Karina Simone Sass, Marcos Benso, Karina Sass, Eduardo Mario Mendiondo, Greicelene Jesus Da Silva, Adelaide Nardocci, Eduardo Mendiondo, Pedro Gustavo Câmara Da Silva, Greicelene Jesus da Silva, Elisabeth Shrimpton, Tanaya Sarmah, Pedro Câmara da Silva, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Da Huo, Michael Jacobson, Abdullah Konak, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Adelaide Cassia Nardocci, 2024, Natural Hazards and Earth System Science on p. 2165-2173

Economics of agroforestry: links between nature and society

Nathalie Cialdella, Michael Jacobson, Eric Penot, 2023, Agroforestry Systems on p. 273-277

Most-Cited Papers

Soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems: a meta-analysis

Andrea De Stefano, Michael Jacobson, 2017, Agroforestry Systems on p. 295-299

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

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, 2017, Biomass and Bioenergy on p. Pages 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

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

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

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

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 on p. 355-368

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

News Articles Featuring Michael Jacobson

Jan 24, 2025

Researchers explore strategies to aid smallholder fish farmers in Zambia

Fish farming is key to food security in Africa; study shows that optimized agricultural resource management helps fish farmers in Zambia

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Nov 15, 2024

Penn State water-energy-food nexus project takes a global approach

Young water-energy-food nexus researchers from 14 countries join in summer research workshop.

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Nov 03, 2024

More evidence mounts for water fern azolla as global food insecurity solution

Is the floating freshwater fern commonly called Carolina azolla the potential answer to global food insecurity?

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Oct 23, 2024

Water fern gains more evidence as safe potential global food insecurity solution

International research points to promise and safety of azolla, a plant that can double its biomass in two days and capture nitrogen from the air.

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Feb 16, 2024

Common plant could help reduce food insecurity, researchers find

Fast-growing aquatic fern has the nutritional content to serve as a potentially vital food source after a catastrophe and could be relevant now

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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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