Current Project

Photo credit: Everything about Water

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Social Implications of Agricultural AI Platforms​

Grant Acknowledgement:
OSU CAS Big Idea Big Solution: Smart-TAP: AI Enhanced Decision Platform for Agricultural and Water Resilience

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Farm Financial Programs and Conservation Practice Adoption in Oregon

Fund Acknowledgement:
OSU start-up

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Social Network Analysis of Oregon Agricultural and Natural Resource Organizations

Grant Acknowledgement:
OSU CAS Big Idea Big Solution: Smart-TAP: AI Enhanced Decision Platform for Agricultural and Water Resilience

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Enhancing Risk Management Capacity Through Crop Insurance Education for Oregon Tree Fruit Trainers and Producers


Grant Acknowledgement:
USDA NIFA Western Extension Risk Management Education
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Completed project

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Farm Financial Programs, Land Practices, Climate and Market Risks, and Croplands & Grasslands

Grant Acknowledgement:
1. NSF INFEWS/T1: Sustaining Food, Energy, and Water Security in Agricultural Landscapes of the Upper Mississippi River Basin 1855996
2. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (DRMS) 2417586
3. Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems Graduate Student Summer Grant

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Social Network Analysis in Food-Energy-Water-Ecosystem Nexus: Climate Change, Carbon Markets, and Interdisplinary

Grant Acknowledgement:
1. NSF INFEWS/T1: Sustaining Food, Energy, and Water Security in Agricultural Landscapes of the Upper Mississippi River Basin 1855996
2. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (DRMS) 2417586
​3. Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems Graduate Student Summer Grant

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Photo credit: Finn Ryan

​Wisconsin Dairy Farmers' Perspectives on Water Quality and Labor Policy

Grant Acknowledgement:
Grassland 2.0 project (USDA NIFA SAS-CAP grant 2019-68012-29852) 

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​Social and Ecological Impacts of Household Credit on Pastoral Areas and Policy Implications

Grant Acknowledgement:
National Science Foundation of China

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​Reform Trends and a Policy Roadmap for Conserving Natural Resources

Grant Acknowledgement:
National Development and Reform Commission of China, Paulson Institute, and Heren Charity Foundation

Dr. Yu Lu
Assistant Professor, Practice, Human Dimensions of Agricultural Water Management
RISE Lab (Resilience, Institutions, Society, and Ecosystems) 
Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering (BEE) 
​College of Agricultural Sciences
Oregon State University

Contact the Lab

Email: [email protected]
​Office: Hovland Hall 108 ​