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Evan D. G. Fraser

Evan D. G. Fraser

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
59
Citations
15397
World Ranking
1549
National Ranking
86

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
14119
World Ranking
3594
National Ranking
146

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
13154
World Ranking
17461
National Ranking
609

Overview

Evan D. G. Fraser is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and environmental sciences, with significant contributions to agricultural sustainability, digital agriculture, and climate-related impacts on food systems.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Smart poultry management: Smart sensors, big data, and the internet of things (2020) published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Digital agricultural technologies for food loss and waste prevention and reduction: Global trends, adoption opportunities and barriers (2021) published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • A Review on Security of Smart Farming and Precision Agriculture: Security Aspects, Attacks, Threats and Countermeasures (2021) published in Applied Sciences
  • The environmental consequences of climate-driven agricultural frontiers (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • Big Data Privacy in Smart Farming: A Review (2022) published in Sustainability

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Ian Mosby
  • Sarah Rotz
  • Emily Duncan
  • Lenore Newman
  • Krishna Bahadur KC

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Nature Food
  • FACETS
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Evan Fraser has authored books published by:

  • University of Regina Press eBooks, including Uncertain Harvest (2020)
  • Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, with the title Everyone at the table: Transforming food systems by connecting science, policy and society (2022)

The primary fields of study for their research are Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable subfields such as General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Plant Science, Food Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main research topics covered by Evan D. G. Fraser include:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Best Publications

  • An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities

    Mark S. Reed;Evan D.G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill

  • Bottom up and top down: analysis of participatory processes for sustainability indicator identification as a pathway to community empowerment and sustainable environmental management.

    Evan D.G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Warren E. Mabee;Mark Reed

  • Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems: a Critical Review

    Lindsay C. Stringer;Andrew J. Dougill;Evan Fraser;Klaus Hubacek

  • Crops and climate change: progress, trends, and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation

    Andrew J. Challinor;Frank Ewert;Steve Arnold;Elisabeth Simelton

  • Mapping the vulnerability of crop production to drought in Ghana using rainfall, yield and socioeconomic data

    Philip Antwi-Agyei;Philip Antwi-Agyei;Evan D.G. Fraser;Evan D.G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Transparency in food supply chains: A review of enabling technology solutions

    Jake Astill;Rozita A. Dara;Malcolm Campbell;Jeffrey M. Farber

  • Automated pastures and the digital divide: How agricultural technologies are shaping labour and rural communities

    Sarah Rotz;Evan Gravely;Ian Mosby;Emily Duncan

  • The Politics of Digital Agricultural Technologies: A Preliminary Review

    Sarah Rotz;Emily Duncan;Matthew Small;Janos Botschner

  • Environmental change in moorland landscapes.

    J. Holden;L. Shotbolt;A. Bonn;T. P. Burt

  • Opportunities and Challenges for Big Data in Agricultural and Environmental Analysis

    Alfons Weersink;Evan Fraser;David Pannell;Emily Duncan

  • Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food crops in China (1961–2001)

    Elisabeth Simelton;Evan D.G. Fraser;Mette Termansen;Piers M. Forster

  • Participatory scenario development for environmental management: a methodological framework illustrated with experience from the UK uplands

    M.S. Reed;J. Kenter;A. Bonn;A. Bonn;K. Broad

  • Learning from Doing Participatory Rural Research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park

    A J Dougill;E.D.G. Fraser;J. Holden;K Hubacek

  • Increased crop failure due to climate change: assessing adaptation options using models and socio-economic data for wheat in China

    Andrew J Challinor;Elisabeth S Simelton;Evan D G Fraser;Debbie Hemming

  • Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers

    Lindsay Stringer;Evan Fraser;David Harris;David Harris;Christopher Lyon

  • Smart poultry management: Smart sensors, big data, and the internet of things

    Jake Astill;Rozita A. Dara;Evan D.G. Fraser;Bruce Roberts

  • Is rainfall really changing? Farmers’ perceptions, meteorological data, and policy implications

    Elisabeth Simelton;Claire H. Quinn;Nnyaladzi Batisani;Andrew J. Dougill

  • Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and Interdisciplinary Solutions

    Evan D. G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Klaus Hubacek;Claire H. Quinn

  • Local authorities, climate change and small and medium enterprises: identifying effective policy instruments to reduce energy use and carbon emissions

    Jaryn Bradford;Evan D. G. Fraser

  • Anticipating vulnerability to climate change in dryland pastoral systems: using dynamic systems models for the Kalahari.

    Andrew J. Dougill;Evan D.G. Fraser;Mark S. Reed

  • A framework for assessing the vulnerability of food systems to future shocks

    Evan D.G. Fraser;Warren Mabee;Frank Figge

  • Cultural background and landscape history as factors affecting perceptions of the urban forest.

    E. D. G. Fraser;W. A. Kenney

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Dougill
Andrew J. Dougill University of York
Lindsay C. Stringer
Lindsay C. Stringer University of York
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Mette Termansen
Mette Termansen University of Copenhagen
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sigrid Stagl
Sigrid Stagl Vienna University of Economics and Business
Kevin S. McCann
Kevin S. McCann University of Guelph
Joseph Holden
Joseph Holden University of Leeds

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