Lun Gao, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Institute on the Environment, Saint Paul, United States, Xiaoman Lu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, Weston B Anderson, University of Maryland, College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, Corey S. Lesk, Elise Mazur, World Resources Institute, Washington DC, United States, Fred Stolle, World Resources Institute, Land & Carbon Lab, Washington DC, United States, Jiafu Mao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, Liangzhi You, International Food Policy Research Institute, Dakar, Senegal and Deepak K Ray, University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, Saint Paul, United States