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Madhu Khanna

ACES Distinguished Professor of Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Alvin H. Baum Family Chair and Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)

This research was funded by the US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Sustainable Agricultural Systems project entitled “Sustainably Co-locating Agricultural and Photovoltaic Electricity Systems (SCAPES)”, led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Grant Number: 2021-68012-35898. 2021-2025.