 The analysis determined which countries have the highest water footprint in regards to trade and explained why that is indicative of the country's number of trading partners.This data and analysis contribute important facts to water resource professionals and inform public policy on a global scale.In 2017, Konar co-authored an article called "Impacts of crop insurance on water withdrawals for irrigation" with Tatyana Deryugina, a professor in the Department of finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.