Food and Agriculture
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme // Nexus Newsletter, Issue N°14, October 2022
The Nexus Newsletter is filled with project updates including activities, milestones and achievements as well as the latest news on the WEF Nexus,…
News // Rural Women – Agents of Change in South and Southeast Asia
Rural women play a significant role in local and regional food systems. Mitigating the challenges faced by rural women and improving their…
Research Article // Energy efficient cooling and heating of aquaponics facilities based on regional climate
By Ammar Alkhalidi and colleagues. In this study, an already existing aquaponics facility in Jordan, named Khodra, will be used to evaluate the…
Research Article // From participatory process to robust decision-making: An Agriculture-water-energy nexus analysis for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco
By Youssef Almulla and colleagues. In this study, a stakeholder-driven and model-supported robust nexus decision-making framework is introduced. This…
Research Article // Elevating the role of water resilience in food system dialogues
By Nathanial Matthews and colleagues. Good governance for resilient water resources is a necessary precursor to ensuring resilient food systems and…
Research Article // An assessment of strategies for sustainability priority challenges in Jordan using a water–energy–food Nexus approach
By Camilo Ramirez and colleagues. This study aimed at supporting robust decision-making for planning and management of water–energy–food Nexus…
Research Article // Sustainability-Focused Excellence: A Novel Model Integrating the Water–Energy–Food Nexus for Agro-Industrial Companies
By Fernando Caixeta and colleagues. The agro-industrial sector lacks the novel tools needed to integrate sustainability in their businesses, such as…
Research Article // Agricultural water use efficiency and spatial spillover effect considering undesired output in China
By Dong Rui and colleagues. In order to balance the relationship between agricultural water efficiency and regional economic size, this study…
COP27 // RES4Africa Foundation and the RCREEE discussed approaches to uptake the Water-Energy-Food Nexus solutions in Africa during COP27
14th November 2022, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - RES4Africa Foundation in collaboration with the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy…
Book // Water Interactions – A Systemic View: Why we Need to Comprehend the Water-Climate-Energy-Food-Economics-Lifestyle Connections
By Gustaf Olsson. During the last two decades, the interrelationship between water and energy, and the couplings to food and agriculture have become…
Research Article // Evaluation of the Utilization Efficiency of Water Resources in China Based on ZSG-DEA: A Perspective of Water–Energy–Food Nexus
By Tianming Zhang and colleagues. As the simple models cannot study the correlation among the resources of the WEF nexus; the methods of WEF nexus…
Guidelines // FAO Guidelines for the calculation of the agriculture water use efficiency for global reporting
These guidelines are intended to assist countries in understanding the agronomic parameters involved in the computation of the agricultural…
Call for Applications // LATAM4WEF launches search for youth innovators and SMEs solving the regions’ water, energy, and food security issues
The LATAM4WEF Innovation Lab is opening applications for youth innovators and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)s in Latin America and the…
Convocatoria de Aplicaciones // LATAM4WEF lanza convocatoria para jóvenes innovadores y PYMES que resuelvan los problemas de agua, energía y seguridad alimentaria de la región
El Laboratorio de Innovación de LATAM4WEF abrió aplicaciones para jóvenes innovadores y pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMES) en América Latina y el…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme MENA // A WEF Nexus training for Jordanian municipalities
As part of the Nexus Dialogue in the MENA region and the MINARET II Project in Jordan, a WEF Nexus training took place with municipality…