Food and Agriculture
Podcast // Solar as a Crop: Making the water-energy-food nexus profitable for smallholder farmers in India
This episode of the Power for All podcast features an interview with Shilp Verma, discussing how to make the food, water, and energy nexus profitable…
Review // FAO Workshop on: Promoting Water Tenure for Food Security, Climate Resilience and Equity
The FAO-led workshop “Promoting Water Tenure for Food Security, Climate Resilience, and Equity” was implemented in coordination with adelphi on June…
Publication // Energy Use in Organic Food Systems
By Jodi Ziesemer. Based on existing research, this paper from the FAO considers the environmental efficiency of energy use in organic and non-organic…
Nexus Blog // Food Security and Women Empowerment Through Solar-Powered Irrigation in Niger
By Apolline Rolland and WE4F team in Abidjan. Thirty kilometres from the capital of Niger, in the region of Kollo recently marked by terrorism, a…
Climate Action // Solar Irrigation Can Improve Food Security and Prosperity, Says UN Agency
New research from the the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has shown the significant potential for solar powered…
Publicación // Lecciones de Chile para la adopción del enfoque del Nexo: análisis de políticas de fomento de tecnologías de riego, gestión integrada de cuencas, fondos de agua y energía sostenible
By Blanco Elisa. La adopción del enfoque del Nexo entre agua, energía y alimentación, se plantea como una estrategia sólida para apoyar la gobernanza…
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 // Production of biogas from food waste in laboratory scale dry anaerobic digester under mesophilic condition
By Mahbub Alam and colleagues. The objective of this study was to manage the food waste generated in Bangladesh University of Professionals by…
Research Article // Combining the Water–Energy–Food and Food Waste–Food Loss–Food Security Nexuses to Reduce Resource Waste
By Eulalia Skawińska and Romuald I. Zalewski. One-third of the total food produced globally results in food loss and waste (FL and FW), which also…
Call for Applications // Lebanon: NEX-LABS Commercialization Prize for researchers and university students
Applications are open for researchers and university students from Lebanon to apply to the NEX-LABS Commercialization Support Vouchers of 5,000 euros…
Research Article // Food-energy-water nexus in Iran over the last two centuries: A food secure future?
By Farshad Amiraslani and Deirdre Dragovich. Agriculture in Iran is deeply-rooted in the country's history and it was a major income-generating…
Research Article // Cross-Mapping Important Interactions between Water-Energy-Food Nexus Indices and the SDGs
By Alexandra E.loannou and Chrysi S. Laspidou. The Nexus approach enables a more integrated and sustainable use of resources that extends beyond…
Программа регионального диалога по усилению взаимосвязи в Центральной Азии // ПРОЕКТ ЕВРОПЕЙСКОГО СОЮЗА «НЕКСУС ДИАЛОГ В ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ АЗИИ» ПРОВЕЛ СПЕЦИАЛЬНУЮ СЕССИЮ В РАМКАХ ЕЖЕГОДНОЙ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНО-АЗИАТСКОЙ ПРОГРАММЫ ЛИДЕРСТВА
Проект Европейского Союза «Нексус Диалог в Центральной Азии» провел специальную сессию для 46 специалистов из государственных и негосударственных…
Research Article // The water, land and carbon footprint of conventional and organic dairy systems in the Netherlands and Spain. A case study into the consequences of ecological indicator selection and methodological choices
By S. Bronts, P.W. Gerbens-Leenes & P. Guzmán-Luna. Dairy farming has a significant impact on the environment, including water and land use and…
Study // Lessons Learned Study: Insights gained from the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme
The Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, which ran from 2016 to 2023, sought to identify the most effective institutional arrangements, methodologies…