Food and Agriculture
Report // The State of Food and Agriculture 2021: Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses
Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). To ensure food security our agrifood systems have to be made more…
Vacancy // Undergraduate Summer Internship Program: A Collaborative Initiative of the CONSERVE Center and the DAWN Project
CONSERVE Center is partnering with the DAWN project (also funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture)…
Video // SPIS Introduction: Benefits and Challenges
By Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F). This solar powered irrigation system (SPIS) tutorial video explores the importance of irrigation…
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessment of Solar Energy Farming Interactions // The Azraq Case in Jordan with Insights from India
By Mohammad Al-Saidi. This report focuses on experiences with solar energy farming (SEF), and in particular the solar energy farming project in the…
Innovative Water Management // Energy Efficiency in Water Pumping and Climate Change Mitigation: Triple Win for the Water Authority of Jordan
by Performance Management Unit (PMU), Ministry of Water and Irrigation (Jordan). The Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) is the largest electricity…
News // Integrating ecosystems in the Water-Food-Energy Nexus for greater sustainability
Sasha Koo-Oshima & Virginie Gillet from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/ UN-Water, reveal their thoughts on integrating…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme MENA // Water-Energy-Food-Nexus Farming Conclusion of Policy Dialogue Sessions in Cairo
In the past two month, a series of policy dialogue sessions took place in Egypt. The dialogues dedicated to discussing the challenges and gaps that…
Research Article // Watermelons in the Desert in Morocco: Struggles Around a Groundwater Commons-in-the-Making
By Lisa Bossenbroek and colleagues. Groundwater is essential for early-season agriculture in many arid regions. In such regions, however,…
Call for papers // Sustainability Nexus Forum Journal
The Sustainability Nexus Forum (SNF) has officially announced the opening of their latest call for papers. This is an opportunity for experts in the…
Программа регионального диалога по усилению взаимосвязи в Центральной Азии // Cаксаул на дне Арала создаст кормовую базу для овец
Пересыхание Аральского моря продолжает наносить ущерб здоровью населения прилегающих регионов: ветра поднимают пыль и соль с обнаженного дна и…
Nexus Regional Dialogue MENA // RES4Africa Foundation, NRD Programme, and Gebal Egypt discussed approaches to advance Water-Energy-Food Nexus solutions in the MENA region, in the framework of a dedicated event
The gathering brought together sectorial stakeholders, who discussed perspectives on Water-Energy-Food technologies and business models, as well as…
Research Article // Techno-economic scenario analysis of containerized solar energy for use cases at the food/water/health nexus in Rwanda
By A. Gill-Wiehl and colleagues. This analysis combines modeled and in-the-field data to consider three use cases (water, food, and health), across…
Nexus Dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean // “…And now we hand over to our Nexus Ambassadors in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region!”
Join us as we look back at 6 years of promoting the integrated management for increased water, energy and food security in the Latin America and…
Research Article // Decoupling Economic Growth from Embodied Water–Energy–Food Consumption Based on a Modified MRIO Model: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region in China
By Yinwen Huang and colleagues. Water, energy, and food are indispensable resources for socioeconomic development, and are highly interwoven in urban…
Study // Namibia’s Water–Energy–Food Nexus: National Development in Uncertain Times
By Detlof von Oertzen and colleagues. Namibia faces a multitude of development challenges. Primary among them are water, energy, and food. This text…