Food and Agriculture
Nexus Regional Dialogue LAC // Government entities in Chile participate in a Nexus simulation and build bridges across institutions.
On May 16, representatives from several Chilean governmental institutions built a new collaborative relationship by tackling the security challenges…
Программа регионального диалога по усилению взаимосвязи в Центральной Азии // Обеспечение продовольственной безопасности через повышение эффективности работы насосных станций в Согдийской области Таджикистана
Часть страны расположена на высоте более 3000 метров над уровнем моря. В связи с этим более 50% орошаемых земель Таджикистана расположены в зонах…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Central Asia // Recognition of the Role of CAREC in promoting the Nexus approach in Central Asia: Opinion of an international expert
Mariana Rodriguez, Head of the Global Nexus Secretariat team in Bonn, confirmed that CAREC's Nexus initiatives in Central Asia have also been adopted…
Research Article // The nexus across water, energy and food (WEF): Learning from research, building on evidence,strengthening practice
By B. Holmatov and colleagues. While water-energy-food (WEF) Nexus is one of themost important, and widely investigated, environmental topics of our…
Blog // Connecting Companies and Environmental Resources: Knowledge Products Gathered Along the We For Food Initiative
Over a series of four-year, Water and Energy for Food, an international initiative, targeted small middle-sized enterprises working along the…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Central Asia // Promoting innovative partnerships and science-based solutions for water-energy-food security in Central Asia
DUSHANBE, 6 June 2022 – Decision makers, technical and academia professionals from five Central Asian countries discussed the experience to address…
Report // Water governance for climate resilient food systems
To mark the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit a group of 31 globally diverse practitioners and researchers, sound a clarion call for water…
Research article // Irrigation of biomass plantations may globally increase water stress more than climate change
By Fabian Stenzel, Peter Greve, Wolfgang Lucht, Sylvia Tramberend, Yoshihide Wada and Dieter Gerten. To corroborate findings from one earlier…
Research Article // Optimization of agricultural resources in water-energy-food nexus in complex environment: A perspective on multienergy coordination
By Mo Li and colleagues. This study provides an optimization pathway for the sustainable development of WEFN systems in irrigated agricultural areas.…
SPIS Toolbox App // Solar Powered Irrigation System (SPIS) Toolbox App launched
Powering Agriculture (PA) as well as the successor project Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) launched the new SPIS App based on the Toolbox which…
News // Mapping tool helps private sector identify high-potential locations for solar irrigation pumps
By Mansoor Leh. As climate change threatens to exacerbate water scarcity and food insecurity in many parts of Africa, solar water pumps combined with…
Study // Solarising Groundwater Irrigation in India: A Growing Debate
By Nitin Bassi. India’s carbon footprint in agriculture is on the rise. Heavy subsidies for electricity and diesel to pump groundwater for irrigated…
Research Article // Integrated assessment of the sustainable water-energy-food nexus in China: Case studies on multi-regional sustainability and multi-sectoral synergy
By Lijie Sun and colleagues. This paper introduced the current status of WEF nexus in China and constructed a comprehensive indicator system for…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme MENA // Policy Dialogue Session with financial institutions took place in Cairo
The second session of the Policy Dialogue Series on the upscaling of the Nexus farms project took place in Cairo on 24th October. This dialogue was…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme MENA // WEF Nexus Training under the framework of UNESCWA initiative for Capacity Building of Syrian Experts
On 29th Nov -1st Dec, NRD MENA contributed to the UNESCWA initiative for Capacity Building of Syrian Experts by providing a Water-Energy-Food Nexus…