Modelling and Assessment
Infographic // What is a food system without water and energy?
Explore this graphic to learn more about why the water, food, energy Nexus must play a central role at the UN Food Systems Summit.
FAO Report // The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2021 – Systems at breaking point
By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Report highlights the worsening state of the earth’s soil, land and water resources –…
Bridging Science and Policy in Water-Energy-Food Nexus // Using the Q-Nexus Model for Informing Policy Making
By Ali Karnib. Water, energy and food (WEF) systems are highly interconnected and they directly and indirectly affect one another. Science based…
Publication // The nexus of water-energy-food in China's tourism industry
The tourism industry contributes significantly to the growth of the global economy and is considered to be strongly associated with a large amounts…
Research article // The food-water-energy nexus governance model: A case study for Iran
By Nima Norouzi and Ghazal Kalantari. In this paper, a novel governance framework is being implemented to improve the conceptual framework of the…
Research Article // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Tools in Theory and Practice: A Systematic Review
By Taguta Cuthberg, Senzanje Aidan, Kiala Zolo, Mphatso Malota, and Mabhaudhi Tafadzwanashe. With WEF Nexus tools being increasingly developed, this…
Considering the Energy, Water and Food Nexus // Towards an Integrated Modelling Approach
By Morgan Bazilian, Holger Rogner, Mark Howells, Sebastian Hermann, Douglas Arent, Dolf Gielen, Pasquale Steduto, Alexander Mueller, Paul Komor,…
Nexus Publication // Increasing Returns on Investment Opportunities by applying a Nexus Approach: Best practice Nexus Case Studies
By Dalton, James; Welling, Rebecca; Meyer, Kristin; Lindelien, Maria Carreño; Riddell, P. J.. This new publication by IUCN, Regional Office for…
Publication // A revised draft People-first Public-Private Partnerships Evaluation Methodology for the Sustainable Development Goals
This document contains a draft People-first Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Evaluation Methodology for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Research Article // Water-food-energy nexus for transboundary cooperation in Eastern Africa
By Hamdy Elsayed and colleagues. This paper proposed a WEF nexus-based simulation framework to analyse cooperation opportunities as well as…
Job posting // Postdoc Modelling groundwater use and crop production
Wageningen University & Research is offering a postdoc position (three years full time) in modelling groundwater use and crop production. The…
Interdisciplinary Demand Modelling // Envisioning Surprises: How Social Sciences could help Models represent ‘Deep Uncertainty’ in Future Energy and Water Demand
By Maria Sharmina, Dana Abi Ghanem, Alison L. Browne, Sarah Marie Hall, Josephine Mylan, Saska Petrova, Ruth Wood. This paper explores how future…
Publication // The Nile Water-Food-Energy Nexus under Uncertainty: Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
By Hamdy Elsayed; Slobodan Djordjević; Dragan A. Savić, M.ASCE; Ioannis Tsoukalas; and Christos Makropoulos. A system dynamics model was developed…
Publication // Climate and Southern Africa's Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By Declan Conway, Emma Archer van Garderen, Delphine Deryng, Steve Dorling, Tobias Krueger, Willem Landman, Bruce Lankford, Karen Lebek, Tim Osborn,…
Research Article // A novel modelling toolkit for unpacking the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus of agricultural development
By M.E. Correa-Cano and colleagues. An integrated WEFE Nexus modelling toolkit that covers the biophysical and socioeconomic aspects of agricultural…