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Working Paper // Identifying energy solutions to support development of irrigated agriculture in Ethiopia
By Hua Xie and Dawit Mekonnen. This working paper presents early findings from a country-level planning analysis that aims at identifying energy…
Research Article // Balancing renewable energy and river resources by moving from individual assessments of hydropower projects to energy system planning
By Jeffrey J. Opperman and colleagues. This paper explores strategies to achieve the needed renewable energy expansion while sustaining the diverse…
Research Article // Integrated water availability modelling to assess sustainable agricultural intensification options in the Meki catchment, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia
By Meron Teferi Taye and colleagues. The Meki catchment in the Central Rift Valley basin of Ethiopia is currently experiencing irrigation expansion…
Research Article // Quantifying Sustainable Land-Water-Energy-Food Nexus: The Case of Sustainable Livelihoods in an East African Rift Valley
By Zinabu Wolde and colleagues. This study investigates the link between sustainable LWEF Nexus and livelihoods. Qualitative data were generated…
Project // Sustainable Energy for Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda
Supporting the Productive Use of Energy (PUE) in agricultural value chains to increase productivity and value-addition can be one of the most…
Project // Nexus Gains: Realizing Multiple Benefits Across Water, Energy, Food, and Ecosystems
This CGIAR initiative aims to realize gains across water, energy, food, forests, and biodiversity systems in Central and West Asia and North Africa…
Research Article // Operational planning of WEF infrastructure: quantifying the value of information sharing and cooperation in the Eastern Nile basin
By Jeroen Verhagen, Pieter van der Zaag, and Edo Abraham. With the availability of resources under pressure due to climate change and environmental…
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…
Research Article // Growing Spatial Overlap Between Dam-Related Flooding, Cropland and Domestic Water Points: A Water–Energy–Food Nexus Management Challenge in Malawi and Ghana
By Chengxiu Li, Weiyu Yu, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Moses Asamoah, Catherine Tlotlo Kerapetse, Matt Kandel, and Jim Wright. This study synthesised…
Research article // Critical review on improving irrigation water use efficiency: Advances, challenges, and opportunities in the Ethiopia context
By Daniel G., Eshete, Berhanu G., Sinshaw, Kassaye G. Legese. The objective of this paper is to review and put together issues related to advances,…
Master thesis // The impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissances Dam on the Water-Energy-Food security nexus in Sudan
By Mugahid Elnour. Ethiopia is constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River near the Sudanese borders. This…
Publication // Insights on Water and Climate Change in the Greater Horn of Africa: Connecting Virtual Water and Water-Energy-Food-Biodiversity-Health Nexus
By Hubert Hirwa ,Qiuying Zhang ,Yunfeng Qiao, Yu Peng, Peifang Leng, Chao Tian, Sayidjakhon Khasanov, Fadong Li, Alphonse Kayiranga, Fabien Muhirwa,…
Project // The Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund Trust: Innovation at the nexus of conservation, food, water, energy and business
By Matthew Koehorst, The Nature Conservancy. The Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund (UTNWF) is a public-private partnership that was established to…
Publication // Assessing agroforestry practices and soil and water conservation for climate change adaptation in Kenya: A cost-benefit analysis
This FAO and UNDP supported publication was developed by Paul Maina Guthiga, with contributions from Giacomo Branca, Zipora Otieno, Enrico Mazzoli,…
Publication // Land, energy and water resource management and its impact on GHG emissions, electricity supply and food production - Insights from a Ugandan case study
By Vignesh Sridharan, Abhishek Shivakumar, Taco Niet, Eunice Pereira Ramos, Mark Howells. The article assesses how the change in a policy regarding…
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