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Legacy of the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme // Final Products
After six years of diligent implementation, the conclusion of the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, was successfully achieved in June 2023.…
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…
Research Article // Water allocation using system dynamic modelling in the aquaculture integrated with small-scale irrigation systems in Malawi
By Brighton Austin Chunga and colleagues. The agricultural sector is faced with numerous challenges including climate change and water scarcity in…
Research Article // Utilizing the water-land-food security nexus to review the underperformance of smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
By Henry Bikwibili Tantoh and Tracey J.M. Mckay. This study investigated the relationship between water, land and food security with respect to…
Report // Living Customary Water Tenure in Rights-based Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Barbara van Koppen. Based on literature, this IWMI research report seeks to develop a grounded understanding of the ways in which rural people…
Research Article // Securing Land and Water for Food Production through Sustainable Land Reform: A Nexus Planning Perspective
By Luxon Nhamo and colleagues. This study used a mixed research method, integrating both quantitative and qualitative data, to develop a framework to…
Research Article // Adaptive Responses to Water, Energy, and Food Challenges and Implications on the Environment: An Exploratory Study of Harare
By Crecentia Pamidzai Gandidzanwa and Muchaiteyi Togo. In southern Africa, the scarcity of the resources has escalated due to increased pressure from…
Working Paper // Guidelines for community-led multiple use water services: evidence from rural South Africa.
These generic guidelines derived from the lived experience of the project show how a community-led approach implements step-wise planning, design and…
Research Article // Household water-energy-food security nexus: Empirical evidence from Hamburg and Melani communities in South Africa
By Thulani Ningi, Amon Taruvinga, Leocadia Zhou, and Saul Ngarava. This paper concludes that water security is one of the major issues from the study…
Research Article // Stress-testing development pathways under a changing climate: water-energy-food security in the lake Malawi-Shire river system
By Ajay G. Bhave, Declan Conway, Suraje Dessai, Andrew J. Dougill and David Mkwambisi. This study explores the different dimensions of WEF security…
Research Article // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Index: A Tool to Support Integrated Resource Planning, Management and Security
By Gareth B. Simpson and colleagues. Based on the constituent indicators, the WEF Nexus Index is a function of the national resource base (e.g.,…
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 // Long term relationship between food, energy and water inflation in South Africa
By Saul Ngarava. South Africa is a water scarce country, with limited irrigable land and an energy sector that is coal-based and water intensive. The…
Research article // Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change
By Dhesigen Naidoo, Luxon Nhamo, Sylveste Mpandeli, Nafisa Sobratee, Aidan Senzanje, Stanley Liphadzi, Rob Slotow, Michael Jacobson, Albert T Modi…
Research article // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level
By Luxon Nhamo, Bekithemba Ndlela, Sylvester Mpandeli and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi. The authors of the study developed a conceptual framework to…
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