Food and Agriculture
Report // Guidance on realizing real water savings with crop water productivity interventions
By Jonna van Opstal, Peter Droogers and Alexander Kaune, FutureWater, with Pasquale Steduto, and Chris Perry, Food and Agriculture Organization of…
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 // The secret to effective stakeholder engagement for applied Nexus solutions
Why is stakeholder engagement a crucial ingredient for the success of Horizon projects, and in particular those that focus on the Water-Energy-Food…
Podcast // Solar as a Crop: Making the water-energy-food nexus profitable for smallholder farmers in India
This episode of the Power for All podcast features an interview with Shilp Verma, discussing how to make the food, water, and energy nexus profitable…
Review // FAO Workshop on: Promoting Water Tenure for Food Security, Climate Resilience and Equity
The FAO-led workshop “Promoting Water Tenure for Food Security, Climate Resilience, and Equity” was implemented in coordination with adelphi on June…
Publication // Energy Use in Organic Food Systems
By Jodi Ziesemer. Based on existing research, this paper from the FAO considers the environmental efficiency of energy use in organic and non-organic…
Nexus Blog // Food Security and Women Empowerment Through Solar-Powered Irrigation in Niger
By Apolline Rolland and WE4F team in Abidjan. Thirty kilometres from the capital of Niger, in the region of Kollo recently marked by terrorism, a…
Climate Action // Solar Irrigation Can Improve Food Security and Prosperity, Says UN Agency
New research from the the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has shown the significant potential for solar powered…
Research Article // Are multiscale water–energy–land–food nexus studies effective in assessing agricultural sustainability?
By Sai Jagadeesh Gaddam and Prasanna Venkatesh Sampath. This study represents a systematic attempt to evaluate the efficacy of multiscale WELF nexus…
Publication // Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to the Charcoal Value Chain
By Harry K. Hoffmann, Klas Sander, Michael Brüntrup and Stefan Sieber. In their study, the authors explore the different steps within the charcoal…
Vacancy // Intern (m/f/d) for the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, GIZ, Germany
The Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme at GIZ is looking for a full-time intern at its Eschborn office for three months, starting October 13, 2021.…