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1 Nhamo, Luxon; Ndlela, B.; Nhemachena, Charles; Mabhaudhi, T.; Mpandeli, S.; Matchaya, Greenwell. 2018. The water-energy-food nexus: climate risks and opportunities in southern Africa. Water, 10(5):1-18. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050567]
Water resources ; Water availability ; Energy resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Climate change ; Resilience ; International waters ; River basins ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Living standards ; Poverty ; Agricultural production ; SADC countries ; Regional development ; Institutions ; Policies ; Models ; Assessment / Southern Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048729)
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The discourse on the need for water, energy, and food security has dominated the development agenda of southern African countries, centred on improving livelihoods, building resilience, and regional integration. About 60% of the population in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) live in rural areas relying mainly on rainfed agriculture, lacking access to clean water and energy, yet the region is endowed with vast natural resources. The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is a conceptual framework that presents opportunities for greater resource coordination, management, and policy convergence across sectors. This is particularly relevant in the SADC region as resources are transboundary and supports efforts linked to regional integration and inclusive socio-economic development and security. We conducted an appraisal of WEF-related policies and institutions in SADC and identified linkages among them. The present ‘silo’ approach in resource management and allocation, often conducted at the national level, contributes to the region’s failure to meet its development targets, exacerbating its vulnerabilities. The lack of coordination of WEF nexus synergies and trade-offs in planning often threatens the sustainability of development initiatives. We highlighted the importance of the WEF nexus to sustainably address the sectoral coordination of resources through harmonised institutions and policies, as well as setting targets and indicators to direct and monitor nexus developments. We illustrate the significance of the nexus in promoting inclusive development and transforming vulnerable communities into resilient societies. The study recommends a set of integrated assessment models to monitor and evaluate the implementation of WEF nexus targets. Going forward, we propose the adoption of a regional WEF nexus framework.
2 Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Anal, A. K. (Eds.) 2017. Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. NJ, USA: Wiley; Washington, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU). 252p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Energy resources ; Food resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Development policy ; Policy making ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Developing countries ; International cooperation ; International waters ; River basins ; Rural areas ; Climate change ; Carbon footprint ; Crop production ; Rice ; Cultivation ; Research institutions ; Riverbanks ; Filtration ; Case studies / South Asia / South Africa / Western Asia / USA / Southeast Nepal / Tanzania / Uganda / Rwanda / Burundi / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Kenya / Ethiopia / Eritrea / South Sudan / Republic of the Sudan / Egypt / Bangladesh / California / Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048731)
3 Muller, M. 2017. The nexus contribution to better management and its limitations. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.21-30.
Water resources ; Water management ; Water use ; Water demand ; Water availability ; Water storage ; Energy resources ; Food resources ; Food supply ; Nexus ; Developing countries ; Socioeconomic development ; Political aspects ; Virtual water ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048734)
4 Smajgl, A.; Ward, J. 2017. Dynamic, cross-sectoral analysis of the water-energy-food nexus: investigating an emerging paradigm. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.31-41.
Water resources ; Energy resources ; Energy demand ; Food resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Investment ; Natural resources / Southeast Asia / China / Myanmar / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048735)
5 Storey, D.; Santucci, L.; Sinha, B. 2017. Urban nexus: an integrated approach for the implementation of the sustainable development goals. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.43-54.
Sustainable Development Goals ; Urbanization ; Natural resources ; Urban environment ; Nexus ; Land use ; Land cover ; Water management ; Municipal authorities ; Case studies / Asia and the Pacific / China / India / Shenzhen / Nashik
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048736)
6 Daher, B. 2017. Modeling the water-energy-food-nexus: A 7-question guideline. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.57-66.
Water resources ; Water scarcity ; Energy resources ; Food resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Guidelines ; Resource allocation ; Resource management ; Decision making ; Planning ; Stakeholders ; Renewable energy ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048737)
7 Shinde, V. R. 2017. Water-energy-food nexus: selected tools and models in practice. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.67-76.
Water resources ; Water security ; Energy resources ; Food resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Integrated management ; International organizations ; Assessment ; Agriculture ; Water user associations ; Emission
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048738)
8 Benson, D.; Gain, A. K.; Rouillard, J.; Giupponi, C. 2017. Governing foe the nexus: empirical, theoretical, and normative dimensions. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.77-88.
Nexus ; Water resources ; Water demand ; Water power ; Water use ; Food production ; Energy generation ; Governance ; Policy making ; Market economies ; Solar energy ; Pumps
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048739)
9 Meyer, K.; Kurian, M. 2017. The role of international cooperation in operationalizing the nexus in developing counties: emerging lessons of the nexus observatory. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.89-102.
Nexus ; International cooperation ; Developing countries ; Socioeconomic environment ; Sustainable development ; Environmental management ; Stakeholders ; Economic development ; Governance ; River basins ; Case studies / Tanzania / Uganda / Rwanda / Burundi / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Kenya / Ethiopia / Eritrea / South Sudan / Republic of the Sudan / Egypt / Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048740)
10 Al-Saidi, M.; Elagib, N. A.; Ribbe, L.; Schellenberg, T.; Roach, E.; Oezhan, D. 2017. Water-energy-food security nexus in the eastern Nile basin: assessing the potential of transboundary regional cooperation. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.103-116.
Water resources ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Energy demand ; Nexus ; River basins ; Assessment ; International waters ; Regional policies ; Cooperation ; Development projects ; Land degradation ; Riparian zones ; Reservoirs ; Fuelwood ; Surface water / Tanzania / Uganda / Rwanda / Burundi / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Kenya / Ethiopia / Eritrea / South Sudan / Republic of the Sudan / Egypt / Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048741)
11 Mohanty, P.; Patnaik, S. 2017. Energy-centric operationalizing of the nexus in rural area: cases from South Asia. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.117-126.
Water resources ; Water availability ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Energy demand ; Nexus ; Rural areas ; Solar energy ; Living standards ; Economic growth ; Drinking water ; Water security ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Case studies / South Asia / India / Nepal / Odisha / Rajasthan / Baunsadiha Village / Makwanpur / Thingan Village
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048742)
12 Dowd-Uribe, B.; Sanon, M.; Roncoli, C.; Orlove, B. 2018. Grounding the nexus: examining the integration of small-scale irrigators into a national food security programme in Burkina Faso. Water Alternatives, 11(2):375-393.
Water resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Development programmes ; Water management ; Decentralization ; Water governance ; Water allocation ; Farmers ; State intervention / Burkina Faso / Upper Comoe Subbasin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048809)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol11/v11issue2/442-a11-2-9/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048809.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048809.pdf
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The water-food nexus literature examines the synergies and trade-offs of resource use but is dominated by large-scale analyses that do not sufficiently engage the local dimensions of resource management. The research presented here addresses this gap with a local-scale analysis of integrated water and food management in Burkina Faso. Specifically, we analyse the implementation of a national food security campaign (Operation Bondofa) to boost maize production in a subbasin that exhibits two important trends in Africa: a large increase in small-scale irrigators and the decentralisation of water management. As surface water levels dropped in the region, entities at different scales asserted increased control over water allocation, exposing the contested nature of new decentralised institutions, and powerful actors’ preference for local control. These scalar power struggles intersected with a lack of knowledge of small-scale irrigators’ cultural practices to produce an implementation and water allocation schedule that did not match small-scale irrigator needs, resulting in low initial enthusiasm for the project. Increased attention from national governments to strengthen decentralised water management committees and spur greater knowledge of, and engagement with, small-scale irrigators can result in improved programme design to better incorporate small-scale irrigators into national food security campaigns.
13 Al-Saidi, M.; Hefny, A. 2018. Institutional arrangements for beneficial regional cooperation on water, energy and food priority issues in the eastern Nile Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 562:821-831. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.05.009]
International waters ; International cooperation ; Water governance ; Energy resources ; Food security ; Nexus ; Corporate culture ; International agreements ; River basins ; Land resources / Egypt / Sudan / Ethiopia / Eastern Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048827)
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Research on water cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin has focused on expanding policy and diplomacy tools for a better allocation of transboundary water resources confined to the river. Regional cooperation on water and related sectors such as energy and land expands the bargaining and areas for mutual gain, and thus enhances cooperation perspectives. This paper looks at the contribution and the potential benefits of a regional cooperation approach to addressing the underlying challenges of water diplomacy, such as complexity and distrust. It also promotes the understanding of river basins as a “resource basin” of integrated and linked resource-use issues, not always related to the river flow. The paper provides an analysis of priority issues for water–energy–food nexus in regional cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin. This basin represents an illustrative case for regional cooperation and increased integration due to multiple comparative advantages inherent in the uneven endowments of water, energy and arable land resources, and to varying levels of economic and technological advancement among the three riparian countries: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. The paper also analyzes institutional arrangements on a regional scale, and elaborates on the inherent trade-offs associated with them.
14 Verma, Shilp; Durga, Neha; Shah, Tushaar. 2018. Solar irrigation pumps and India’s energy-irrigation nexus. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 2. 6p.
Solar energy ; Irrigation practices ; Pumps ; Electrical energy ; Electricity generation ; Nexus ; Groundwater extraction ; Food production ; Farmers / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048843)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/iwmi-tata_water_policy_research_highlight-issue_02_2018.pdf
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15 Ololade, O. O.; Esterhuyse, S.; Levine, A. D. 2017. The water-energy-food nexus from a South African perspective. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.129-140.
Water resources ; Water availability ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Energy demand ; Nexus ; Water scarcity ; Sustainable development ; Developing countries ; Environmental protection ; Land use ; Policy making ; Electricity generation ; Resource management ; Case studies / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048743)
16 Pradhanang, S. M. 2017. Water-energy-food nexus: examples from the USA. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.141-149.
Water resources ; Water availability ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Energy demand ; Nexus ; Water scarcity ; Electricity generation ; Food wastes / USA / Texas
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048744)
17 Liu, Q. 2017. WEF nexus cases from California with climate change implication. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.151-162.
Climate change ; Water resources ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Water use ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Energy demand ; Nexus ; Groundwater ; Food production ; Electricity ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Drought / USA / California
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048745)
18 Dawoud, M. A. H. 2017. Water, energy, and food security nexus in the West Asian Region. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.163-180.
Water resources ; Water availability ; Water demand ; Water policy ; Food security ; Food supply ; Food production ; Energy resources ; Nexus ; Poverty ; Sustainable development ; Farmland ; Supply chain ; Economic aspects ; Rural population ; Urban population ; Renewable resources ; Climate change ; Aquifers ; Land degradation ; Legal aspects / Western Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048746)
19 Barkat, S.; Smith, Z. A. 2017. The food-water-energy nexus in modern rice cultivation in Bangladesh and competing discourses of rice research institutions. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.191-205.
Water resources ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Nexus ; Rice ; Research institutions ; Renewable energy ; Irrigated land ; Farming / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048748)
20 Lee, S. O.; Jung, Y. 2018. Efficiency of water use and its implications for a water-food nexus in the Aral Sea Basin. Agricultural Water Management, 207:80-90. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.014]
Water use efficiency ; Food production ; Nexus ; Agricultural production ; International waters ; Water governance ; Water resources ; Water management ; Economic growth ; Land use ; Climate change ; Rain ; Temperature ; Irrigation methods ; Rivers / Central Asia / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan / Aral Sea Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048839)
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The excessive water use in Central Asian countries has caused an environmental disaster in the Aral Sea. In this regard, they need to improve the efficiency of the use of shared water resources to overcome their environmental and economic difficulties. Accordingly, the twin objectives of this study were firstly to analyse the challenges for the use of water resources in the Aral Sea Basin and secondly to estimate the agricultural water use efficiency according to the crop types and irrigation methods. The results showed that the economic efficiency of water use in Central Asian countries was lower than that of other Asian countries. Finally, this study illustrated that the selection of crop types and irrigation methods can improve the quantitative and economic efficiency of water use. However, a clear preliminary outline of interactions is necessary to avoid failure of coordination and collaboration for a regional win-win approach. In such an outline, this study will deliver valuable information on water efficiency in the Aral Sea basin.
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