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Publication on Water - Energy - Food Nexus Narratives and Resource Securities
- Chapter 1: The water-energy-food nexus: its transition into a transformative approach (Sylvester Mpandeli, Luxon Nhamo, Aidan Senzanje, Graham Jewitt, Albert Modi, Festo Massawe, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 2: Some quantitative water-energy-food nexus analysis approaches and their data requirements (Jafaru M. Egieya, Johann Görgens, and Neill Goosen)
- Chapter 3: EO-WEF: a Earth Observations for Water, Energy, and Food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation (Zolo Kiala, Graham Jewitt, Aidan Senzanje, Onisimo Mutanga, Timothy Dube, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 4: Scales of application of the WEF nexus approach (Janez Susnik, Sara Masia, and Graham Jewitt)
- Chapter 5: Tools and indices for WEF nexus analysis (Janez Susnik, Sara Masia, Graham Jewitt, and Gareth Simpson)
- Chapter 6: Transboundary WEF nexus analysis: a case study of the Songwe River Basin (Sara Masia, Janez Susnik, Graham Jewitt, Zolo Kiala, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 7: Applying the WEF nexus at a local level: a focus on catchment level (S. Walker, I. Jacobs-Mata, B. Fakudze, M.O. Phahlane, and N. Masekwana)
- Chapter 8: A regional approach to implementing the WEF nexus: a case study of the Southern African Development Community (Patrice Kandolo Kabeya, Dumisani Mndzebele, Moses Ntlamelle, Duncan Samikwa, Alex Simalabwi, Andrew Takawira, Kidane Jembere, and Shamiso Kumbirai)
- Chapter 9: Exploring the contribution of Tugwi-Mukosi Dam toward water, energy, and food security (Never Mujere, and Nelson Chanza)
- Chapter 10: The water-energy-food nexus as an Approach for achieving sustainable development goals 2 (food), 6 (water), and 7 (energy) (Aidan Senzanje, M. Mudhara, and L. Tirivamwe)
- Chapter 11: Enhancing sustainable human and environmental health through nexus planning (Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli1, Shamiso P. Nhamo, Stanley Liphadzi1, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 12: Financing WEF nexus projects: perspectives from interdisciplinary and multidimensional research challenges (Maysoun A. Mustafa. and Christoph Hinske)
- Chapter 13: The Water-Energy-Food nexus as a rallying point for sustainable development: emerging lessons from South and Southeast Asia (Andrew Huey Ping Tan, Eng Hwa Yap, Yousif Abdalla Abakr, Alex M. Lechner, Maysoun A. Mustafa, and Festo Massawe)
- Chapter 14: The water-energy-food nexus: an ecosystems and anthropocentric perspective (Sally Williams, Annette Huber-Lee, Laura Forni, Youssef Almulla, Camilo Ramirez Gomez, Brian Joyce, and Francesco Fuso-Nerini)
- Chapter 15: Water-energy-food nexus approaches to facilitate smallholder agricultural technology adoption in Africa (Michael G. Jacobson)
- Chapter 16: Building capacity for upscaling the WEF nexus and guiding transformational change in Africa (Tendai P. Chibarabada, Goden Mabaya, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Stanley Liphadzi, Krasposy K. Kujinga, Jean-Marie Kileshye-Onema, Hodson Makurira, Dhesigen Naidoo, and Michael G. Jacobson)
- Chapter 17: WEF nexus narratives: toward sustainable resource security (Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Aidan Senzanje, Albert Modi, Graham Jewitt, and Festo Massawe)
Articles related to the Water–Energy–Food Nexus from South Africa (Vice President Prof. Dr. Sylvester Mpandeli)
- A Review of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research in Africa
- An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study
- An optimal diet for planet and people
- Assessing Progress towards Sustainable Development Goals through Nexus Planning
- Climate Change Adaptation through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Southern Africa
- Migration under Climate Change in Southern Africa: A Nexus Planning Perspective
- Nexus planning as a pathway towards sustainable environmental and human health post Covid-19
- Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change
- Prospects for Improving Irrigated Agriculture in Southern Africa: Linking Water, Energy and Food
- Securing Land and Water for Food Production through Sustainable Land Reform: A Nexus Planning Perspective
- Southern Africa’s Water–Energy Nexus: Towards Regional Integration and Development
- Sustainability indicators and indices for the water-energy-food nexus for performance assessment: WEF nexus in practice – South Africa case study
- The Power of Nexus Planning
- The Water–Energy–Food Nexus as a Tool to Transform Rural Livelihoods and Well-Being in Southern Africa
- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level
- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Climate Risks and Opportunities in Southern Africa
- Transitional Pathways towards Achieving a Circular Economy in the Water, Energy, and Food Sectors
- Urban nexus and transformative pathways towards a resilient Gauteng City-Region, South Africa
PRESENTATIONS
Presentations of International Workshop of “The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application”, 04 October 2022, Adelaide, Australia
7. Dual Use of Irrigation Water for Food Production and Hydropower Generation in Japan by Yukiya SAIKA
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Water, energy and food are essential for human well-being and sustainable development. Global projections indicate that demand for freshwater, energy and food will increase significantly over the next decades under the pressure of population growth and mobility, economic development, international trade, urbanization, diversifying diets, cultural and technological changes, as well as climate change and other natural processes. The link between water, energy and food is inextricable in that water is an input for producing all kinds of agricultural crops and along the entire agro-food industry and supply chain. Energy in turn is required to produce and distribute water and food through processes such as pumping ground or surface water, powering tractors and irrigation machinery, and to process and transport agricultural goods. In more explicit terms, using water for irrigation might promote food production but it can also affect river flows and hydropower potential; growing crops under irrigation for bioenergy production can increase overall water exploitations and threaten food security; upgrading surface irrigation systems into more efficient pressurized techniques may conserve water but may also lead to higher energy consumption. Understanding and recognizing the diverse synergies and trade-offs involved between the three components is, thus, critical to ensure balance between water, energy and food security.
To this end, the global community is well aware of food-energy-water challenges, but has often addressed them in isolation, within sectoral margins. At the country level, fragmented sectoral responsibilities, lack of coordination, and inconsistencies between legal and regulatory frameworks has led to misaligned benefits and stress to the natural resources.
With a particular relevance to the Irrigation and Drainage sector, there lies the key question of food security in many developing countries. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts that by 2050, population growth will result in doubled demand for food globally. The resulting present and anticipated challenges entail that innovative approaches have to be adopted to increase food production in order to meet the growing demand. Irrigation development is thought to be a preeminent strategy to answer food security challenges which now claims close to 70 percent of all freshwater withdrawals made for human use. In this perspective, many developing countries are vesting ambitious plans to expand irrigated agriculture. Strategies mainly highlight a shift from public to private investment and from larger to smallerscale systems in irrigation by promoting the idea of affordable and effective irrigation to poor farmers worldwide. The resulting rewards of higher outputs, incomes and better diets are, however, at the expense of higher water and energy consumption.
In addition to the below membership, representatives from CIGR, FAO ICRISAT and Italy are Permanent Observers.In addition to the below membership, representatives from CIGR, FAO ICRISAT and Italy are Permanent Observers.
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Organized an International Workshop on “The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: implementation and examples of applications”, 09:30-13:00 hours (TBC), 02 November 2023 from 09:30:13:30 hours as part of the 25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 74th International Executive Council meeting, 01-08 November 2023 in Vishakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India.
The Call for papers for the above workshops is available for DOWNLOAD. We request the National Committee/ Committee to kindly circulate the announcement to the interested professionals/experts for submitting their abstracts/papers for the above workshops. Also, request all the professionals to submit their abstract(s) for the workshop with a copy to ICID Central Office (icid@icid.org).
(a) To exchange information, knowledge, and experience, as well as networking on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus topic in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. This can be the basis for a possible position paper on key issues on the nexus. (b) To prepare an overview document on the state of the art on improving water use efficiency and productivity within the nexus. (c) to produce a document of impact of climate change and possible use of non-conventional less water consuming crops (d) To prepare an overview document on the state of the art on model applications as useful management tools for water, crops, field and energy management within the nexus (e) To prepare and present reports on case studies on recent developments in the countries that are represented in the WG; and from presented cases of the workshops (f) To organize international workshops, seminars or symposia on the Nexus topic. (g) To implement ICID 2030 vision.
Established : 2020Membership
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab | ra************* | United Kingdom | Chair |
2 | Dr. K. Yella Reddy, FIE | ky************* | India | Vice Chair |
3 | Dr. Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi | m.************* | Iran | Secretary |
4 | Dr. Chung Feng Ding | cf************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
5 | Eng. Karshiyev Rustum Jurayevih | r.************* | Uzbekistan | Member |
6 | Dr. Lu Hui | lu************* | China | Member |
7 | Dr. Marco Arcieri | m.************* | Italy | Member |
8 | Prof. NAM Won Ho | wo************* | South Korea | Member |
9 | Dr. Narges Zohrabi | na************* | Iran | Member |
10 | Dr. Noppadon Kowsuvon | Pr************* | Thailand | Member |
11 | Dr. Watchara Suiadee | wa************* | Thailand | Member |
12 | Mr. Yukiya Saika | y.************* | Japan | Member |
13 | Mr. Herbert H. Van Lier | me************* | Italy | Observer |
14 | Dr. Piyatida Ruangrassamee | Pi************* | Thailand | Observer |
15 | Mr. Syaiful Mahdi | sy************* | Indonesia | Observer |
16 | Mr. Abbas Fadhel | ab************* | Iraq | Provisional Member |
17 | Ir. Adang Saf Ahmad | ad************* | Indonesia | Provisional Member |
18 | Dr. Amani Alfarra | am************* | Canada | Provisional Member |
19 | Mr. Basim Tuama Naser | ba************* | Iraq | Provisional Member |
20 | Mr. Books LIU Dongzhe | bo************* | China | Provisional Member |
21 | Mr. Carl Walters | ca************* | Australia | Provisional Member |
22 | Mr. Chaisri Suksaroj | fe************* | Thailand | Provisional Member |
23 | Prof. Cheh-Shy Ting | cs************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Provisional Member |
24 | Dr. Deepak Khare - Direct Member | kh************* | India | Provisional Member |
25 | Prof. Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey | vi************* | Nepal | Provisional Member |
26 | Dr. Junzeng Xu | xj************* | China | Provisional Member |
27 | Mr. Liangsheng Shi (YP) | li************* | China | Provisional Member |
28 | Dr. Man Singh | ma************* | India | Provisional Member |
29 | Dr. P. Soman | dr************* | India | Provisional Member |
30 | Dr. Peng-Jui Wang | ar************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Provisional Member |
31 | Prof. Dr. S. Vishnuvardhan | vi************* | India | Provisional Member |
32 | Prof. Dr. Zeinab Hussien Behairy | z_************* | Egypt | Provisional Member |
33 | Prof. Daniele de Wrachien | da************* | Italy | Permanent Observer |
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Publication on Water - Energy - Food Nexus Narratives and Resource Securities
- Chapter 1: The water-energy-food nexus: its transition into a transformative approach (Sylvester Mpandeli, Luxon Nhamo, Aidan Senzanje, Graham Jewitt, Albert Modi, Festo Massawe, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 2: Some quantitative water-energy-food nexus analysis approaches and their data requirements (Jafaru M. Egieya, Johann Görgens, and Neill Goosen)
- Chapter 3: EO-WEF: a Earth Observations for Water, Energy, and Food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation (Zolo Kiala, Graham Jewitt, Aidan Senzanje, Onisimo Mutanga, Timothy Dube, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 4: Scales of application of the WEF nexus approach (Janez Susnik, Sara Masia, and Graham Jewitt)
- Chapter 5: Tools and indices for WEF nexus analysis (Janez Susnik, Sara Masia, Graham Jewitt, and Gareth Simpson)
- Chapter 6: Transboundary WEF nexus analysis: a case study of the Songwe River Basin (Sara Masia, Janez Susnik, Graham Jewitt, Zolo Kiala, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 7: Applying the WEF nexus at a local level: a focus on catchment level (S. Walker, I. Jacobs-Mata, B. Fakudze, M.O. Phahlane, and N. Masekwana)
- Chapter 8: A regional approach to implementing the WEF nexus: a case study of the Southern African Development Community (Patrice Kandolo Kabeya, Dumisani Mndzebele, Moses Ntlamelle, Duncan Samikwa, Alex Simalabwi, Andrew Takawira, Kidane Jembere, and Shamiso Kumbirai)
- Chapter 9: Exploring the contribution of Tugwi-Mukosi Dam toward water, energy, and food security (Never Mujere, and Nelson Chanza)
- Chapter 10: The water-energy-food nexus as an Approach for achieving sustainable development goals 2 (food), 6 (water), and 7 (energy) (Aidan Senzanje, M. Mudhara, and L. Tirivamwe)
- Chapter 11: Enhancing sustainable human and environmental health through nexus planning (Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli1, Shamiso P. Nhamo, Stanley Liphadzi1, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)
- Chapter 12: Financing WEF nexus projects: perspectives from interdisciplinary and multidimensional research challenges (Maysoun A. Mustafa. and Christoph Hinske)
- Chapter 13: The Water-Energy-Food nexus as a rallying point for sustainable development: emerging lessons from South and Southeast Asia (Andrew Huey Ping Tan, Eng Hwa Yap, Yousif Abdalla Abakr, Alex M. Lechner, Maysoun A. Mustafa, and Festo Massawe)
- Chapter 14: The water-energy-food nexus: an ecosystems and anthropocentric perspective (Sally Williams, Annette Huber-Lee, Laura Forni, Youssef Almulla, Camilo Ramirez Gomez, Brian Joyce, and Francesco Fuso-Nerini)
- Chapter 15: Water-energy-food nexus approaches to facilitate smallholder agricultural technology adoption in Africa (Michael G. Jacobson)
- Chapter 16: Building capacity for upscaling the WEF nexus and guiding transformational change in Africa (Tendai P. Chibarabada, Goden Mabaya, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Stanley Liphadzi, Krasposy K. Kujinga, Jean-Marie Kileshye-Onema, Hodson Makurira, Dhesigen Naidoo, and Michael G. Jacobson)
- Chapter 17: WEF nexus narratives: toward sustainable resource security (Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Aidan Senzanje, Albert Modi, Graham Jewitt, and Festo Massawe)
Articles related to the Water–Energy–Food Nexus from South Africa (Vice President Prof. Dr. Sylvester Mpandeli)
- A Review of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research in Africa
- An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study
- An optimal diet for planet and people
- Assessing Progress towards Sustainable Development Goals through Nexus Planning
- Climate Change Adaptation through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Southern Africa
- Migration under Climate Change in Southern Africa: A Nexus Planning Perspective
- Nexus planning as a pathway towards sustainable environmental and human health post Covid-19
- Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change
- Prospects for Improving Irrigated Agriculture in Southern Africa: Linking Water, Energy and Food
- Securing Land and Water for Food Production through Sustainable Land Reform: A Nexus Planning Perspective
- Southern Africa’s Water–Energy Nexus: Towards Regional Integration and Development
- Sustainability indicators and indices for the water-energy-food nexus for performance assessment: WEF nexus in practice – South Africa case study
- The Power of Nexus Planning
- The Water–Energy–Food Nexus as a Tool to Transform Rural Livelihoods and Well-Being in Southern Africa
- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level
- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Climate Risks and Opportunities in Southern Africa
- Transitional Pathways towards Achieving a Circular Economy in the Water, Energy, and Food Sectors
- Urban nexus and transformative pathways towards a resilient Gauteng City-Region, South Africa
PRESENTATIONS+
Presentations of International Workshop of “The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application”, 04 October 2022, Adelaide, Australia
7. Dual Use of Irrigation Water for Food Production and Hydropower Generation in Japan by Yukiya SAIKA
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