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Water, food and energy nexus challenges
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2014Comprehensive yet concise report outlining the key challenges and projected demands in the global agricultural sector, from an energy-water-food nexus perspective.DocumentClimate change and sustainable water management in central Asia
Asian Development Bank, 2014This working paper explores adaptation options in Central Asia. It describes the results of research conducted by a technical assistance in Central Asia. The research combined field observations with satellite-based data and created models to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on the hydrology of the Aral Sea Basin.DocumentImpact of climate change on agriculture and food crops: Options for climate smart Agriculture and local adaptation in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change, 2014This paper identifies some of the innovations in water use efficiency and water management at crop levels such as mulching, water diversification measures and agro-forestry system which are being used by a few successful farmers.DocumentA conceptual flash flood early warning system for Africa, based on terrestrial microwave links and flash flood guidance
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2014This journal article describes a conceptual flash flood early warning system for developing countries, with a particular focus on the system that is currently being developed for Kenya.DocumentGroundwater as an emergency source for drought mitigation in the Crocodile River catchment
Copernicus Publications, 2014This study assesses the drought intensity and severity and the groundwater potential to be used as a supplement source of water to mitigate drought impacts in the Crocodile River catchment, a water-stressed sub-catchment of the Incomati River catchment in South Africa.DocumentWater resources: management and strategies in Nigeria
AFRREV STECH: An International Journal of Science and Technology, 2014This journal paper focuses on water development. It argues that because of the lack of sound early development policy and meaningful investments, the rational use of water resources poses a great problem and challenge to the country.DocumentWater security and economic development
Evidence on Demand, 2014This Evidence on Demand Topic Guide provides an introduction to the topic of water security and its contribution to economic growth, outlining the importance of various social, economic and institutional barriers to water security.DocumentFood, water, and energy security in South Asia: a nexus perspective from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
Science Direct, 2014With limited land resources, inadequate energy supply, and growing water stress, South Asia faces the challenge of providing enough water and energy to grow enough food for the burgeoning population.DocumentRapid desk based evidence search and gap analysis on environmental degradation and pollution in developing countries
Evidence on Demand, 2013This study has collated information on the role that pollution (air, water and soil pollution) has played in environmental degradation and the consequences of such degradation for human well-being, poverty.DocumentUnited Nations World Water Development Report 2014: Water and Energy, Volume 1
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2014This report provides an overview of major and emerging trends from around the world, with examples of how some of the trend-related challenges have been addressed, their implications for policy-makers, and further actions that can be taken by stakeholders and the international community. It argues that water and energy are closely interconnected and highly interdependent.Pages