Water Use
Water Use for Food
With agriculture being responsible for 70% of the global water withdrawals (“Water Scarcity and Agriculture”, The Water Project) and climate change affecting rainfall patterns, water management techniques in the agriculture and food industries are needed to reduce the water demands. Because 80% of the farm land is rainfed and contributes about 58% to the global food basket (Rainfed Agriculture: Unlocking the Potential, Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series, 2009), threats from water scarcity and climate change are serious problems, especially in developing countries. This section focuses on technologies and practices such as water and energy conserving irrigation techniques, treating water for crop production, low-energy water harvesting, rain catchment systems and analyzing the water footprint or virtual water in food products for discovering water and energy conserving opportunities.
Resources CESC
Publication
Assessing the Feasibility of Using Produced Water for Irrigation in Colorado
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Science of the Total Environment
Date:
1 November 2018
Publication
Energy use in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS): A Review
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Aquacultural Engineering (Volume 81)
Date:
1 May 2018
Publication
Evaluation of CRP on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS)
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CGIAR
Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA) of CGIAR
Date:
27 March 2018
Publication
Evaluation of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE): Volume 1, Evaluation Report
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CGIAR
Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA) of CGIAR
Date:
27 March 2018
Publication
Food Consumption and Waste in Spanish Households: Water Implications Within and Beyond National Borders
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Ecological Indicators
Date:
1 June 2018
Tools and Websites
Grace Communications Foundation: Nexus Food, Water and Energy
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Grace Communications Foundation
Publication
Linking the Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainable Development Indicators for the Mediterranean Region
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Ecological Indicators
Date:
27 April 2018
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Onsite Food Waste Processing as an Opportunity to Conserve Water in a Medical Facility Case Study, Abu Dhabi
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Energy Procedia
Date:
1 March 2017
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PV Water Pumping for Carbon Sequestration in Dry Land Agriculture
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Energy Procedia
Publication
Reusing Oil and Gas Produced Water for Irrigation of Food Crops in Drylands
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Agricultural Water Management
Date:
30 July 2018
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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in East Asia: A Tele-connected Value Chain Analysis Using Inter-regional Input-output Analysis
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Applied Energy
Date:
15 January 2018
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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Opportunities
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Energy Procedia
Date:
1 September 2017
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Millennium Villages Project-Mali
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Columbia Water Center
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Leveraging Agroecology for Solutions in Food, Energy, and Water
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Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
Date:
2 March 2017
Publication
Hydropower Versus Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Patterns
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Environmental Research Letters
Date:
28 February 2017
Publication
How the Nexus of Water/Food/Energy can be Seen with the Perspective of People Well Being and the Italian BES Framework
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Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia
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Australia Food Water Energy Nexus: Australia a Long Term Sustainable & Reliable Strategically Aligned Food Security Value Chain Partner
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Australia Export Grains Innovation Centre (aegic)
Publication
Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades
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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Date:
26 June 2017