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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment by Ringler, Claudia, Willenbockel, Dirk, Pérez, Nicostrato D., Rosegrant, Mark W., Zhu, Tingju, Matthews, Nathaniel

“…The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture (SDG2); (2) Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG6); and (3) Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all (SDG7). …”
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Phytoremediation of Contaminated Sites to Produce Feedstock for Sustainable Biofuels by Ortner, Markus, Otto, H.J., Brunbauer, Lukas, Kick, Christopher, Eschen, Markus, Sanchis, Sonia, Matanzas Valtuille, Nora, Catalan Merlos, Alba, Zeremski, Tijana, Jeromela, A., Milic, S., Szlek, Andrzej, Petela, Karolina, Simla, T., Grassi, Angela, Capaccioli, S., Fermeglia, Matteo, Vanheusden, Bernard, Perišić, Marko, Young, Brian Jonathan, Roqueiro, Gonzalo, Rizzo, Pedro Federico, Heredia, Belén, Hruby, Silvina Anabela, Maletić, S., Roncevic, S., Kragulj Isakovski, M., Beljin, I., Kidikas, Zygimantas, Kasiuliene, A., Gavrilovic, O., Blazquez-Palli, Natalia, Lopez Cabornero, Daniel, Jaggi, Carmen, Klein, Viktor

“…Biomass can play a higher role for energy availability and security in the context of decarbonisation; but land scarcity is a critical and limiting factor for the global biofuel production from energy crops. …”
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Water - energy - food nexus narratives and resource securities: a global south perspective by Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Senzanje, A., Modi, A., Jewitt, G., Massawe, F.

“…By presenting concepts, analytical tools, and case studies, the book serves as a practical resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in sustainability and functional roles across all three sectors. …”
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Sustainable irrigation technologies: a water-energy-food (WEF) nexus perspective towards achieving more crop per drop per joule per hectare by Taguta, C., Dirwai, T. L., Senzanje, A., Sikka, Alok, Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Sustainable agricultural intensification requires irrigation methods and strategies to minimize yield penalties while optimizing water, land and energy use efficiencies. …”
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The changing energy: Irrigation nexus in Eastern India by Kishore, Avinash

“…Rather than reducing water use, state policies should be targeted towards sustainable development of water resources. Energy policies have an important role to play in this groundwater dependent region.…”
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Multi-hazard Early Warning for All Action Plan for Africa (2023-2027) by World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, African Union, International Telecommunication Union, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

“…EW4All Action Plan is fully aligned with Agenda 2063, ‘The Africa we want’, the Africa Climate Change Strategy, the 2030 global agenda and supports key Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction provisions and the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals on poverty, hunger, health, water, clean energy, climate action and sustainable cities.…”
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Energy transition in Knivsta: nothing but hot air? by Welling, Sebastian

“…The expectation of decreased system costs due to an increase in temperature cannot completely be fulfilled for all energy system solu-tions. One reason for that is the sensitivity of some of the energy systems, especial-ly to changes in peak load for small-scale heat supply. …”
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Bigger change faster: Integrated development, health and environment actions for a sustainable future by Goldstein, Joshua, Tallis, Heather, Linou, Natalia, Small, Roy, Ringler, Claudia, Bernal, Luisa, Bok, Ludo, Bryan, Elizabeth, Chao, Verania, Cooper, Simon, Zhang, Wei

“…These are (1) accelerating a low-carbon, clean air, and environmentally-friendly energy future for all; (2) transforming the global food system for health and sustainability and (3) targeting sanitation and wastewater improvements to benefit people and nature. …”
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Energy from municipal solid waste in Chennai, India by Axelsson , Camilla, Kvarnström , Theres

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Modelling energy metabolism of friesians in Kenya smallholdings shows how heat stress and energy deficit constrain milk yield and cow replacement rate by King, J.M., Parsons, D.J., Turnpenny, J.R., Nyangaga, J., Bakari, P., Wathes, C.M.

“…The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development focussed attention on agricultural sustainability and biodiversity in developing countries. …”
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Modification of nutrient requirements for a four crop-based cropping system to increase system productivity, maintain soil fertility, and achieve sustainable intensification by Quddus, Md. Abdul, Anwar, Md. Babul, Alam, Md. Khairul, Ahmed, Razu, Sarker, Khokan Kumer, Islam, Md. Anarul, Islam, Md. Torikul, Kobeasy, Mohamed I., Gaber, Ahmed, Ahmed, Sharif

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Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy by Schulte, Lisa A., Dale, Bruce E., Bozzetto, Stefano, Liebman, Matt, Souza, Glaucia M., Haddad, Nick, Richard, Tom L., Basso, Bruno, Brown, Robert C., Hilbert, Jorge Antonio, Arbuckle, J. Gordon

“…A dichotomy expressed as ‘food versus fuel’ has misled thinking and hindered needed action towards building agricultural systems in ways that are regenerative, biodiverse, climate resilient, equitable and economically sustainable. Here we offer examples of agricultural systems that meet the urgent needs while also producing food and energy. …”
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Interactive effect of weeding regimes, rice cultivars, and seeding rates influence the rice-weed competition under dry direct-seeded condition by Ahmed, Sharif, Alam, M. Jahangir, Hossain, Akbar, Islam, A. K. M. Mominul, Awan, Tahir H., Soufan, Walid, Qahtan, Ahmed Ali, Okla, Mohmmad K., EL Sabagh, Ayman

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The water-energy-food nexus: its transition into a transformative approach by Mpandeli, S., Nhamo, L., Senzanje, A., Jewitt, G., Modi, A., Massawe, F., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…These challenges prompted the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. All the 17 SDGs are connected. …”
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A critical review of quantifying water-energy-food nexus interactions by Li, W., Ward, P. J., van Wesenbeeck, L.

“…The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus exemplifies the holistic, integrated, and interdisciplinary system approach, emphasizing mutual interactions between water, energy, and food resources. …”
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Spatio-temporal analysis of water quality for pesticides and other agricultural pollutants in Deduru Oya river basin of Sri Lanka by Jayasiri, M.M.J.G.C.N., Yadav, Sudhir, Dayawansa, N.D.K., Propper, Catherine R., Kumar, Virender, Singleton, Grant R.

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Developing a women’s empowerment in energy index: Conceptual framework and empirical evidence by Alvi, Muzna, Vemireddy, Vidya, Ringler, Claudia, Tank, Nikita

“…Equal access to clean energy is key to meeting SDG 5 (gender equality) and SDG 7 (ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy services for all). …”
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Comparisons of energy balance and evapotranspiration between flooded and aerobic rice fields in the Philippines by Alberto, Ma. Carmelita R., Wassmann, Reiner, Hirano, Takashi, Miyata, Akira, Hatano R, Kumar, Arvind, Tirol-Padre, Agnes, Amante, Modesto

“…In total, we had to gap-fill an average of 50–60% of the missing weekly data as well as those values rejected by the quality control tests in each rice field in all four cropping seasons. Although the EC method provides a direct measurement of LE, which is the energy used for ET, we needed to correct the values of H and LE to close the energy balance using the Bowen ratio closure method before we used LE to estimate ET. …”
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Learning resources for Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus capacity development by CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains

“…Water, energy, food, and the ecosystems that sustain these are intrinsically linked. …”
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Unleashing the potential of solar irrigation in Bangladesh: key lessons from different implementation models by Mitra, Archisman, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Osmani, A. Z., Mukherji, Aditi

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