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Welcome to the <big>'''Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Portal'''</big>
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The '''Powering Agriculture Portal''' aims to provide an overview of information related to clean energy technologies as well as increased energy efficiency to enhance agricultural production and value.<br/>
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'''Water and Energy for Food''' is a joint international initiative that provides financial support, technical assistance, and investment facilitation to water-energy-food innovations. This portal provides information and tools that targets the integration of water, food, and energy to further agricultural productivity and efficiency. [[Water_and_Energy_for_Food|Read more]]<!--<svgmap width="100%" color="#79d248" mark="ng" mark-color="#ffc714" flag="true" flag-size=""></svgmap>-->
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=== [[file:SustainableEnergy teal.svg|25px|link=]] Sustainable Energy for Food ===
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Agriculture is both one of the main energy consuming sectors and one of the most affected sectors by the effects of climate change. Understanding the nexus between energy and food is essential to develop climate-smart solutions in the agricultural sector.
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<h3> Energy Agriculture Nexus </h3>
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*[[The Links between Energy & Food|The Links between Energy & Food]]
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*[[Energy Needs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture|Energy Needs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture]]
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*[[The Potential of Climate-Smart Agriculture|The Potential of Climate-Smart Agriculture]]
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*[[Introducing the Energy-Agriculture Nexus |Introducing the Nexus]]
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=== [[file:WaterinAgriculture blue.svg|25px|link=]] Water Use in Agriculture ===
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*[[Comparison of various Policy Tools for Promoting Renewable Energies|Comparison of various Policy Tools for Promoting Renewable Energies]]
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Around 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals go into agriculture. Sustainable water management is pivotal in order to increase water use efficiency and ensure food and nutrition security.
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*[[Literature Analysis: Energy in Agriculture|Literature overview: Energy and Agriculture]]
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=== [[file:Application blue.svg|25px|link=]] Application in Food and Agriculture ===
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Sustainable energy can be applied in a large variety of agricultural activities, ensuring electricity supply in remote areas while increasing farmers’ incomes by saving costs on energy provision from traditional sources.
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*[[Sustainable Energy for Pumping and Irrigation|Pumping and Irrigation]]
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*[[Sustainable Energy for Cooling|Cooling]]
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*[[Sustainable Energy for Drying|Drying]]
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*[[Renewable Energy Resources in Powering Agriculture|Renewable Energy Resources]]
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Depending on the geographical location, some energy sources are more suitable for agricultural production and processing steps than others. Adapting to local conditions is essential to improve energy efficiency.
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*[[Business Models for the Energy-Agriculture Nexus|Business Models]]
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The implementation of sustainable energy can be found among all steps of different value chains. Depending on production requirements and local conditions, technical innovations can improve farmers’ livelihoods considerably.
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*[[Comparative Financial Analysis of Irrigation Solutions|Comparative Financial Analysis of Irrigation Solutions]]
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*[[Sustainable Energy Use in the Dairy Value Chain|Dairy]]
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*[[Agri-food Enterprises in the Energy-Agriculture Nexus|Agri-food Enterprises]]
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*[[Techno-Economic Analysis in Agricultural Value Chains|Techno-Economic Analysis in Agricultural Value Chains]]
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*[[Sustainable Energy Use in Fruit and Vegetable Value Chains|Fruit and Vegetable]]
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*[[Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Agrifood Business Cases|Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Agrifood Business Cases]]<br/>
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*[[Sustainable Energy Use in the Fish Value Chain|Fish]]
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<h3> PoweringAg: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development </h3>
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The world’s first fuel is energy efficiency, key to protect natural resources and the climate. Identifying and solving efficiency gaps is crucial for sustainable development.
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*[[Energy Efficiency in Agrifood Systems|Energy Efficiency in Agrifood Systems]]
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*[[MOOC: Powering Agriculture – Sustainable Energy for Food|MOOC Powering Agriculture]]
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*[https://poweringag.org/docs/annual-report-fy-2015 Powering Agriculture Annual Report]
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*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development|Powering Ag: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC)]]
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The adoption of clean energy solutions can improve considerably when governmental action and regulations provide clear incentives and complement market development.
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*[[Policies and Regulations for Sustainable Agrifood Systems|Policies and Regulations for Sustainable Agrifood Systems]]
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*[[Opportunities for Agri-Food Chains to become Energy-Smart|Study: Energy-Smart agri-food Chains]]
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As financing is usually the main barrier to gain access to innovative sustainable technologies, both appropriate financial instruments and thoughtful business models are necessary to promote and finance sustainable innovations.
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*[[Financial Instruments and Financing for Sustainable Agrifood Systems|Financial Instruments and Financing]]
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*[[Cooling for Agriculture|Cooling]]<br/>
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*[[Energy Efficiency Introduction|Basics of Energy Efficiency]]
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*[[Energy Efficiency in Powering Agriculture|Energy Efficiency in Agriculture]]
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The linkages between water, energy and agriculture impact a multitude of cross-cutting issues, such as gender, health and land rights.
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*[[Energy Auditing|Energy Auditing]]
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*[[Digitalisation in Agriculture|Digitalisation in Agriculture]]
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=== [[file:blank icon.svg|25px|link=]] Downloads and Links ===
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All links for reports, case studies, innovations, tools and useful training material can be found here.
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*[[Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems: Publications|Publications]]
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== Further Information ==
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==== External Websites ====
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*<center>[https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/156008.html Saving water and energy in agriculture and food production - giz.de]</center>
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*<center>[https://www.water-energy-food.org/ Home | Nexus - The Water, Energy & Food Security Resource Platform]</center>
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====  SPIS Toolbox ====
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[[Toolbox on SPIS|Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS)]]
  
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[http://www.reeep.org/sites/default/files/REEEP_Making_The_Case.pdf How Agrifood Firms are Building New Business Cases in The Nexus]
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[[Opportunity - SPIS Toolbox - Online Trainings for Advisors|SPIS Toolbox - Online Trainings for Advisors]]
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[http://sip.africa.iwmi.org/ New tool to assess land suitability for irrigation using solar energy]
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[https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-productive-uses-of-energy?utm_source=ZohoCRM+Contacts&utm_campaign=34141ee49c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_30_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7c3f1e0b60-34141ee49c-326791533 Fact Sheet: Productive uses of energy]
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 20 November 2024

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Welcome to the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Portal


Water and Energy for Food is a joint international initiative that provides financial support, technical assistance, and investment facilitation to water-energy-food innovations. This portal provides information and tools that targets the integration of water, food, and energy to further agricultural productivity and efficiency. Read more



SustainableEnergy teal.svg Sustainable Energy for Food

Agriculture is both one of the main energy consuming sectors and one of the most affected sectors by the effects of climate change. Understanding the nexus between energy and food is essential to develop climate-smart solutions in the agricultural sector.

WaterinAgriculture blue.svg Water Use in Agriculture

Around 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals go into agriculture. Sustainable water management is pivotal in order to increase water use efficiency and ensure food and nutrition security.

Application blue.svg Application in Food and Agriculture

Sustainable energy can be applied in a large variety of agricultural activities, ensuring electricity supply in remote areas while increasing farmers’ incomes by saving costs on energy provision from traditional sources.

EnergySource blue.svg Energy Source for Food Production

Depending on the geographical location, some energy sources are more suitable for agricultural production and processing steps than others. Adapting to local conditions is essential to improve energy efficiency.

ValueChain blue.svg Value Chain

The implementation of sustainable energy can be found among all steps of different value chains. Depending on production requirements and local conditions, technical innovations can improve farmers’ livelihoods considerably.

EnergyEfficiency blue.svg Energy Efficiency

The world’s first fuel is energy efficiency, key to protect natural resources and the climate. Identifying and solving efficiency gaps is crucial for sustainable development.

PoliciesRegulations blue.svg Policies and Regulations

The adoption of clean energy solutions can improve considerably when governmental action and regulations provide clear incentives and complement market development.

Financingteal.svg Financing and Business Models

As financing is usually the main barrier to gain access to innovative sustainable technologies, both appropriate financial instruments and thoughtful business models are necessary to promote and finance sustainable innovations.

Crosscutting icon.svg Cross-cutting Issues

The linkages between water, energy and agriculture impact a multitude of cross-cutting issues, such as gender, health and land rights.

Blank icon.svg Downloads and Links

All links for reports, case studies, innovations, tools and useful training material can be found here.

Further Information


External Websites

SPIS Toolbox

Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS)

Latest Publications

  • Innovator Compendium
  • Technology Compendium

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