Water-food-energy nexus
Water-food-energy nexus Developing countries face a difficult challenge in meeting the growing demands of the population for food, water, and energy, and the problem is further compounded by climate change. Understanding the role of the water, energy, and food nexus is essential for designing effective policies and strategies to minimize the danger of sources scarcity compared to the population growth in the world. Water, food and energy are vital to humanity survival. The interdependent relationship between water, food and energy has to be understood to have an initial idea on this strong relationship and how any change in these elements would affect the others. Water is used for producing fossil fuels as well as biofuels which are needed for generating electricity and creating energy. Some kinds of fuels are water intensive and require great amounts of water. Energy , on the other hand, is needed for extracting, transporting, distributing and treating water. ...