The first decade of the 21st century has brought harbingers of a troubled future for global food security. The food-price spike of 2008 led to food riots and political change in several countries. In 2010, the excessive heat and drought in Russia that led to wildfires and a grain embargo, as well...
Nelson, Gerald C.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Gray I
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Ingersoll C
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Robertson, Richard D.
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Tokgoz S
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Zhu, T.
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Sulser TB
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Ringler, Claudia
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Msangi S
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You, Liangzhi
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[Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond]
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond
Numerous reservoirs around the world provide multiple flow regulation functions; key among these are hydroelectricity production and water releases for irrigation. These functions contribute to energy and food security at national, regional and global levels. While reservoir operations for hydroe...
Zeng, Ruijie
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Cai, Ximing
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Ringler, Claudia
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Zhu, Tingju
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[Hydropower versus irrigation—an analysis of global patterns]
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Hydropower versus irrigation—an analysis of global patterns
There is a growing recognition among water resource managers that sustainable watershed management needs to not only account for the diverse ways humans benefit from the environment, but also incorporate the impact of human actions on the natural system. Coupled natural– human system modeling thr...
Khan, Hassaan Furqan
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Yang, Y. C. Ethan
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Xie, Hua
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Ringler, Claudia
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[A coupled modeling framework for sustainable watershed management in transboundary river basins]
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A coupled modeling framework for sustainable watershed management in transboundary river basins
Shepherd, Keith D.
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Farrow, Andrew
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Ringler, Claudia
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Gassner, Anja
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Jarvis, Andy
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[Review of the evidence on indicators, metrics and monitoring systems]
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Review of the evidence on indicators, metrics and monitoring systems
Small-Scale Irrigation (SSI) interventions, like other development interventions, need to take into account men’s and women’s context-specific roles in agriculture and their related gender-based preferences and challenges. Understanding gender differences related to SSI technologies can help us i...
Lefore, Nicole
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Bryan, Elisabeth
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Ringler, Claudia
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth
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Theis, Sophie
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[Feed the future innovation laboratory for small scale irrigation (FTF-ILSSI) project notes]
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Feed the future innovation laboratory for small scale irrigation (FTF-ILSSI) project notes
Given their substantial societal benefits, such as supporting economic activities and providing better livelihoods in rural areas, ecosystem services should gain higher importance in water-food-energy nexus debates. Yet, not all values from ecosystems are quantifiable, data is often not adequate ...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Ringler, Claudia
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Mueller, M.
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[Ecosystem services in the water-energy-food nexus]
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Ecosystem services in the water-energy-food nexus
Deressa, T.T.
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Hassan, R.M.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Alemu, T.
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Yesuf, M.
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[Analysis of the determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods and perceptions of climate change in the Nile basin of Ethiopia]
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Analysis of the determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods and perceptions of climate change in the Nile basin of Ethiopia
Domenech, L.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[The impact of irrigation on nutrition, health, and gender.]
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The impact of irrigation on nutrition, health, and gender.
This paper presents an assessment of alternative, long-term energy supply and low-carbon strategies for the Philippine power sector from 2014 to 2040 using TIMES model. It examines the potential contribution of renewable energy to diversify the Philippine energy supply-mix to meet future electric...
Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Pradesha, Angga
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Valmonte-Santos, Rowena A.
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[The Philippines energy future and low-carbon development strategies]
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The Philippines energy future and low-carbon development strategies