Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus

This topic is gaining attention in light of the increased demand forwater, energy and food around the regions. How can regional cooperation influence the Nexus? Do you think security among the 3 components of the nexusis achievable in a certain region? If you have examples, please share.

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1. Thanks a lot for this..

2. thanks Bassam and Ralf

3. Dear Bassam, Thank you for bringing up this topic in the Water in the Middle East group. You and some of the readers might be interested in a short paper and presentation I had the pleasure to present end of 2013. It is primarily addressing food and water security issues since there was another, separate contribution on energy security. Klingbeil, R. & Byiringiro, F., 2013. Food Security, Water Security, Improved Food Value Chains for Sustainable Socio-economic Development. Presentation at the SHARAKA conference “EU-GCC Regional Security Cooperation: Lessons Learned & Future Challenges”, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 28-29 Oct 2013. Full Paper: https://www.dropbox.com/l/yIx9IqopLdibbJDpNYqOt9 Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/RKlingbeil/20131029-r-klingbeilescwafswsimprovedfoodvaluechains Best, Ralf