{"id":1021,"date":"2023-02-03T08:36:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T08:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/72.arrowhitech.net\/tn3\/aciarsdip\/?page_id=1021"},"modified":"2023-02-06T07:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T07:21:07","slug":"food-energy-water-nexus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/food-energy-water-nexus\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Energy Water Nexus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1021\" class=\"elementor elementor-1021\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ac2224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ac2224\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8f4e70\" data-id=\"e8f4e70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-578114e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"578114e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c135264\" data-id=\"c135264\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ba82cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ba82cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Food-Energy-Water Nexus<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67295d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67295d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can we create sustainable food systems across the Eastern Gangetic Plains?\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8d8db elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7c8d8db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/rPtagumil7Q?feature=youtu.be&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/72.arrowhitech.net\\\/tn3\\\/aciarsdip\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/ConorAshleigh-\\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-WestBengal-webres-335.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1057,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Eastern Gangetic Plains spans India, Bangladesh and Nepal and the major Himalayan river basins of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.<\/p><p>Pursuing sustainable food systems is an issue of fundamental and strategic importance for South Asia, and the nexus between food, water and energy is crucial to its success.\u00a0In the agricultural sector, policies and high level decisions affect the food-energy-water nexus; but additionally, so do the decisions that farmers make each season.<\/p><p>Through the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio, the Australian Government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dfat.gov.au\/\">Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade<\/a> (DFAT) has made a major investment over 12 years to increase water, food and energy security in South Asia and to facilitate economic growth and improve the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable in the region, especially women and girls.<\/p><p>Since 2014, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciar.gov.au\/\">Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research <\/a>(ACIAR) with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimmyt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center<\/a> (CIMMYT) and their regional partners have been trialling a range of agricultural practices for sustainable intensification with over 100,000 farmers. These practices include minimizing soil disturbance, maintaining soil cover and diversifying cropping systems, along with improved crop management techniques.\u00a0<\/p><p>Now in its second phase, ACIAR&#8217;s SDIP program aims to maximise agriculture&#8217;s contribution to sustainable food systems in the EGP, for improved food, energy and water security. The program includes addressing constraints to sustainable intensification; understanding that scaling of different farming systems in time and place will impact on current biophysical and socio-economic systems; identifying effective institutional arrangements; and collaborating on longer term planning and strategies. This approach recognizes that if sustainable intensification is the preferred pathway that contributes to future food, energy and water security, transformational changes are required now that can ensure sustainable food systems in the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe9efe7\" data-id=\"fe9efe7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c2ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56c2ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ConorAshleigh-\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-Bihar-webres-533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1068\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ConorAshleigh-\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-Bihar-webres-533.jpg 750w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ConorAshleigh-\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-Bihar-webres-533-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d7ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73d7ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ConorAshleigh-\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-Bangladesh-webres-32.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1067\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ConorAshleigh-\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-Bangladesh-webres-32.jpg 750w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ConorAshleigh-\u00a92018-SDIP-ACIAR-Bangladesh-webres-32-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food-Energy-Water Nexus How can we create sustainable food systems across the Eastern Gangetic Plains? https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPtagumil7Q?feature=youtu.be&#038;wmode=opaque&#038;enablejsapi=1 The Eastern Gangetic Plains spans India, Bangladesh and Nepal and the major Himalayan river basins of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. 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