The future population growth in Africa means there
will be a corresponding increase in water, energy, and food consumption – these
three are tightly connected.
Water is essential for crop production and energy
creation whilst energy is needed to clean and transport water for crop
irrigation. These interdependent resources are vital for sustaining our growing
population.
At the recently hold Fourth Conference on Climate
Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV), interest groups discussed
the water-energy-food production nexus in relations to threats of alterations to be caused by climate change.
Kofi Adu Domfeh reports on the importance of
sustainable land and water management to overcome the challenge of Africa’s
ability to feed itself.
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