Embracing complexities in agricultural water management through nexus planning

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dc.creatorSmith, Mark
dc.creatorSikka, Alok
dc.creatorTaguta, C.
dc.creatorDirwai, Tinashe Lindel
dc.creatorMabhaudhi, T.
dc.date2024-11
dc.date2024-10-04T06:29:06Z
dc.date2024-10-04T06:29:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:32:18Z
dc.descriptionA major challenge for agricultural water management (AWM) in the 21st century is to feed a growing population in the face of increasing intersectoral resource competition, evolving diets, degradation, pandemics, geopolitical conflicts and climate change. This has to be achieved within the planetary boundaries and without compromising the livelihood and environmental (ecosystem) objectives linked to water, including provisioning, supporting and regulating services. This paper uses a systems and nexus lens to unravel the centrality and complexities in AWM, with particular emphasis on the interconnected dimensions and objectives of AWM, as well as its practices and technologies. AWM exists beyond water and food with linkages to human and environmental well-being. AWM needs to catalyse transformation and integrate approaches across systems, users and scales to meet its objectives in a changing climate. It must provide perspectives beyond productivity, managing water risks and safeguarding food security – as important as these are – and integrate our understanding of the interconnected climate, land, water, food and ecosystems to address planetary health outcomes. By doing so, AWM could catalyse contextualised, equitable, innovative solutions that acknowledge local socio-economic and institutional structures and limitations while catalysing sustainable development and climate resilience.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/155173
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/158791
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSmith, Mark D.; Sikka, Alok; Taguta, C.; Dirwai, Tinashe L.; Mabhaudhi, T. 2024. Embracing complexities in agricultural water management through nexus planning. Irrigation and Drainage, 73(5):1695-1716. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.3041]
dc.subjectagricultural water management
dc.subjectenergy security
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectnexus approaches
dc.subjectplanning
dc.subjectwater security
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectsustainable development goals
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecthuman health
dc.subjectecosystems
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectintegration
dc.subjectcooperation
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.titleEmbracing complexities in agricultural water management through nexus planning
dc.typeJournal Article

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