Water, Food and Energy Security in the Face of Human Disasters

Dear Colleagues,

Water, food and energy demands are continuously increasing in the face of the changing climate and a growing population. There is an urgent need for immediate action to address these challenges and establish self-reliant food production. Unprecedented interrelated challenges have threatened our ability to meet the fundamental demands of human beings, including access to freshwater, food and energy. The changing climate, global warming and the uncertainty of rainfall regimes, and hence freshwater unavailability coupled with land and water degradation, exert an immense pressure on the efforts towards sustainable economic growth. Understanding the link between climate and land cover change dynamics, on the one hand, and water, energy and food security on the other, is a critical area of research. The roles of observation, data mining and modeling in this regard are tremendous. New sensors, satellite data and geospatial analysis provide important information needed to monitor and map areas where data is scarce. To better understand the water, food and energy security in the face of human disasters, an international conference on soil and water management, droughts and floods, irrigation, water supply, energy production and food production has been organized. Papers on the Nile River and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be presented. This Special Issue (SI) calls for submissions of reviews and research papers.

Prof. Dr. Assefa M. Melesse
Dr. Lulseged Tamene
Dr. Berhan Gessesse Awoke
Guest Editors

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