By Bassam Yousif (Indiana State University, USA), Omar El-joumayle (Independent Scholar, Norway), and Jehan Baban (Iraqi Environment & Health Society, UK). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
Exploring the Water-Energy-Food nexus in context of conflict in Iraq
Highlights
- We explore Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus interactions and linkages between water, energy and food sectors in Iraq.
- We argue that water is a key input into both agricultural and oil production, acting to constrain and make rival food and energy outputs.
- We conclude that continued increase in oil production and agricultural output is unsustainable, given current production techniques-a radical rethinking and restructuring of the relationships between water, energy and food production is required.
- We offer policy recommendation based on changes that can be made domestically, along with policies that require cooperation with neighboring countries.
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