Groundwater is an integral part of water resources. Groundwater has a vital role in water use
in Kabul, Afghanistan. Nowadays, it is the only available source for water supply in Kabul …

This paper assesses global water stress at a finer temporal scale compared to conventional
assessments. To calculate time series of global water stress at a monthly time scale, global …

Smallholder farmers in Afghanistan are already facing various risks in agricultural
production due to past continuous insurgencies. Climate change is likely to amplify the risk …

South Asia is energy-poor, water-stressed, and food-deficient, and these problems are
expected to intensify with high population growth, rapid economic growth and …

Agricultural production capacity contributes to food security in Afghanistan and is largely
dependent on irrigated farming, mostly utilizing surface water fed by snowmelt. Because of …

Rice is a major staple food in Afghanistan, and its production contributes to the food security
for millions of Afghans. However, over the past four decades, increases in rice cultivation in …

Afghanistan's strategic location has led it to play an important role in the regional geopolitics,
which is increasingly playing out in natural resource contestations. Although it is a semi-arid …

The discussion on electrification pathways tends to dangle between the merits of centralized
on-grid versus decentralized off-grid electrification, and most of the time, both routes are …

Snow is a crucial component of the hydrological cycle in the Western Himalaya. Water from
snowmelt is used in various sectors in downstream regions, thus playing a critical role in …

Water is gradually becoming scarce in Afghanistan like in many other regions of the globe.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial changes in the availability and …