Irrigated agriculture is the main source of water withdrawals, accounting for around 70% of
all the world's freshwater withdrawals. The development of irrigated agriculture has boosted …

World energy consumption increased from 11.5 EJ in 1860 to 463 EJ in 2005, and is
projected to be 691 EJ in 2030 and 850 EJ in 2050. The principal driver of such a drastic …

This paper revisits the recent developments in biofuel markets and their economic, social
and environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced mandates and targets for …

Major changes are occurring with far reaching implications for the existing equilibria or
disequilibria in the water-energy-food-environment interface. The increased demand of …

The water industry as a whole consumes a considerable amount of energy in the treatment
and distribution of water and wastewater. Like all sectors of society today, the industry is …

Most government policies and community perception of the irrigation sector promotes the
conversion from gravity-fed to pressurised irrigation methods as a way of reducing water …

Water distribution networks are high energy and low efficiency systems, where water
pressure is frequently reduced by dissipation valves to limit leakage. The dissipation …

A commonly applied policy to India's ongoing depletion of groundwater is feeder separation.
Introduced in Gujarat as the Jyotigram Yojana (JGY) scheme, it provides a separate and …

Anthropogenic‐induced climate changes and population growth projected by 2050,
combined with global economic growth driven by emerging markets, suggest that greater …

Growing crops for biofuels is often criticized because of its direct competition for land for food
production. The recent price increases on world food markets are partly a result of this …