Opportunities for a Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Future in the Blue Nile Mountains of Ethiopia

NILE-Nexus

Call

  • Mountains

Project Website

Principal Investigator

Benjamin Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, United States

Partners

Jeremy Foltz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States Belay Simane, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Detlef Mueller-Mahn, University of Bonn, Germany Gianni Gilioli, University of Brescia, Italy

Funders

  • CNR-DSSTTA (National Research Council), DFG (German Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation)

Project Objective

The core research objective of Nile-Nexus is to identify options to address emerging food-energy-water pressures in the Ethiopian Blue Nile Mountains.

Call Objective

This call aims at fostering research on climate, environmental and related societal change in mountain regions, considering both new measurements, recovery of existing data, and the development and use of integrated modelling strategies by adopting a strong trans- and inter-disciplinary approach.

Region

  • Africa

Country

  • Ethiopia

Duration

36 months

Call Date

April 1, 2015

Project Award Date

2015