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Energy Procedia

Launched in 2009, Energy Procedia is focused on publishing high-quality Open Access conference proceedings across the energy field.
Energy Procedia enables the fast dissemination of conference papers in dedicated online proceedings volumes made available on ScienceDirect, accessible to millions of researchers worldwide. The proceedings series is indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
Energy Procedia provides the energy research community with a fast and flexible route to the publication of research presented at leading scientific conferences spanning the field of energy science, technology and engineering. Conference proceedings are only accepted for publication in Energy Procedia after a full assessment from the editorial team. All papers must be original, and peer-review is mandatory.

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Measuring the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean Region

2018

Journal Article

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus (or WEF Nexus) is a conceptual framework for analysing and managing natural resources for life and sustainable development. It is well known that to produce food, water and energy are needed; to pump, treat or purify water, energy is needed; and energy production requires water. Under this statement, this paper presents an actual overview of the current state of the water-energy-food nexus in Latin American and The Caribbean countries. The analysis is divided in terms of water, energy and food production for each country. The proposed WEF Nexus index comprises three key indicators per sector, considering availability, access, and stability of sector’s resources. The obtained results show that three sectors need more attention for future development, especially in the Caribbean countries.