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Climate, land, energy and water ( CLEW ) interlinkages in B urkina F aso: An analysis of agricultural intensification and bioenergy production
Author(s) -
Hermann Sebastian,
Welsch Manuel,
Segerstrom Rebecka Ericsdotter,
Howells Mark I.,
Young Charles,
Alfstad Thomas,
Rogner HansHolger,
Steduto Pasquale
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2012.01463.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , resource (disambiguation) , natural resource economics , business , economics , computer science , ecology , biology , computer network
This paper discusses climate, land, energy and water ( CLEW ) interactions in B urkina F aso. It shows that integrated assessments of resource use at the national level can provide important insights and benefits, especially for a resource constrained least developed country. Agricultural policy is shown to have strong implications for energy use, whereas energy policies are found to be strongly interrelated with water constraints. Without an integrated and coordinated approach, strategy and policy formulation efforts to increase energy, food and water security could become both incoherent and counter‐productive.