Projects

Project Profile: NILE-Nexus

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

Who?

Principal Investigators: 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
Sponsors: National Research Council - Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies, Italy
German Research Foundation, Germany
National Science Foundation, United States

What?

Full Project Title: Opportunities for a Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Future in the Blue Nile Mountains of Ethiopia
Full Call Title: Mountains2015
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Why?

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.

Where?

Regions: Africa
Countries: Ethiopia

When?

Duration: 36 months
Call Date: April 1, 2015
Project Award Date: 2015