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Water-Food-Energy Nexus Afghanistan Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Afghanistan Presented at the Sixth General Meeting - NARBO Introduction Severe water scarcity in most areas, due to temporal and spatial


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Water-Food-Energy Nexus Afghanistan Afghanistan

Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Afghanistan

Presented at the Sixth General Meeting- NARBO

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Introduction

  • Severe water scarcity in most areas, due to

temporal and spatial variability;

  • Climate change causing low production in

rainfed-ag areas;

  • Low land productivity;
  • Low land productivity;
  • 88% covered by mountains, difficulty in

access;

  • Having high potential of energy production

but still importing; and

  • 47% population living below poverty line.
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Water-Food

  • 90-95% of total water used for food production;
  • 2.1 M-ha of irrigated agriculture;
  • 1.2 M-ha of wheat area (main food);
  • 4.5-5.5 M-Ton of wheat production, 1-2 M-ton
  • 4.5-5.5 M-Ton of wheat production, 1-2 M-ton

annual deficit;

  • Annual 400 M-US$ agriculture export;
  • Annual 2-3 Billion-US$ agriculture import;
  • Droughts and Floods; and
  • Climate Change.
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Water-Energy

  • Potential of producing 23,000 MW of hydor-

energy;

  • Producing less than 500 MW;
  • Existing basic demand: more than 4,000 MW;
  • Existing basic demand: more than 4,000 MW;
  • Energy Import accounts for 77% of demand:

– Iran (22%) under 1 contract – Tajikistan ( 4%) under 2 contracts – Turkmenistan (16%) under 2 contracts – Uzbekistan(57%) under 1 contract.

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Water-Food-Energy

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Water-Food-Energy

  • Lift irrigation is immense need of Afg-Ag

Sector, but due high rates of energy in the country not implemented easily;

  • High Efficiency Irrigation Systems in most
  • High Efficiency Irrigation Systems in most

cases need energy;

  • Ag-products processing and value chains

strongly linked with energy; and

  • Mechanized farming directly linked with

energy.

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Recommendation

  • W-F-E Interactions are vital and

interdependent;

  • Importance of the nexus is not recognized

from a planning and management from a planning and management perspective;

  • There is an urgent need for a “Nexus

Approach” for integration of management and governance across the three sectors; and

  • Policy alignments.
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Questions and Comments