Decentralized renewable energies and the water-energy-food nexus in rural Morocco
Summary. A pilot project in Morocco's Youssoufia Province demonstrates how decentralized renewable energy initiatives benefit rural communities by addressing interconnected water, energy, and food challenges. The approach builds partnerships across sectors, reduces trade-offs between competing resource demands, and improves coordination for sustainable development and community well-being in the face of climate change and pandemic disruptions.
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Meir, Y. B., Opfer, K., & Hernandez, E.. (2021). Decentralized renewable energies and the water-energy-food nexus in rural Morocco. Environmental Challenges. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100432
Meir, Yossef Ben, et al. “Decentralized renewable energies and the water-energy-food nexus in rural Morocco.” Environmental Challenges, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100432.
Meir, Yossef Ben, Kerstin Opfer, and Ellen Hernandez. 2021. “Decentralized renewable energies and the water-energy-food nexus in rural Morocco.” Environmental Challenges. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100432.
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title = {Decentralized renewable energies and the water-energy-food nexus in rural Morocco},
author = {Yossef Ben Meir and Kerstin Opfer and Ellen Hernandez},
journal = {Environmental Challenges},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1016/j.envc.2021.100432},
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- 10.1016/j.envc.2021.100432
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- Morocco
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- Africa
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- energy, climate-and-environment, food-systems
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- 2026-04-28