1. World Bank Forum: Agriculture-Energy-Water Nexus
Nov 16, 2021
Claudia Ringler
International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
CGIAR Research Program on Water,
Land and Ecosystems
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus:
Scalable Solutions
2. • Solar irrigation is scalable in
Sub-Saharan Africa, but solar
panel costs need to decline
to US$2 per watt peak in areas
with poor insolation, subsidized
diesel prices, or crops with low
irrigation demand
Xie et al. (2021)
Scaling solar solutions, example of irrigation
3. Scaling cultured proteins, example of cultured
milk protein
Market analysis for cultured proteins in low- and lower-middle
income countries. Seattle