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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. Saundry, B. L. Ruddell (eds.), The Food-Energy-Water Nexus, AESS
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29914-9_21
Chapter 21
Opportunities at the Nexus
Beth Kinne, Darrin Magee, Bruce A. McCarl, Rabi Mohtar,
Robert B. Richardson, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Peter Saundry,
and Lara Treemore-Spears
21.1 Introduction
Management of the FEW Nexus is essential for the successful development and
support of humanity. Fortunately, opportunities at the Nexus are many. As problems
in one area often cause further problems in other areas, so improvements in one area
often lead to benefits in other areas. Every chapter in this textbook emphasizes
opportunities, problems, and tools for addressing the opportunities; we will summarize some of these key high-level FEW Nexus opportunities here.
B. Kinne · D. Magee
Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
e-mail: kinne@hws.edu; magee@hws.edu
B. A. McCarl
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
e-mail: mccarl@tamu.edu
R. Mohtar
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX, USA
e-mail: mohtar@aub.edu.lb; mohtar@tamu.edu
R. B. Richardson
Department of Community Sustainability, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
e-mail: rbr@msu.edu
B. L. Ruddell
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
e-mail: Benjamin.Ruddell@nau.edu
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. Saundry, B. L. Ruddell (eds.), The Food-Energy-Water Nexus, AESS
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29914-9_21
Chapter 21
Opportunities at the Nexus
Beth Kinne, Darrin Magee, Bruce A. McCarl, Rabi Mohtar,
Robert B. Richardson, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Peter Saundry,
and Lara Treemore-Spears
21.1 Introduction
Management of the FEW Nexus is essential for the successful development and
support of humanity. Fortunately, opportunities at the Nexus are many. As problems
in one area often cause further problems in other areas, so improvements in one area
often lead to benefits in other areas. Every chapter in this textbook emphasizes
opportunities, problems, and tools for addressing the opportunities; we will summarize some of these key high-level FEW Nexus opportunities here.
B. Kinne · D. Magee
Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
e-mail: kinne@hws.edu; magee@hws.edu
B. A. McCarl
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
e-mail: mccarl@tamu.edu
R. Mohtar
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX, USA
e-mail: mohtar@aub.edu.lb; mohtar@tamu.edu
R. B. Richardson
Department of Community Sustainability, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
e-mail: rbr@msu.edu
B. L. Ruddell
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
e-mail: Benjamin.Ruddell@nau.edu