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This discussion brief describes a collaborative project led by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) applying a water-energy-food nexus toolkit to the Lake Tana and Beles River basins in the Upper Blue Nile region of Ethiopia. The project uses integrated modelling to help policy-makers manage trade-offs between national development goals—such as increasing hydropower production fivefold by 2015 and boosting agricultural production by over 8%—and the sustainable management of natural resources.

This research paper evaluates the use of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) climate data for hydrological modelling in the Upper Blue Nile region, specifically within the Lake Tana basin, comparing it against conventional meteorological data.

This policy brief describes a project by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) using a 'nexus approach' to analyze the interdependencies between water, energy, and food in Ethiopia's Upper Blue Nile region. By applying the WEAP-LEAP toolkit to the Lake Tana and Beles River basins, the project compared three development scenarios—Business-as-usual, National plans, and a Nexus scenario—to identify trade-offs between agricultural expansion, hydropower generation, and environmental sustainability.

This discussion brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the energy-water-food nexus in Ethiopia's Tana and Beles basins. Based on a scoping study of 85 organizations, it explores how social network analysis can identify governance gaps and facilitate the integrated management required to reduce trade-offs between water, energy, and food production.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is implementing a three-year project (2022-2024) to improve water governance, basin planning, and watershed conservation in Ethiopia's Tana Subbasin. Funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the initiative aims to reduce water stress and increase climate resilience by strengthening data systems, management capacities, and cross-sectoral coordination.