TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Media Framing to Explore the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
T2 - The Case of the Rio Negro Basin in Uruguay
AU - Ojeda-Matos, Glorynel
AU - Jones-Crank, J. Leah
AU - Roque, Anaís Delilah
AU - White, Dave D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Addressing the call for qualitative and empirical approaches to the food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus studies, this research examined newspapers to explore public discussion framing the understanding of the FEW systems interconnections. We conducted a media content analysis on news articles in Spanish between January 2015 and December 2020 for the main river basin in Uruguay to explore the impacts of increased agriculture productivity on the FEW nexus interactions. As described in the media, we summarized problems, solutions, and calls for action when describing sectoral interdependencies. Results show that the dominant public discussions were event-driven and focused on water quality and climate variability. For instance, the water-energy nexus spiked when a drought impacted hydropower generation, and the food-water nexus spiked due to cyanobacteria blooms, creating impacts beyond the FEW sectors, such as tourism. We concluded by highlighting how FEW nexus goals may enhance the discussion and solutions framing.
AB - Addressing the call for qualitative and empirical approaches to the food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus studies, this research examined newspapers to explore public discussion framing the understanding of the FEW systems interconnections. We conducted a media content analysis on news articles in Spanish between January 2015 and December 2020 for the main river basin in Uruguay to explore the impacts of increased agriculture productivity on the FEW nexus interactions. As described in the media, we summarized problems, solutions, and calls for action when describing sectoral interdependencies. Results show that the dominant public discussions were event-driven and focused on water quality and climate variability. For instance, the water-energy nexus spiked when a drought impacted hydropower generation, and the food-water nexus spiked due to cyanobacteria blooms, creating impacts beyond the FEW sectors, such as tourism. We concluded by highlighting how FEW nexus goals may enhance the discussion and solutions framing.
KW - Agriculture
KW - Latin America
KW - Uruguay
KW - hydropower
KW - water
KW - water-energy-food nexus
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U2 - 10.1080/08941920.2023.2286646
DO - 10.1080/08941920.2023.2286646
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85179973064
SN - 0894-1920
VL - 37
SP - 365
EP - 383
JO - Society and Natural Resources
JF - Society and Natural Resources
IS - 3
ER -