Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi is a Professor of climate change, food systems & health at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and serves as the Director of the Lancet Countdown Africa Centre. He adopts a systems approach at the intersection of water, energy, food, environmental, and health systems—commonly referred to as the WEF+ nexus—driving research, teaching, and policy-relevant initiatives to strengthen sustainable, climate-resilient food systems. In addition to his role at LSHTM, Tafadzwa is the Lead for the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus for the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and the Director of the Institute of Natural Resources. He holds the position of Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, contributing extensively to academic and policy discourse on climate adaptation and sustainable development.Aidan Senzanje is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. His research focuses on irrigation technology, irrigation and agricultural water management and the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. Previously, he served as a Visiting Scientist at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Pretoria, South Africa. His practical experience includes undertaking technical consultancies in irrigation engineering, agricultural water management, project evaluation and environmental management systems. He was involved in the planning, development and launching of new academic programmes in Land and Water Management for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and the BSc Agricultural Engineering degree at the University of Zimbabwe.Olufunke Cofie is the Africa Director for Research Impact at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), where she provides strategic leadership to enhance the organization's development impact through effective research delivery and engagement with partners across Africa and the Middle East. Her role focuses on improving the responsiveness and effectiveness of IWMI’s research capabilities and creating sustainable water management solutions tailored to the needs of each country. She has led the design and execution of projects aimed at generating water and agricultural innovations for sustainable development across Africa and the Middle East.

• 1. Agricultural water management: an overview of concepts2. The transformative role of treated wastewater in North Africa: lessons learned and future directions3. Effects of forage plantation on soil quality in the subhumid Ethiopian Highlands: implications for sustainable agriculture4. Current status of agricultural water management in Africa: progress, challenges, and opportunities5. Agricultural water management in maize-based systems: challenges, opportunities, and sustainable solutions in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe6. The critical role of water in facilitating agroecology transitions in semiarid regions of sub-Saharan Africa7. Optimizing water productivity: challenges and opportunities in smallholder irrigation schemes—a case study from South Africa8. AquaCrop model as a tool to forecast crop yield during the growing season: lessons from Nepal, South Asia9. Evaluation of drip and conventional surface Irrigation in the poorly drained, naturally irrigated lands of the Khorezm Region: lessons from Central Asia10. Impacts and interventions for extreme weather events in Southern Africa11. Integrated water and land management practices: demand-driven participatory research in the semiarid agricultural landscapes of Tanzania12. Gender equality and social inclusion in agricultural water management13. Gender dynamics and power relations in water management and agricultural innovations in the Mpegnesso’s lowlands of Mali14. Institutions and governance for agricultural water management in support of resilient food systems15. Summary: beyond crop water productivity to transform agricultural water management

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