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title: 'wefnexus: Water-Energy-Food-Nutrient-Carbon Nexus Analysis for Agronomic Systems'
version: 1.0.0
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.wefnexus
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value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.wefnexus
abstract: Provides functions for analysing Water-Energy-Food-Nutrient-Carbon (WEFNC)
nexus interactions in agricultural production systems. Includes functions for computing
water use efficiency (WUE), water productivity (WP), and water footprint (WF) including
green, blue, and grey components following the methodology of Hoekstra et al. (2011,
ISBN:9781849712798). Includes energy budgeting tools for energy use efficiency (EUE),
energy return on investment (EROI), net energy (NE), and energy productivity (EP).
Computes nutrient use efficiency (NUE) metrics including agronomic efficiency (AE),
physiological efficiency (PE), recovery efficiency (RE), and partial factor productivity
(PFP) as defined by Dobermann (2007)
and Congreves et al. (2021) . Estimates
carbon footprint (CF), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, soil organic carbon (SOC)
stocks, and global warming potential (GWP) using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) default values (CH4 = 27, N2O = 273)
as reported in Forster et al. (2021) .
Computes composite Water-Energy-Food-Nutrient-Carbon (WEFNC) nexus indices, trade-off
correlation matrices, and generates radar and heatmap visualizations for comparing
agricultural treatments. Supports conservation agriculture (CA), irrigated and rain-fed
systems, and arid and semi-arid production environments. Methods follow Lal (2004)
for carbon emissions from farm operations,
and Hoover et al. (2023) for water
use efficiency indicators.
authors:
- family-names: Rolaniya
given-names: Lalit Kumar
email: lalitrolaniya@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-1211
- family-names: Poonia
given-names: Hemant
email: pooniaheman80@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-8793
- family-names: Jat
given-names: Ram Lal
email: khokharagro1986@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4339-0555
- family-names: Punia
given-names: Monika
email: monikapunia02@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0294-6767
- family-names: Choudhary
given-names: Raja Ram
email: rajaramchoudhary26@gmail.com
preferred-citation:
type: manual
title: 'wefnexus: Water-Energy-Food-Nutrient-Carbon Nexus Analysis for Agronomic
Systems'
authors:
- family-names: Rolaniya
given-names: Lalit Kumar
email: lalitrolaniya@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-1211
- family-names: Poonia
given-names: Hemant
email: pooniaheman80@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-8793
- family-names: Jat
given-names: Ram Lal
email: khokharagro1986@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4339-0555
- family-names: Punia
given-names: Monika
email: monikapunia02@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0294-6767
- family-names: Choudhary
given-names: Raja Ram
email: rajaramchoudhary26@gmail.com
year: '2026'
notes: R package version 1.0.0
url: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=wefnexus
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.wefnexus
repository: https://lalitrolaniya.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/lalitrolaniya/wefnexus
commit: 8a19bdc73dd5e81aa34347ef59be3fe36316bad3
url: https://github.com/lalitrolaniya/wefnexus
date-released: '2026-04-02'
contact:
- family-names: Rolaniya
given-names: Lalit Kumar
email: lalitrolaniya@gmail.com
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-1211