Review Article Open Access Foresight in Agriculture, Food and Nutrition for Planning Freshwater in the Course of Climate Change in Africa 1 Full Professor, Economics and Environment, Integrated Water Resources Management, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo 2 Director of Postgraduate Studies, Francophone Africa (Online), Ballsbridge University Curacao, Te Netherlands Cush Ngonzo Luwesi 1,2 *Corresponding author Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Full Professor, Economics and Environment, Integrated Water Resources Management, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo, Congo. E-mail: cushngonzo@gmail.com Received: July 22, 2022; Accepted: July 27, 2022; Published: July 30, 2022 Journal of Food Technology & Nutrition Sciences Introduction Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has not only become a necessity but a public duty for the leaders of all the nations and their communities. That is the very reason why the United Nations initiated the Global Water Partnership (GWP) in 1992 to value water and put it to the center of political and economic discussions of its member states. This has helped mobilizing the required resources for managing rationally water and its related resources, to enable more than two billion people living under water poverty line to get adequate and potable freshwater [1]. This is a concern for more than a three-quarters (¾) of the African population that live in scatters and shantytowns, within poor unurbanized areas, who do seldomly have access to potable freshwater and decent sanitation services. Besides, the United Nations projects that by 2050 this population will double in megacities [2]. That will be a serious «3As » crisis: « A » as water «Availability»; « A » as water «Accessibility»; and « A » as water «Affordability». These issues are being escalated by the changing patterns of the global climate, demographic growth and urbanization, as well as some of the human interventions on the environment [3]. In its central theme “Valuing freshwater resources”, the World Water Day (WWD 2021) reminds us perspective major water crises so as to take action now. Solving this major crisis in prospect requires foresight in freshwater planning, both as a process and an analytical tool to address these key issues in the course of climate change. As a process, foresight involves consultation among stakeholders to ensure socio-political, economic, agro- natural and engineering technological solutions to “Develop and Avail Water to All! [4]. The usefulness of foresight for freshwater planning in the agriculture, food and nutrition niche is to ensure climate justice to peasants and farmers so that they can leave a legacy to the future generations. The 2021 UNCTAD Report on Technology and Innovation notes that technology assessments (TA) and foresight studies “can catalyze social, political, and inter- institutional debates on the pros, cons, and associated uncertainties across alternative directions”. Foresight exercises can be used to ABSTRACT Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been designed as a foresight process for world leaders to solve communities’ issues dealing with water uncertainty in agriculture, food and nutrition as well as other related industries. Tat is why a Global Water Partnership (GWP) was initiated in 1992 by the United Nations to develop water and place it to the center of the political and economic concerns of the member States with an aim to mobilize resources that are necessary to manage water rationally. A focus was put on more than two billion poor people living without access to adequate potable drinking water, among whom more than three-quarters (¾) of the African populations living in poor areas and unurbanized cities. Predictions show that by the 2050, most of this population will be living in African megacities. Tis will be amplifying the “3As” of water issues: Water Availability, Accessibility and Afordability. Solving this major crisis in prospect requires foresight, both as a process and an analytical tool to address these key issues in the course of climate change. As a process, foresight involves consultation among stakeholders to ensure socio-political, economic, agro-natural and engineering technological solutions to “Develop and Avail Water to All! “. Tis process, would later require an evaluation of the feedbacks to and from these proposed solutions and their tools. Tese may include among other strategies and legislations for water policies; innovative techniques for irrigation (production, storage, transport and distribution of water) and hydro-power generation; Payments for water ecosystems services (PWES); and various management operating systems for risk control and mitigation at the watershed and community levels. However, the uncoordinated eforts of scientists working the climate adaptation, mitigation and amelioration spheres have generated another threat, that of climate intervention in the form of solar Geoengineering. African leaders, thus need foresight to check closely opportunities and dangers arising from these technologies. Tey require a neutral organization having to conduct rigorous socio-economic and environmental impacts assessments prior to embracing these technologies. Tat is the only way they may ensure a climatic justice to peasants and farmers so that they can leave a legacy in the agriculture, food and nutrition niche for the next generations. J Food Tech Nutri Sci, 2022 ISSN: 2754-477X Volume 4(4): 1-4