Bioenergy and food security
Subtitle: the BEFS analytical framework
Series: Environment and natural resources management working paper -- 16; Environment and natural resources management series -- no. 16.
Publisher: Bioenergy and food security Project, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9789251067406
Subjects: Biomass energy; Climatic factors; Food security; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Bioenergy and Food Security Project; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Description: "A potent argument for bioenergy development lies in the ability of the sector to unlock agricultural potential by bringing in much needed investments to raise agricultural productivity to spur food security and poverty reduction. This document presents the BEFS Analytical Framework (AF) developed to test this argument. Agriculture lies at the heart of the BEFS AF and allows governments to consider viable pro-poor strategies for bioenergy development. The set of tools within the BEFS AF offers an integrated approach to decision-making that combines the technical viability with the country's prevailing social and economic development objectives. This document explains the rationale and structure of the BEFS AF, provides a general overview of the tools and their application, and illustrates how the analytical information generated assists policy makers in making informed decisions concerning the many varied consequences of bioenergy developments on food security, poverty reduction and agriculture development and economic growth."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Series statement corrected by pasted in corrigendum.

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