Sustainable Biofuel Crops Project, Final Report
- Conservation International, Arlington, VA (United States). Moore Center for Science and Oceans. Integrated Assessment and Planning
Over the last six years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed the Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach to help countries design and implement sustainable bioenergy policies and strategies. The BEFS Approach consists of two sets of multidisciplinary and integrated tools and guidance (the BEFS Rapid Appraisal and the BEFS Detailed Analysis) to facilitate better decision on bioenergy development which should foster both food and energy security, and contribute to agricultural and rural development. The development of the BEFS Approach was for the most part funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Recognizing the need to provide support to countries that wanted an initial assessment of their sustainable bioenergy potential, and of the associated opportunities, risks and trade offs, FAO began developing the BEFS-RA (Rapid Appraisal). The BEFS RA is a spreadsheet–based assessment and analysis tool designed to outline the country's basic energy, agriculture and food security context, the natural resources potential, the bioenergy end use options, including initial financial and economic implications, and the identification of issues that might require fuller investigation with the BEFS Detailed Analysis.
- Research Organization:
- Conservation International, Arlington, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- Contributing Organization:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome (Italy)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-08GO18044
- OSTI ID:
- 1329289
- Report Number(s):
- DE-FG36-08GO18044.0004-0008Final
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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