Strengthening food security by developing sustainable bioenergy strategies - GCP/GLO/615/GER

Energy is essential for food security and development, as well as for enabling equitable growth, improving livelihoods and enabling poverty reduction. In this context, future energy pathways need to counteract climate change impacts, especially in light of the negative impacts of climate change upon food security. Among the different types of renewable energy, bioenergy is the most versatile from the point of view of both the resource and the energy type. It is crucial to develop bioenergy sustainably in order to ensure that food security and the environment are not compromised. FAO has developed the Bioenergy and Food Security Approach in order to support and guide policy-makers in the development of sustainable bioenergy strategies. However, a lack of capacity remains in understanding how to develop sustainable bioenergy policies that build on country-level evidence and allow the sustainable bioenergy potential within the country to be captured. In this context, the project aimed to build greater capacity on bioenergy and the Bioenergy and Food Security Approach, with a focus on the African region, and to strengthen the resource base for training.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	FAO
Format:	Project biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FAO ; 2019
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA4625EN http://www.fao.org/3/ca4625en/ca4625en.pdf
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