Thumbnail Image

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

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) 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.

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Supporting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.1 Monitoring by Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition Information in Africa - GCP/GLO/943/JPN 2023
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    As African countries race against time to end hunger by 2030, improved country data is critical in tracking progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals 2 on zero hunger, nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. The indicators used to monitor progress towards achievement of SDG 2 is the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) and the Prevalence of moderate and severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). However, the quality of data produced by countries that is necessary to produce these indicators has historically been limited. Through the FAO implemented project, the capacity of benefiting countries to capacities to collect, analyze and monitor data on food and nutrition security using standardized tools has improved. Reports on Food and Nutrition Security have been produced using the FAO methodologies and tools.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Supporting Sustainable Development Goal SDG 2.1 Monitoring by Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition Information in Africa GCP/GLO/943/JP
    Improving data collection and analysis to monitor progress towards the SDG targets using robust, statistically sound indicators for food and nutrition security
    2022
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    As African countries race against time to end hunger by 2030, improved country data is critical in tracking progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals 2 on zero hunger, nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. The indicators used to monitor progress towards achievement of SDG 2 is the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) and the Prevalence of moderate and severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). However, the quality of data produced by countries that is necessary to produce these indicators has historically been limited. FAO is enhancing national capacities to collect, analyze and monitor data on food and nutrition security using standardized tools that are internationally comparable to guide policies to end hunger and malnutrition.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (stand-alone)
    Bioenergy and Food Security - The BEFS Analytical Framework 2010
    Also available in:
    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, pov erty reduction and agriculture development and economic growth.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.