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Book (stand-alone)Assessment of energy and greenhouse gas inventories of Sweet Sorghum for first and second generation bioethanol 2009
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No results found.The assessment of energy and greenhouse gas balances is part of a larger effort by UN-Energy to provide decision making tools and aids to Governments and others involved in the planning and implementation of bioenergy development. The report’s choice of tools is based on the international state of discussions at the time of writing and presents a building block to the Environmental Assessment Framework currently under development at FAO. Following a joint FAO and IFAD consultation in 2007 on Swe et Sorghum development for bioethanol production (FAO, 2007), this report is a revised study originally prepared for discussions in preparation of the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (Rome, 2008) as a case study to give more precise environmental parameters for this promising energy and food crop. The study focuses on three main topics: — The energy and greenhouse gas balances of different Sweet Sorghum pathways are examined by mea ns of a quantitative analysis. For this purpose a so-called screening assessment is conducted which analyses the energy and greenhouse gas impacts along the entire life cycle of Sweet Sorghum for each examined production and use system. The results are compared to the environmental impacts of equivalent fossil fuels. — Additional environmental impacts from the cultivation of Sweet Sorghum are examined qualitatively. — Sweet Sorghum is compared to other crops available for biofuel production regarding selected technical aspects. The (advantageous or disadvantageous) outcome of the energy and greenhouse gas balances and other environmental impacts are clearly determined by the following parameters: the choice of land, of agricultural inputs, of production method, of yield, and the use of by-products. A number of recommendations are made in view of data gaps for detailed local analysis and for framework conditions to assure sustainability of Sweet Sorghum production and conversion. Detailed data are given for each scenario calculation. -
ProjectSupport to Use Sex Disaggregated Data in Agriculture to Make Second Generation National Agriculture Investment Plans (NAIPS) and Regional Agriculture Investment Plans (RAIPS) Gender Responsive - TCP/RAF/3803 2024
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The lack of sex-disaggregated data in the agricultural sector is a great hindrance to understanding and addressing gender disparities in rural African communities. Existing plans and strategies inadequately capture the complexity of women's lives, impacting their ability to benefit from investment and growth opportunities. Better data is needed to (1) account for all of women’s work, (2) help improve women’s productivity and food security and nutrition, and (3) better understand and more effectively tackle poverty. Disaggregated data can support policymakers in developing gender-sensitive plans, however a joint review by the African Union Commission (AUC) and FAO found that Regional and National Agricultural Investment Plans (RAIPs and NAIPs) do not sufficiently take gender issues into account. NAIPs are key to deciding how policies and strategies will look in terms of national investments in agriculture and are critical to food production, the generation of national wealth from agriculture, managing risks, building assets, and reducing poverty. -
MeetingEASY-SMTA and the Generation of Data on the Global Flow of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 2017
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