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Bioenergy and Food Security Assessment for Turkey

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 200 p.

Author Irini Maltsoglou, Luis Rincon, Ana Kojakovic, Manas Puri, Duska Sasa

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-109513-3

Series title Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report was developed under the FAO EBRD project on bioenergy with the aim is to support decision-making related to bioenergy investment in countries of operations of the EBRD. Turkey, a country of operation, has a large agriculture sector, the requirement to produce 20 percent of its electricity from renewable energy and diversify its energy mix, which currently heavily relies on imported fossil fuels. This report presents the results from the country level assessment to identify the potent ial to produce bioenergy from crop and livestock residues. The analysis shows there is significant potential in Turkey, identifies the type of suitable feedstock, the most promising locations and profitable bioenergy pathways. The report also provides recommendations for the required next steps to move the development of the specific bioenergy sector forward. The work was implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Turkey, and other key stakeholders.

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