Bioenergy

Publications

Environment, Food Security, Rural Development, Technology, Policy Framework 

Environment

• FAO Forestry Paper 154, 2008. Forests and Energy
• FAO-IIED, 2008. Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people's access to land 
• FAO, 2008. Information Sheet on Climate Change and Biofuels for the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
• FAO, 2004. Bioenergy and the Clean Development Mechanism
• FAO, 2004. Bioenergy projects for climate change mitigation: eligibility, additionality and baselines
• FAO, 2000. Manual on integrated soil management and conservation practices
• FAO/Netherlands Conference, 1999. The multi-functional character of agriculture and land: Bioenergy

• FAO, 1994. Integrated energy systems in China - The cold Northeastern region experience

Food Security

• FAO, 2008. The State of Food and Agriculture. Biofuels: Prospects, Risks and Opportunities.
• FAO, 2009 The market and food security implications of the development of biofuel production Background document for the FAO Committee on Commodity Problems 67th session. Rome 20-22 April 2009.
• FAO (GBEP), 2008. Biofuels and the underlying causes of high food prices
• FAO, 2008. Soaring Food Prices: facts and perspectives, impacts and actions required Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Bioenergy, food security and sustainability - towards an international framework Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Climate change, bioenergy and food security: options for decision-makers identified by expert meetings Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Climate change, bioenergy and food security: civil society and private sector perspectives Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Opportunities and challenges of biofuel production for food security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
• FAO, 2007. Some insights in the effect of growing bio-energy demand on global food security and natural resources. 
• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2008-2017

Rural Development

• Key messages on “How to design, implement and replicate sustainable small-scale livelihood-oriented bioenergy initiatives, based on the Technical Consultation held in FAO, Rome, 28-29 October 2009
• FAO, 2009. Making Sustainable Biofuels Work for Smallholder Farmers and Rural Households - Issues and Perspectives.
• FAO, 2009. Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Brief description and preliminary lessons on livelihood impacts from case studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
• FAO, 2008. Gender and Equity Issues in Liquid Biofuels Production - Minimizing the Risks to Maximize the Opportunities
• FAO, 2007. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) and Bioenergy
• FAO, 2006. Energy and gender in rural sustainable development
• FAO, 2000. Solar photovoltaics for sustainable agriculture and rural development
• FAO, 1999. The challenges of rural energy poverty in developing countries
• FAO, 1997. Biogas technology: a training manual for extension

• FAO, 1997. Regional study on wood energy: today and tomorrow in Asia

Technology

• FAO, 2009. Algae-based Biofuels: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries
• FAO, 2008. The role of agriculural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries. Background Document to the the e-mail conference
• FAO, 2004. Training Manual for Sweet sorghum
• FAO, 2004. Small holder oil palm manual
• Papers and Powerpoint presentations from the FAO seminar "The role of agricultural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries". held on 12 october 2007 available at http://www.fao.org/biotech/seminaroct2007.htm
• FAO, AGS Bulletin no. 128, 1997. Renewable biological systems for alternative sustainable energy production
• FAO, AGS Bulletin  no. 95, 1992. Biogas processes for sustainable development  

Policy Framework

• FAO/GBEP, June 2009. The GBEP Common Methodological Framework for GHG Lifecycle Analysis of Bioenergy.
• Dubois O., 2008. How Good Enough Biofuel Governance Can Help Rural Livelihoods: Making Sure that Biofuel Development Works for Small Farmers and Communities 
• UN Energy, 2007. Sustainable Bioenergy: a Framework for Decision Makers
• Presentations from the Expert meeting on Bioenergy policy, markets and trade of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, held in Rome 18-20 February 2008 (List of presentations available here)
• FAO (GBEP), 2007. A review of the current state of bioenergy development in G8 + 5 countries
• FAO, 2007. Recent Trends in the Law and Policy of Bioenergy Production, Promotion and Use