Good Socio-economic Practices

In order to ensure that modern bioenergy development is sustainable and that it safeguards food security, a number of good practices can be implemented throughout the bioenergy supply chain.

BEFS has carried out a survey of bioenergy producers in order to gather examples of the implementation of good socio-economic practices in this sector. The main socio-economic dimensions that may be impacted by bioenergy production are:

• access to land
• employment, wages and labour conditions
• income generation and inclusion of smallholders
• local food security
• community development
• energy security and local access to energy
• gender equity

Below is a list of bioenergy producers that participated in the BEFS survey and the socio-economic issues addressed by their good practices.

Go to the overview table or click on the text below to open the file on each producer.

AFRICA

• ACON - Kenya, Water Hyacinth
  Issues: Local Food Security │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │ Gender Equity
• Addax Bioenergy - Sierra Leone, Sugarcane
  Issues: Access to Land Local Food Security │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │Community Development | Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Gender Equity
• D1 Oils - Zambia, Jatropha
  Issues: Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Local Food Security │ Community Development
• Diligent - Tanzania, Jatropha
  Issues: Access to Land │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Local Food Security
• GIZ Pigeon Peas - Malawi, Pigeon Peas
  Issues: Access to Land │ Local Food Security │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │Energy Security and Local Access to Energy
• Help Self-Help Center - Kenya, Croton seed waste
  Issues: Local Food Security │ Income Generation on and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Employment, wages, and labour conditions │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │ Community Development │ Gender Equity
• Markala Sugar - Mali, Sugarcane
  Issues: Local Food Security │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │Community Development │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │ Gender Equity
• Novis - Senegal, Biomass/agricultural waste
  Issues: Access to Land │ Local Food Security │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Community Development │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │ Gender Equity

ASIA

• Beijing DQY - China, Poultry litters, chicken manure, domestic wastes and water, etc.
  Issues: Local Food Security │ Employment, Wages and Labour Conditions │ Community Development │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │ Gender equity
• OAE GIZ Sustainable Palm Oil - Thailand, Oil palm
  Issues: Access to Land │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Local Food Security│Employment, Wages and Labour Conditions │ Community Development │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy
• Godavari - India, Sugarcane
  Issues: Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Access to Land │ Community Development │ Gender Equity
• Neste Oil - Indonesia and Malaysia, Oil palm
  Issue: Access to Land │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Community Development
• ODAM - India, Mesquite Gum
  Issues: Local Food Security │ Community Development │ Gender Equity

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

• UNICA - Brazil, Sugarcane
  Issues: Employment, Wages and Labour Conditions │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Community Development
• Jatropha Pepinye - Haiti, Jatropha
  Issues: Access to Land │ Local Food Security │ Energy Security and Local Access to Energy │ Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders │ Community Development
• SNV - Honduras, Oil palm
  Issues: Income Generation and Inclusion of Smallholders