Year of publication 2014

The BEFS Approach supports countries in the design and implementation of sustainable bioenergy policies and strategies, by ensuring that bioenergy development fosters both food and energy security and that it contributes to agricultural and rural development in a climate-smart way. This manual provides an overview of the BEFS Rapid Appraisal and of the overall BEFS Approach, of which the BEFS Rapid Appraisal is a part. The BEFS Rapid Appraisal (RA) is a set of easily applicable Excel-based tools that can guide policymakers in obtaining an initial assessment of the in-country bioenergy potential, covering potential feedstock availability, definition of bioenergy pathways of interest, competitiveness of options and potential socioeconomic implications and trade-offs. The BEFS RA allows countries to obtain a first level of assessment of their sustainable bioenergy potential. The BEFS Analytical Framework is the analytical structure of reference for the BEFS Rapid Appraisal. This chapter focuses specifically on Woodfuel plantation budget.