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The Energy and Agriculture Nexus |
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The Energy and Agriculture Nexus |
FAO, Rome, 2000
Abstract
Energy has a key role in economic and social development but there is a general lack of rural energy development policies that focus on agriculture. Agriculture has a dual role as an energy user and as an energy supplier in the form of bioenergy. This energy function of agriculture offers important rural development opportunities as well as one means of climate change mitigation by substituting bioenergy for fossil fuels. This report focuses on the challenges and opportunities of advancing modern bioenergy technology, in general, and on the technical, environmental and economic benefits of the energy function of agriculture, in particular.
This report has been prepared as a contribution of FAO to the 9th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development which will meet in April 2001 and its follow-up, which is expected to accelerate the global move towards more sustainable energy systems.
Keywords: Energy; Agenda 21; Commission for Sustainable Development - CSD; rural development; agriculture; bioenergy; sustainable energy systems; energy indicators; Kyoto Protocol.
Cover Photograph by A. Odoul, FAO Photo Library
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* Environment and Energy Series
* Remote Sensing
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* Agrometeorology Working Papers
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Chapter 1: Energy in the World Economy
1.4 Energy Consumption by End-use Sector
1.5 Global Issues in Energy Supply and Demand
1.6 Local Environmental Impacts
1.8 Energy Security, Diversity of Supply and the Role of Renewable Energy
1.9 Renewable Energy Technologies
Chapter 2: Energy for Agriculture
2.1 Entry Levels for Interventions
2.2 Energy and Agricultural Production
2.3 Commercial Energy Use and Agricultural Output
2.5 Mechanization and Conservation Agriculture
2.9 Energy Policies in Agriculture
2.11 Impact of Trade on Energy Demand in Agriculture
2.12 A New Direction for Energy in Agriculture - the Use of Measurable Indicators
Chapter 3: Rural Energy Supply
3.2 The Challenge of Providing Rural Energy Services
3.3 Experience of Rural Energy Programmes
3.4 Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
3.5 Modern Biomass and Rural Energy
3.6 Biomass Conversion Technologies
3.8 Bioenergy R&D and Technology Development
Chapter 4: The Energy Function of Agriculture
4.1 Energy in the Wider Agricultural Context
4.2 Energy Supply from Agriculture
4.5 The Role of Bioenergy in Climate Change Mitigation
4.6 Exploiting the Potential of Biomass
Chapter 5: Mobilizing Synergies
5.1 New Approaches to Energy and Development
5.2 The Energy-Agriculture Nexus
5.6 Impacts on Rural Livelihoods
5.8 Advancing modern bioenergy technology
5.9 A Challenge and an Opportunity
A.1: Indicators of energy use in agriculture
A.2: Bioenergy terminology and database
A.3: Recommendations to promote Photovoltaics for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
