The SCALA programme, through its Private Sector Engagement Facility, collaborated with the Government of The Gambia on a feasibility assessment for potential biogas development. This study evaluates the potential of biogas technology in The Gambia in response to energy shortages [...]

Bioenergy is an important source of renewable energy that can help fight climate change and provide access to clean energy. Currently, bioenergy accounts for 12 percent of total energy consumption and 50 percent of total energy consumption from renewables. This [...]

Azerbaijan’s agriculture sector is vital to the economy and hazelnuts represent a valuable product. In recent years, the hazelnut sector has shown a significant increase in production areas, but the dominating traditional, low-mechanized practices have hindered the increase in production [...]

This report is part of the technical analysis that informs the GEFs project preparation grant application (PPG) under the GEFs food system, land use and restoration (FOLUR) impact programme. The focus of the analysis is on three regions of Uzbekistan: [...]

Rwanda is working on identifying sustainable energy solutions to ensure access to energy. Bioenergy is one possible form of renewable energy that countries are looking at to supply part of their energy portfolio. Rwanda currently relies on traditional biomass for [...]

The report highlights the complexity and interdependence of energy and agrifood systems, particularly in terms of fish value chains. All actors within these value chains rely on energy at every stage, while current energy usage in agrifood systems contributes to [...]

This report explores how food cold chain development can become more sustainable and makes a series of important recommendations. These include governments and other cold chain stakeholders collaborating to adopt a systems approach and develop National Cooling Action Plans, backing [...]

This report for Seychelles looks at the potential for sustainable bioenergy within the country, considering the country context, conditions and delicate habitat, following the bioenergy and food security (BEFS) approach of FAO, and identifies a number of bioenergy pathways relevant [...]

This report presents a model crop residue value chain that can support the collection, transport, storage of rice straw which can enable productive uses of rice straw. Moreover, it estimates the quantity of rice straw produced in each district in [...]

This report, jointy developed by IRENA and FAO, explores the role of renewable energy used in food chain to advance energy and food security as well as climate action towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. [...]