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Investment Days, FAO HQ, December 2014

Sustainable Bioenergy and Investments in AgricultureThe Approach and a new collaboration

with EBRD

Irini Maltsoglou, Climate Change, Energy and Tenure

Some key definitions: Biomass, Biofuels and Bioenergy Pathways

RESOURCESolid Biofuels

Gaseous Biofuels

Liquid Biofuels

Firewood, charcoal, briquettes

Biogas, syngas

(gasification)

Bioethanol, biodiesel and

straight vegetable oil

Woodfuel and woody residues, crop residues, livestock residues, crops, food producessing residues

FEEDSTOCK

Heating and Cooking Electricity Transport

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Linkages: Bioenergy and Food Security

Bioenergy

Food Availability(Supply)

Food Access (Income and prices)

Food Utilization (Nutrition)

To be defined which, if any, are:Environmental sustainability, social acceptability, and economic viability of the bioenergy sector “setup”

Which options allow to integrate the energy and agriculture production systems?

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FAO’s Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach

• Assisting countries with the development of a sustainable, food secure bioenergy sector that integrates the agricultural sector

• Six areas of support

Impact Monitoring,

Evaluation and Response

Support to Policy

Formulation

Sustainable Bioenergy

AssessmentScoping

Stakeholder Dialogue and Capacity Building

Risk Prevention, Management and Investment Screening

BEFS Rapid Appraisal

BEFS Operator Level Tool

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The BEFS Rapid Appraisal

TransportBioethanol, biodiesel

ElectricityGasification, SVO, Combustion

Country Specific Evidence

Country StatusReview of key indicators and trends: Agriculture, Energy, Environment, etc.

Energy End Use Options

Techno-economic and socioeconomic analysis

Biomass Potential Assessment

Agriculture Residues

Woodfuel andWood Residues

Crops

Natural Resources

Biomass Potential Assessment

Heating and CookingCharcoal, briquettes and biogas

Pellets, Biogas (larger scale), CHP

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BEFS Operator Level Tool: indicators and scoring system

• Screening of sustainability of bioenergy projects (environmental, social and economic)– According to EBRD sustainability

requirements and FAO food security indicators

At the end the investment reviewed receives

an overall scoring:

– No significant impacts– Potentially significant impacts, that

can be mitigated– Potentially significant impacts, that

are not acceptable

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FAO EBRD project on bioenergy• Title: Supporting National and Private Sector

Capacities in Sustainable Agricultural and Bioenergy Investments

• Aim of the project: supporting decision-making related to bioenergy in countries of operations of the EBRD– The implementation period of the project will run from

October 2014 to August 2016.

• Three core elements of the project:1. Tools: BEFS Rapid Appraisal and BEFS Operator Level

Tool

2. Country level work: Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, including private sector coverage

3. Capacity building: EBRD and in country

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Where to find all the information

www.fao.org/energy/befs/rapid-appraisal/en/

Introduction to BEFS RA

BEFS RA Data collection sheets

BEFS RA Tools and Manuals

BEFS Approach