Bioenergy and Food Security
| Rising food prices - Drivers and implications for development This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for international development.It starts by assessing the drivers of rising prices, noting that while in the short term the pressure is on the demand side, a suite of... |
Apr 2008 |
| Second FAO technical consultation on bioenergy and food security - Summary proceedings An important constraint to bioenergy development will be water availability and use. At the present time the real cost of water, in particular that of maintaining and preserving the water resources upstream, is not being paid by... |
Apr 2008 |
| Ethanol and food prices – Preliminary assessment Food prices in the U.S. rose dramatically in 2007 and early 2008. Given the integration of the world markets for foodstuffs, prices increased around the world as well, leading to riots in a number of countries in early 2008. The... |
Apr 2008 |
| Food prices and inflation in developing Asia: is poverty reduction coming to an end? For decades, food prices had been declining in real terms, allowing millions of people around the globe to escape from the trap of poverty. This long-term trend took place despite rapid income and population growth, as... |
Apr 2008 |
| Opportunities and challenges of biofuel production for food security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean As an agency dedicated to the generation, analysis and dissemination of knowledge and in response to the Kyoto Protocol, the Johannesburg Declaration of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and the Millennium... |
Apr 2008 |
| Biofuel expansion: challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people On 2 January 2008, the cost of crude oil crossed US$100 a barrel for the first time, raising global concerns. Continuing near-record oil prices, fears of unaffordable and rapidly depleting sources of fossil fuel and the desire to... |
Feb 2008 |
| Where will biofuels and biomass feedstocks come from? When it comes to biofuels we have a few choices and options – we can do it poorly, with short-run approaches with no potential to scale, poor trajectory, and adverse environmental impact, or we can do it right – with sustainable,... |
2008 |
| Carbon and sustainability reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation - Technical guidance The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) requires suppliers wishing to claim Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates (RTFCs) to provide a carbon and sustainability (C&S) report. This technical guidance describes how these reports are to be... |
Jan 2008 |
| The world food situation The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, and urbanization are transforming food consumption, production, and markets.... |
Dec 2007 |
| The state of food and agriculture 2007 Agricultural ecosystems are by far the largest managed ecosystems in the world. Of the total land area of about 13 billion hectares, crops and pasture occupy almost 5 billion hectares. Forests and woodlands add another 4 billion... |
2007 |
