Sustainable bioenergy development in UEMOA Member Countries

Oct 2008

This report, led by the UN Foundation, in partnership with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, the Energy and Security Group and the Global Bioenergy Partnership, identifies opportunities, assesses constraints, identifies trade-offs, and outlines key policy issues for promoting sustainable production and use of bioenergy in the eight member countries of UEMOA.
It also provides appropriate data to guide governments and international organizations as they consider smallholder production schemes to broaden the use of bioenergy as part of a comprehensive agriculture sector strategy, while reducing poverty and arresting environmental degradation.
The eight UEMOA countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo—possess a rich resource base that can be sustained by a combination of good policies and practices to expand the production of and access to food, fuel, and fiber. Undertaking these strategies to improve agriculture and forest productivity, protect watersheds, and produce bioenergy should also strengthen their ability to adapt to climate change.
The report concludes that, notwithstanding many challenges that require careful consideration, UEMOA member countries have the natural resources, the land availability, and the demand to improve agriculture productivity and develop bioenergy successfully in the context of a comprehensive sustainable agriculture and forest conservation strategy.

By: UN Foundation

 
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