Bioenergy publications

FAO publications on bionergy are categorized under the following headings:
Environment • Food Security • Rural Development • Technology • Policy Framework

For a list of FAO publications on energy, click here.

Environment

• FAO (BEFSCI), 2011. A Compilation of Tools and Methodologies to Assess the Sustainability of Modern Bioenergy
• FAO (BEFSCI), 2011. Good Environmental Practices in Bioenergy Feedstock Production
• FAO, 2010. Bioenergy Environmental Impact Analysis (BIAS) of Ethanol Production from Sugar Cane in Tanzania - Case Study: SEKAB/Bagamoyo
• FAO, 2010. Bioenergy Environmental Impact Analysis (BIAS): Analytical Framework
• FAO Forestry Paper 154, 2008. Forests and Energy
• FAO-IIED, 2008. Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people's access to land 
• FAO, 2008. Information Sheet on Climate Change and Biofuels for the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
• FAO, 2004. Bioenergy and the Clean Development Mechanism
• FAO, 2004. Bioenergy projects for climate change mitigation: eligibility, additionality and baselines
• FAO, 2000. Manual on integrated soil management and conservation practices
• FAO/Netherlands Conference, 1999. The multi-functional character of agriculture and land: Bioenergy

• FAO, 1994. Integrated energy systems in China - The cold Northeastern region experience

Food Security

• FAO (BEFS), 2012. Bioenergy and Food Security - The BEFS Analysis for Tanzania - Sunflower Biodiesel, Water, and Household Food Security
• FAO (BEFSCI), 2011. Impacts of Bioenergy on Food Security
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. Bioenergy and Food Security - The BEFS Analytical Framework
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. El análisis de BEFS para el Perù - Apoyo a la política bioenergética en Perù
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. El análisis de BEFS para el Perù - Compendio técnico, Volumen 1, Resultados y conclusiones
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. El análisis de BEFS para el Perù - Compendio técnico, Volumen 2, Methodologías
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. The BEFS analysis for Peru - Supporting the policy machinery in Peru
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. The BEFS analysis for Thailand
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. BEFS Thailand - Key results and policy recommendations for future bioenergy development
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. Technical Compendium: Description of Agricultural Trade Policies in Peru, Tanzania and Thailand
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. Household level impacts of increasing food prices in Cambodia
• FAO (BEFS), 2010. Bioenergy and Food Security: The BEFS Analysis for Tanzania
• FAO, 2009. The market and food security implications of the development of biofuel production Background document for the FAO Committee on Commodity Problems 67th session. Rome 20-22 April 2009.
• FAO, 2008. The State of Food and Agriculture. Biofuels: Prospects, Risks and Opportunities.
• Flammini A. (GBEP Secretariat), 2008. Biofuels and the underlying causes of high food prices
• FAO, 2008. Soaring Food Prices: facts and perspectives, impacts and actions required Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Bioenergy, food security and sustainability - towards an international framework Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Climate change, bioenergy and food security: options for decision-makers identified by expert meetings Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Climate change, bioenergy and food security: civil society and private sector perspectives Background document for the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of climate change and bionergy. Rome 3-5 June 2008.
• FAO, 2008. Opportunities and challenges of biofuel production for food security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
• FAO, 2007. Some insights in the effect of growing bio-energy demand on global food security and natural resources. 
• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2008-2017

Rural Development

• FAO BEFSCI, 2011. Smallholders in Global Bioenergy Value Chains and Certification
• FAO (BEFSCI), 2011, Good Socio-Economic Practices in Modern Bioenergy Production 
• FAO, 2009. Making Sustainable Biofuels Work for Smallholder Farmers and Rural Households - Issues and Perspectives.
• FAO, 2009. Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Brief description and preliminary lessons on livelihood impacts from case studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
• FAO, 2008. Gender and Equity Issues in Liquid Biofuels Production - Minimizing the Risks to Maximize the Opportunities
• FAO, 2007. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) and Bioenergy
• FAO, 2006. Energy and gender in rural sustainable development
• FAO, 2000. Solar photovoltaics for sustainable agriculture and rural development
• FAO, 1999. The challenges of rural energy poverty in developing countries
• FAO, 1997. Biogas technology: a training manual for extension

• FAO, 1997. Regional study on wood energy: today and tomorrow in Asia

Technology

• FAO, 2010. Making Integrated Food-Energy Systems Work for People and Climate- An Overview
• FAO, 2009. Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
• FAO, 2009. Algae-based Biofuels: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries
• FAO, 2008. The role of agriculural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries. Background Document to the the e-mail conference
• FAO, 2007. Recent Trends in the law and policy of bioenergy production, promotion and use
• FAO, 2004. Training Manual for Sweet sorghum
• FAO, 2004. Small holder oil palm manual
• Papers and Powerpoint presentations from the FAO seminar "The role of agricultural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries". held on 12 october 2007 available at http://www.fao.org/biotech/seminaroct2007.htm
• FAO, AGS Bulletin no. 128, 1997. Renewable biological systems for alternative sustainable energy production
• FAO, AGS Bulletin  no. 95, 1992. Biogas processes for sustainable development  

Policy Framework

• FAO, 2012. Guidelines for Sustainable Bioenergy Investment - Sierra Leone
• FAO (GBEP), 2011. The Global Bioenergy Partnership Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy
• FAO (BEFSCI), 2011. Policy instruments  to Promote Good  Practices in Bioenergy  Feedstock Production
• FAO/GBEP, June 2009. The GBEP Common Methodological Framework for GHG Lifecycle Analysis of Bioenergy
• FAO, 2008. State of Food and Agriculture 2008
  Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities
• Dubois O., 2008. How Good Enough Biofuel Governance Can Help Rural Livelihoods: Making Sure that Biofuel Development Works for Small Farmers and Communities 
• UN Energy, 2007. Sustainable Bioenergy: a Framework for Decision Makers
• Presentations from the Expert meeting on Bioenergy policy, markets and trade of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, held in Rome 18-20 February 2008 (List of presentations available here)
• FAO (GBEP), 2007. A review of the current state of bioenergy development in G8 + 5 countries
• FAO, 2007. Recent Trends in the Law and Policy of Bioenergy Production, Promotion and Use