1. FAO’s toolkit and the BEFS Rapid Appraisal
Sustainable Bioenergy Development
FAO’s toolkit and the
BEFS Rapid Appraisal
Maltsoglou, Irini
Energy, Climate Change and Tenure Division, FAO

2. Outline Two parts: Overview of FAO’s work and the BEFS Approach
The BEFS Rapid Appraisal
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Designer to propose a different layout for the “Environmental Analysis” veritical box, in order to make sure that readers do not get the impression that “Biomass Potential Assessment”, “Techno-Economic Analysis” and “Socio-Economic Analysis” are about “Environmental Analysis”.
Designer to create two sub-boxes for “Techno-Economic Analysis” and “Socio-Economic Analysis”, which could look like the bigger boxes, i.e. with an arrow going from the former to the latter in order to indicate the chronological sequence.
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3. Bioenergy and Food Security
Modern bioenergy development can create both risks and opportunities for food security To help countries assess and manage these risks and opportunities, FAO has developed the Sustainable Bioenergy Toolkit

4. The FAO Sustainable Bioenergy Toolkit
A Roadmap to Sustainable Bioenergy
FAO-UNEP Decision Support Tool (DST)
FAO Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach
WHAT TO DO
Sustainable Bioenergy Assessment and Planning
FAO Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach
HOW TO DO IT
Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Response
Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Sustainability Indicators

5. The BEFS Approach of FAO
The BEFS approach help countries design and implement sustainable bioenergy policies and strategies, by ensuring that bioenergy development: → fosters both food and energy security, and → contributes to agricultural and rural development in a climate-smart way

6. Some key definitions: Biofuels
FEEDSTOCK
Crops and crop residues, forestry and residues and livestock residues
Solid Biofuels
Gaseous Biofuels
Liquid Biofuels
Firewood, charcoal, briquettes
Biogas, syngas (gasification)
Bioethanol, biodiesel and straight vegetable oil
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BIOENERGY: all energy derived from biofuels, which are fuels derived from biomass. BIOMASS: materials of recent biological origin including plant materials and animal waste.
Heating and Cooking
Electricity
Transport

7. Some key definitions: Food Security
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
This definition introduces four main dimensions of food security:
Physical AVAILABILITY of food
Economic and physical ACCESS to food
Food UTILIZATION
STABILITY of the other three dimensions over time
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Designer to propose a different layout for the “Environmental Analysis” veritical box, in order to make sure that readers do not get the impression that “Biomass Potential Assessment”, “Techno-Economic Analysis” and “Socio-Economic Analysis” are about “Environmental Analysis”.
Designer to create two sub-boxes for “Techno-Economic Analysis” and “Socio-Economic Analysis”, which could look like the bigger boxes, i.e. with an arrow going from the former to the latter in order to indicate the chronological sequence.
Designer to propose alternative colour scheme and make any other necessary improvements.

8. Linkages: Bioenergy and Food Security
Food Utilization (Nutrition)
Food Availability
(Supply)
Food Access (Income and prices)
Which options are viable?

9. Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Response
Stakeholder Dialogue and Capacity Building
Country level support and Evidence: The Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach
Six areas of support:
Risk Prevention, Management and Investment Screening
Sustainable
Bioenergy
Assessment
Support to
Policy Formulation
Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Response
Scoping
Stakeholder dialogue and capacity building are essential components of our work.
In the Assessment phase we focus on analysis to generate the evidence which is the used to support the policy formulation process.
Once policies are in place, these need to be monitored and identify unintended risks so that appropriate response to correct this are put in place.
Guidance materials to ensure environmental and social sustainability are also available to support the entire process.

10. Country level support and Evidence: BEFS Approach (contd.)
Stakeholder Dialogue and Capacity Building
Country level support and Evidence: BEFS Approach (contd.)
Establish/work with existing inter- ministerial working group
Country review: stakeholder mapping, agriculture, energy, food security, environment context etc.
Identification of country needs, focus areas, concerns
Train working group on bioenergy and food security linkages and on the BEFS Approach
Definition and agreement of next steps
Scoping

11. Country level support and Evidence: BEFS Approach (contd.)
Country level evidence as basis for policy formulation process
Two levels of analysis: initial appraisal followed by in-depth analysis
Training of assessment methodologies
Sustainable
Bioenergy
Assessment

12. Country level support and Evidence: BEFS Approach (contd.)
Discuss results generated by the BEFS Assessment at both technical and policy levels
Review of regulatory framework for bioenergy and relevant sectors
Support Ministerial and Parliamentary discussions
Support to
Policy Formulation

13. Country level support and Evidence: BEFS Approach (contd.)
Overall support in structuring the monitoring framework
Appropriateness of GBEP indicators
Assessing data availability and collection
Defining of the baseline
Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Response

14. Some examples of our work:
Africa
Tanzania: Training, potential assessment, multistakeholder dialogue
Malawi: BEFS Working Group, Roadmap
Sierra Leone: BEFS Working Group, Sustainable Investment Guidelines
Latin America
Peru: Training, potential assessment, multistakeholder dialogue
Colombia: GBEP indicator testing
Asia
ASEAN: Training, potential assessment, multistakeholder dialogue
Indonesia: GBEP indicator testing
Other potential countries
Pakistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Paraguay, Vietnam

15. Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Response
Country level support and Evidence: The Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach
Six areas of support:
Risk Prevention, Management and Investment Screening
Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Response
Support to
Policy Formulation
Sustainable
Bioenergy
Assessment
Scoping
Stakeholder Dialogue and Capacity Building
Stakeholder dialogue and capacity building are essential components of our work.
In the Assessment phase we focus on analysis to generate the evidence which is the used to support the policy formulation process.
Once policies are in place, these need to be monitored and identify unintended risks so that appropriate response to correct this are put in place.
Guidance materials to ensure environmental and social sustainability are also available to support the entire process.

16. BEFS Sustainable Bioenergy Assessment
Country specific evidence to inform the policy formulation process
The assessment is based on the BEFS AF
The assessment can be carried out at two levels:
BEFS Rapid Appraisal
BEFS Detailed Analysis

17. The BEFS Rapid Appraisal
Focusing on:
The BEFS Rapid Appraisal

18. The BEFS Rapid Appraisal
Country Status
Review of key indicators and trends: Agriculture, Energy, Environment, etc.
Excel tools and manuals are on our website now
Agriculture
Residues
Woodfuel and
Wood Residues
Crops
Natural Resources
Biomass Potential Assessment
Biomass Potential Assessment
Energy End
Use Options
Heating and Cooking
Charcoal, briquettes, biogas
Rural Electrification
Gasification, SVO, Combustion
Transport
Bioethanol, biodiesel
Techno-economic and socioeconomic analysis
Country Specific Evidence

19. The BEFS Rapid Appraisal
Transport
Bioethanol, biodiesel
Rural Electrification
Gasification, SVO, Combustion
Heating and Cooking
Charcoal, briquettes, biogas
Country Specific Evidence
Country Status
Review of key indicators and trends: Agriculture, Energy, Environment, etc.
Energy End
Use Options
Biomass Potential Assessment
Agriculture
Residues
Woodfuel and
Wood Residues
Crops
Natural Resources
Outlines the bioenergy options of interest
Generates initial estimates of which sustainable bioenergy supply chains are viable in the country
Identifies options of interest that require more in-depth analysis and planning e.g. more detailed BEFS analysis
An initial understanding and quantification of:
Is the feedstock available (considering the constraints)?
Is production profitable and at what level?
Can smallholders be cost competitive?
What are the investment requirements?
What are the opportunities for job creation and where?
What does the option entail for energy access?

20. How does the appraisal account for food security and sustainability?
Identify key food staples in the country
Strive for feedstock production that is additional or minimizes competition with food, feed and other current uses
Consider options for income generation, employment and potential tradeoffs
feedstock level, processing level

21. How does the appraisal account for food security and sustainability
How does the appraisal account for food security and sustainability? (contd.)
Sustainability
Sustainable use of natural resources
intensification of agricultural production as preferred option
forestland and protected areas excluded
current/planned uses of residues excluded
importance of residues for soil fertility and structure considered
Economic and social sustainability
competitiveness
financial viability
outgrowers’ inclusion

22. Coverage of the BEFS Rapid Appraisal
FEEDSTOCK
Production, harvesting, collection
BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
Processing
TRANSPORT
FACTORY GATE
The whole bioenergy supply chain
ELECTRICITY
Production and distribution
CONSUMER

23. Phases of implementation of the BEFS RA
Phase 1: country needs, focus (stakeholder discussions) and data collection
Phase 2: analysis with the BEFS RA tools
Country status, natural resources and energy end use options
Phase 3: results screening, discussion and decision on way forward
Timing
4 to 6 months

24. Country support BEFS Working Group
Ministries of Energy, Agriculture, Industry and Trade, Labour, Finance, Economic Development, Transport, Irrigation, etc.

25. What does the BEFS RA do?
Understand the context, needs, constraints and investigate, based on the local evidence, potential viable solutions
Central role for smallholder inclusion to ensure targeting poverty reduction
What bioenergy options to supply which energy needs, considering a broader energy mix
Integration is key: Integrate food and energy systems

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