Small Scale Bioenergy Initiatives
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This study was conducted between September and November 2008 under a joint initiative of FAO and the Policy Innovations Systems for Clean Energy Security (PISCES) Energy Research Programme Consortium funded by DFID. The focus of the study was on the impacts that different types of local level Bioenergy initiatives can have on Rural Livelihoods in different contexts in the developing world. Livelihoods are understood as the enhancement of the full range of natural, financial, human, social and physical capitals on a sustainable ongoing basis. The 15 cases were selected from 12 countries in six regions of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Cases were selected to highlight the use of a range of bioenergy resources, including natural bioresources, bioresidues from existing agricultural, forestry or industrial activities; and biofuels (solid and liquid) from purpose grown energy crops. The initiatives match these resources to a range of energy needs includ ing cooking, mobility, productive uses and electricity for lighting and communication - thereby highlighting the scope of bioenergy applications. The approach taken also considers the non-energy by-products of production processes where these form, or could form, a significant added benefit in terms of livelihoods, revenues and efficiency. The case study approach combines a Market Systems perspective, the “4Rsâ€Â Framework of Relationships, Rights, Responsibilities and Revenu es to the actors in the system, assessment of the impacts of the initiatives on the Livelihoods Assets of the actors in the chain, and consideration of the sustainability of these impacts. In the final part of the study preliminary conclusions are drawn and recommendations on future areas of work are made.