Task 6. Integrated Analysis II: Achieving Multiple Benefits
Bioenergy production lies at the intersection of the two physical systems that are at once essential for support aspects of human endeavor and are also responsible for the largest impacts on the environment: energy and food. As a result of these strong linkages, the range of outcomes resulting from large-scale deployment of bioenergy ranges from highly desirable transformative benefits to highly undesirable negative consequences. Across this spectrum of outcomes, the world's poor could be the biggest winners or the biggest losers.
Task 6 will address the potential for a system-level, integrated approach involving food and bioenergy to positively impact multiple human needs. As illustrated in the figure below, these including food security, preservation of wildlife habitat, climate security, sustainable energy supply, improved soil fertility and environmental quality, rural economic development, and poverty alleviation.
Food Supply Chain Losses.