Abstract
ABSTRACTThe primacy of food security overrides that of energy. This is a reasoned view under the United Nations rights-based theories and practice. Within this context, there are voluntary guidelines according to which countries must secure an adequate food supply. Nevertheless, agro-related fuel has recently attracted scientific and commercial attention, following revolutionary thinking concerning the multifunctionality nature of agriculture products and the innovative use of crop resources as conduits in building our energy security and promoting economic growth. Consequently, many countries may be facing the need for strategic decision-making in developing an agro-related fuel programme, given the lack of a credible global framework to inform policy approaches. On the back of this complexity, a key objective of this paper is to provide a critical assessment of whether a credible global collaborative framework can bring much-needed certainty to enable developing countries to weigh up the importance and risks involved and to manage all of the related biodiversity intricacies connected to agro-related policy development in relation to the realisation of sustainable food security.
Highlights
In today’s society, the development of agro-related fuel is gaining increased scientific and commercial attention, and while this initiative started in developed countries, it has recently entered the policy landscape of several developing countries including Africa, where poverty has always been endemic beyond any imagination
While food remains a critical commodity for human development, fuel is commonly held as the backbone to global economic growth
One important fact is that agriculture produces far more than just food: multiple uses of farming commodities and considerations beyond food security deserve to be considered
Summary
In today’s society, the development of agro-related fuel is gaining increased scientific and commercial attention, and while this initiative started in developed countries, it has recently entered the policy landscape of several developing countries including Africa, where poverty has always been endemic beyond any imagination. The Directive intends to place limits on the share of biofuels from crops grown on agricultural land that can be counted towards the 2020 renewable energy targets to 7 per cent This Directive finds logic in the notion of sustainable development of the agrorelated and such a sustainable approach would benefit the policy stream in overcoming the conversion of agricultural lands from food to agro-related fuel production. This will sit well alongside some international norms that seek to address the climate change threat; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 1992. This platform could be used as leverage for other kinds of market access negotiations for developing countries, given that even though market access was a significant issue agreed under the multilateral trade agreement during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, this is still a mirage [97]
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