Waldenström, Cecilia
- Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Forskningsartikel2016Vetenskapligt granskad
Waldenström, Cecilia; Ferguson, Richard; Sundberg, Cecilia; Tidåker, Pernilla; Westholm, Erik; Åkerskog, Ann
This article addresses the challenges for the EU Rural Development Program (RDP) to promote sustainable bioenergy production from agriculture. Drawing on the Swedish example, we identify opportunities for farmers and discuss agricultural-based bioenergy production in relation to the program objectives for agricultural competitiveness, sustainability and climate effects, and rural development. The sustainability and climate effects of agricultural-based bioenergy can be ascertained only through contextual analysis, and research indicates that rural development may be best promoted through local collaborative energy systems. Contrasting two ideal-type roles farmers may assume in bioenergy production, we discuss Swedish institutional contexts of energy production. In Sweden, the national energy policy tends to favor large-scale energy solutions and farmers taking on the roles as suppliers of primary products in large-scale energy systems. For RDP objectives to be realized, this tendency needs to be countered, local solutions need to be supported, and a national three-tiered energy policy integration needs to be furthered.
Agriculture and the environment; energy policy; environmental management; policy and politics; rural and agricultural development; sustainable development
Society and Natural Resources
2016, Volym: 29, nummer: 12, sidor: 1467-1482
Avskaffa hunger, uppnå tryggad livsmedelsförsörjning och förbättrad nutrition samt främja ett hållbart jordbruk
Säkerställa tillgång till ekonomiskt överkomlig, tillförlitlig, hållbar och modern energi för alla
Säkerställa hållbara konsumtions- och produktionsmönster
Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Förnyelsebar bioenergi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1150538
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77846