Producing bioenergy doesn’t have to conflict with food security

As the world confronts climate change, demand will increase for both bioenergy and sustainable food sources. Many assume these needs conflict. In fact, though, many synergies already exist between growing food and biomass for fuel, and good policies can boost them further. A new report, “Reconciling Food Security and Bioenergy: Priorities for action,” in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy, synthesizes a number of important ideas on bioenergy and food security that came out of a conference hosted by IFPRI in 2014.