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1. 5MB Scale-Up and Commercialisation of Improved Cookstoves in Sri Lanka, Interest in cook stove improvement in Sri Lanka started in the early 1950s. These activities were initiated among the migrant South Indian community that worked in tea plantations concentrated in the central part of the country who had been influenced by the interest generated in the South India. However, these were not replicated in other parts of the country, possibly due to the abudance of the fuel-wood in those areas and also due to a lack of wider interest and awareness of the significance if Improved Cook Stoves (ICS).

2. 212KB Analysis of the Value Chain for Biogas in Tanzania Northern Zone

3. 718KB Sustainable Biofuels Crops and Access in Developing Countries

4. 884KB Policies and Regulations Affecting Biomass-Related Energy Sector Development in Sri Lanka

5. 567KB Pisces Food Security Scoping Study

6. 2.4MB FAO - PISCES Case Studies: Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives Final Report-Updated 2 April 2009 with corrections to Case Study 9 summary and Case Studies 6 and 15.

Fifteen case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America were undertaken to assess the impacts that different types of local-level bioenergy initiatives can have on rural livelihoods. The report concludes with preliminary lessons and recommendations for further work.

7. 444KB Policies and Regulations Affecting Biofuel Development in Kenya, PISCES Policy Brief No. 1 December 2008: An assessment of government initiatives to encourage biofuel development finds the industry is hampered by a lack of policy frameworks.

8. 92KB Choosing Stakeholders for a Policy Consultative Process, PISCES Policy Brief No. 2 December 2008: Demonstrates how a market mapping approach provides a systematic method of identifying stakeholders, and carrying out an analysis of the critical role stakeholders play when dealing with biofuels products and services.

9. 269KB Gender and Equity in Bioenergy Access and Delivery in Kenya, April 2008: A comprehensive assessment of gender as it relates to bioenergy access, delivery, supply, and production. Policy dimensions and other issues are also considered.

10. 73KB View Point - An interview with Benard Muok

11. 5MB New Knowledge for Sustainable Bioenergy (PISCES brochure)