The Energizing Agriculture Assessment Tool (EAAT)

The FAO/World Bank Energizing Agriculture Assessment Tool (EAAT) provides insight into the energy use of an agriculture value chain. It assesses current energy use, needs, energy intervention options and the related economic and GHG emission levels during production and processing. The tool helps understand where the use of energy could be further improved, and where energy issues might cause operational bottlenecks.

The evaluation is carried out through a comparison between alternative equipment, techniques, and technologies alternatives for each stage in the process that are shown in parallel with the current situation of the agro-industry. Taking both scenarios, current and intervened, the impact that each one has on key decision parameters is shown in the first instance, energetic accompanied by other economic, environmental, technical, and social parameters.

The results obtained through this tool can be used for political decision making about agricultural practices in the region or country, as well as decision making at the level industries that want to improve their process performance. It is important to remember that the tool is mainly of an energetic nature. Therefore, the economic parameters do not represent an objective, but serve as an instrument for evaluating the impact that the optimization of certain stages in on the process has on the costs of the agro-industry.

User Manual 

EAAT Tool

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