A viable package of alternatives to current policies could include the following elements: more open markets in renewable fuels, feedstocks, and food-feed commodities, efforts to ensure that production occurs where it is most socially and environmentally sustainable , increased scientific research on second generation biofuels and other pathways to reduce carbon emissions and to contribute to both energy and food security globally, and actions to improve efficiency of energy use, and thereby reduce demand and limit stress on finite resources, including those needed for food and feed production. This has resulted in a relatively constant level of support to the farm sector, while its composition made it less production and trade distorting. The degree of market distortion is particularly reduced if the direct payments are made with no requirement to produce.