Biofuel Craze Could Starve Millions

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:24:40 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: Joachim von Braun, director general of the U.S.-based International Food Policy Research Institute supports a moratorium on grain- and oilseed-based biofuels but not for sugar-cane-based fuels.

Sugar-cane is the source of many sweeteners used in breakfast cereals and soft drinks. We should start seeing those prices begin to shoot up.

I looks like we are just going to have to find another alternative to the biofuels sources.

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A "biofuels frenzy" and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which rice consumption is outpacing production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition

International agriculture researchers warned that farmers will need to double global food production by 2030 to meet rising demand, and said countries should impose a moratorium on grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to rein in skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, soybeans and wheat.

For the first time, it's been clear that we are consuming more rice than we are producing globally

Joachim von Braun, director general of the U.S.-based International Food Policy Research Institute, cited "major policy failures" at the core of the crisis, in which recent food price spikes have led to violent riots and threats of starvation in poor nations, and prompted United Nation calls to lift export bans.

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high prices could force a billion people to limit their food consumption, leading to drastic malnutrition.

Tags: starvation, biofuels, grain, malnutrition, food

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Biofuel Craze Could Starve Millions