World Bank economist Don Mitchell concluded that biofuels
and related low grain inventories, speculative activity, and
food export bans pushed prices up by 70 percent to 75 percent.
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Which priorities should policymakers, activists and academics concentrate on? Fair trade of export crops? Local production of food crops? Export/local production of organic produce?
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Group Bookmarks View All Bookmarks»Supporters of biofuels argue that they are a greener alternative to relying on oil and other fossil fuels, but even that claim has been disputed by some experts, who argue that it does not apply to US production of ethanol from plants. "It is clear that some biofuels have huge impacts on food prices," said Dr David King, the government's former chief scientific adviser, last night. "All we are doing by supporting these is subsidising higher food prices, while doing nothing to tackle climate change."
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there are five basic guidelines, or principles, that must form the basis of any food policy.
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