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Guardian: America must stop promoting the production of biofuels if there is to be any real progress in addressing spiking global food prices and famine, such as seen in the Horn of Africa, an authoritative thinktank has warned.
A new report, the Global Hunger Index, warned that US government support for corn ethanol was a major factor behind this year's food price spikes – and was projected to fuel further volatility in food prices over the next decade.
Although the report noted some improvements over......
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US must stop promoting biofuels to tackle world hunger, says thinktank
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 11th, 2011
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