(EnergyAsia, August 1, Friday) — Biofuels accounted for 30% of the recent increase in world food prices, with disastrous impacts on food supplies and the economy of poor nations, a new Oxfam report found. The increased cost of food has pushed 30 million people around the world into poverty, the agency said. It added that…
BIOFUELS: Oxfam blames crop-for-fuel trend for food price hikes
Posted on July 31, 2008 by EnergyAsia