A BIOFUELS frenzy and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which prices have soared and rice consumption is outpacing production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition, experts said.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.
A key blunder was the ill-conceived response to high energy prices by promoting biofuels, experts said.
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Growing plants for biodegradable plastics, fuel, wheat board, flowers or even a park will be soon history if we are going to need all the land for food because the population is growing like a bunch of rabbits... Can't we stop that instead of killing every bit of nature what's left...?
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