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Food Security Issues Percolate- Bifouels Noted; Doha Talks

Food Security Issues

Andrew Martin reported in today’s New York Times that, “Agriculture Secretary Edward T. Schafer is preparing to walk into a buzzsaw of criticism over American biofuels policy when he meets with world leaders to discuss the global food crisis next week.

“Mr. Schafer took the offensive at a press conference on Thursday that discussed the food summit, planned for Rome. He said an analysis by the Agriculture Department had determined that biofuel production was responsible for only 2 to 3 percent of the increase in global food prices, while biofuels had reduced consumption of crude oil by a million barrels a day.”

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Posted by Keith Good • May, 30, 2008 • 4:36 am