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Letters: G8 leaders can help fight malnutrition
David Cameron does indeed have a chance to act on global malnutrition this week at the G8 summit (Wood shavings for dinner: G8 urged to tackle scourge of malnutrition, 17 May). However, millions will...
View ArticleTanzania: land rights v biofuel development – in pictures
In the Kisarawe region of Tanzania, more than 19,000 acres of land have been taken for a biofuel plantation
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Guatemala farmers losing their land to Europe's demand for biofuels
Indigenous smallholder farmers are being violently evicted as companies move in to satisfy Europe's hunger for biofuelsMaria Josefa Macz and Daniel Pascual were called at five in the morning, and asked...
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Must the poor go hungry just so the rich can drive? | George Monbiot
Sports stars like Mo Farah at No 10 will not change a simple fact: people are starving because of the west's thirst for biofuelsI don't blame Mo Farah, Pele and Haile Gebrselassie, who lined up, all...
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Letters: Biofuels and the crisis in global food production
George Monbiot's article (Must the poor go hungry just so the rich can drive?, 13 August) notably and commendably acknowledges the impact of increasing world cereal prices. It is important to...
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Biofuel fails EU sustainability test, German researchers claim
Study says EU-grown rapeseed biodiesel falls under 35% marker, adding weight to calls to end food biofuelsThe growing row over biofuels is ready to flare up again with German researchers claiming to...
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The era of cheap food may be over
A spike in prices caused by poor harvests and rising demand is an apt moment for the west to reassess the wisdom of biofuelsThe last decade saw the end of cheap oil, the magic growth ingredient for the...
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European biofuel targets contributing to global hunger, says Oxfam
Report says 10% objective competes with food production and should be scrapped in effort to reduce food price spikesEuropean targets to replace fossil fuels with biofuels are contributing to spikes in...
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Land acquired over past decade could have produced food for a billion people
Oxfam calls on World Bank to stop backing foreign investors who acquire land for biofuels that could produce foodInternational land investors and biofuel producers have taken over land around the world...
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High and volatile food prices are the new normal: we must act now | David McNair
Poor people are being hit hard: the international community must invest in agriculture, stop tax dodging and end biofuel subsidiesFollowing a summer of dramatic increases in international and UK food...
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Biofuels industry does not deserve to be demonised | Clare Wenner
Grossly simplifying the issues and creating bogeymen risks crushing desperately needed solutionsGiven all the hysteria over biofuels you'd be forgiven for believing that wiping out the biofuels...
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In a world hungry for biofuels, food security must come first | Olivier De...
Growing crops for food and fuel together can work but farmers and policymakers must prioritise hungry people and think localDoes a U-turn in Brussels spell the end for biofuels? There is no doubting...
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EU must ensure biofuel producers in Indonesia respect land rights | Rahmawati...
Tighter EU rules on biofuel production are failing to protect the land rights of Indonesia's indigenous communitiesDuring a heated debate at the European Development Days, I learned that increased...
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The GM tree plantations bred to satisfy the world's energy needs
Israeli biotech firm says its modified eucalyptus trees can displace the fossil fuel industryIt's a timber company's dream but a horrific industrial vision for others: massive plantations of densely...
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Biofuels a boon for Brazil's rural poor, but obstacles remain elsewhere |...
While biofuels have facilitated slow but positive change for farmers in Brazil, other countries have been less successfulBiofuels have long been hailed as one of the potential answers to climate...
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Eight ways to solve world hunger
Millions of people are starving, despite the world producing more than enough to feed everyone. What can we do about it?PREVENT LAND GRABBINGAn ugly side of current scares over future food supply is...
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EU votes on crucial cap on biofuels made from food crops
Campaigners fear lobbying by industry and farmers' unions will weaken plans to limit role of food crops in biofuels productionVotes taken by European parliamentary committees this week could determine...
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Biofuels: have we lost the plot?
There are more than enough sources of fuel without us going out of our way to develop biofuels that distract us from abolishing hunger, say our readers in this week's lettersI am in the African...
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Biofuel fails EU sustainability test, German researchers claim
Study says EU-grown rapeseed biodiesel falls under 35% marker, adding weight to calls to end food biofuelsThe growing row over biofuels is ready to flare up again with German researchers claiming to...
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The era of cheap food may be over
A spike in prices caused by poor harvests and rising demand is an apt moment for the west to reassess the wisdom of biofuelsThe last decade saw the end of cheap oil, the magic growth ingredient for the...
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