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·30/8/2010 - Biofuels firms buy up African land, cause deforestation, food output loss, Bloomberg

·29/8/2010 - Friends of the Earth urges end to 'land grab' for biofuels, Guardian

·25/7/2010 - Alfalfa joins feedstock choices for ethanol, Des Moines Register

·22/4/2010 - Global biofuel drive raises risk of eviction for African farmers, ScienceDaily

·20/4/2010 - Japan: Scientists plan algae 'alchemy' to turn paddies into oil fields, Bloomberg

·16/2/2010 - GM calls for urgent increase in ethanol fuel stations, Business Green

·30/1/2010 - INDEPENDENT.CO.UK: Gene-altered bugs make biodiesel, Independent (UK)

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·Ghosts on our Own Land

·Rush to Biofuels, The -- Not All Biofuels Are Created Equal

·Biofuel by Decree

·Biofuelwatch

·The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity

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1. Biofuel Food Prices News, Links and Information from Forests...           Rank: 74%

Links and Information from Forests.Org Biofuel Food Prices News Results ·25/7/2010 - Alfalfa joins feedstock choices for ethanol, Des Moines Register ·22/4/2010 - Global biofuel drive raises risk of eviction for African farmers, ScienceDaily ·20/4/2010 - Japan: Scientists plan algae 'alchemy' to turn paddies into oil fields, Bloomberg ·16/2/2010 - GM calls for urgent increase in ethanol fuel...
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2. Food prices to rise for years, biofuel firms say           Rank: 74%

Prices tend to go back to their long-term averages." Victor Deike, biofuels development manager with Belgium-based Novus Europe, an animal nutrition company, agreed: "Big harvests would put less pressure on prices." But he said food production faced structural problems and climate change could drag on food production, adding to upward price pressure. "If there's no water, and crops are not...
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3. Biofuel blamed for rocketing food prices           Rank: 73%

National Agricultural Marketing Council have warned. Last week, the council reported that national average food prices had risen almost 14 percent over the past year and that demand for biofuels in rich nations was one of the contributors to higher domestic prices for a wide range of products, from maize to beef, milk and chickens. Price increases for different foods varied considerably. For...
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4. China: Food prices dim biofuel glow           Rank: 73%

dim biofuel glow Studies debunking the environmental benefits of ethanol have made little impression in China, which is betting on biofuels as the green answer to coal and oil to help clear its increasingly smog-filled skies. But economic realities of surging food prices and global inflation are beginning to disturb the ethanol dream. Prices for cassava and other non-grain feedstock promoted in...
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5. World food prices collapsing: were biofuel critics wrong?           Rank: 72%

Tropical Conservation Science - a new, open access academic e-journal. It will cover a wide variety of scientific and social studies on tropical ecosystems, their biodiversity and the threats posed to them. Tropical Conservation Science - March 8, 2008. At the 148th Meeting of the OPEC Conference, the oil exporting cartel decided to leave its production level unchanged, sending crude prices...
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6. Biofuel revolution threatens food security for the poor           Rank: 72%

threatens food security for the poor Countries are shifting to biofuels in response to climate change and rising oil prices. But biofuel production poses new food security risks and challenges for poor people. Higher food prices, subsidies for biofuels, and environmental degradation will all be felt disproportionately by the developing world. So while developing and using biofuels is high on the...
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7. Biofuels, food prices and malnutrition           Rank: 72%

Saudi Arabia from a large wheat exporter into an importer. Rice is nice...if you can afford it Now the price of rice has begun to soar too, caused by bad weather, soaring demand and loss of paddy fields to urban encroachment. Rice, on which two thirds of the world's population depend, has seen prices up 75% in the last year at nearly $500 tonne (£251), a level not seen since 1989. Vietnam, India...
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