Biofuels Could Strain U.N. Goals of Ending Hunger

STOCKHOLM
Production of fuels from sugar, maize, soybeans and other corps is surging, spurred by oil prices above $70 a barrel and a drive for more environmentally friendly fuels from renewable sources.

“This is a completely new issue, we only know that this has impact on the question of feeding the world,” he told a news conference during a meeting of 1,500 water experts in Stockholm.

Still, he said that a surge in biofuels production in the past year or two had not hampered food supplies. “We have to find out what the situation will be in 5 to 10 years … a lot of research has to be done,” he said.

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