South Africa: Biofuels Industry ‘Could Drive Up Staple Food Price’

The government’s decision to establish a biofuels industry — producing fuel from agricultural crops – has been taken without proper consultation and could drive up the cost of maize, a staple food.

This is the warning from “dismayed” NGOs, Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CURES) and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, following last week’s cabinet announcement that it had approved a biofuels plan.
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