Biofuels 'scapegoat' in food price row, says EU farm chief

EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has rejected allegations that EU policies to promote biofuels are to blame for rising food prices amid calls by the UN to "cut back significantly" on agrofuel support programmes."Those who see biofuels as the driving force behind recent food price increases have overlooked not just one elephant standing right in front of them, but two," she said, speaking at a conference on 6 May. According to Fischer Boel, the rising food demand and ...

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