World Bank working paper: Biofuels 75% to blame for grain inflation: here
ActionAid: Three nails in the coffin: the G8's contribution to the global food crisis: here
IFPRI, IRRI heads call for moratorium on grain-ethanol and biodiesel, attack "biofuels frenzy": here
Reuters: IMF Head calls for halt to turning food into fuel, warns worst of hunger is yet to come (Apr 18): here says the head of the IMF
Guardian Food on the shelves, people can't afford it (Apr 5): here world food crisis
New York Times reports - One lever West can pull is to halt biofuel production: here
Stefan Tangermann OECD Agriculture Director - "It is the only lever on which we can act rapidly": here
OECD Press Release and link to report OECD’s Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies
New Statesman editorial: here
Mark Lynas in New Statesman: How the rich starved the world here
Reuters: "Stop using food for biofuel, West told": here
Reuters: India, Africa urge biofuel rethink: here
Biofuel programmes worldwide are now actually hindering African food production by creating a shortage of mineral fertilizer. here http://tinyurl.com/65rk4c
Fewer African crops planted, fertilizer suspected: here, 2/3 into article.
Parliamentary Answer over halting RTFO: here
EU Joint Research Council report Biofuels in the European Context: here http://tinyurl.com/688cog
Grist: Iowa state university: Cellulosic ethanol not viable by 2022: here http://tinyurl.com/6gw2d5
Scharlemann and Laurance on Zah et al.: here http://tinyurl.com/5vkkl9
Fargione et al. and Searchinger et al. on carbon debt of biofuels: here
DfT Carbon and Sustainability Reporting Within the Renewable Transport
Fuel Obligation Requirements and Guidance Government Recommendation
to the Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency: here
New Scientist on Carbopeat palm/acacia/peatland emissions: Bog Barons. here http://tinyurl.com/26qtzk
Sciencedaily on Carbopeat palm/acacia/peatland emissions: here
Biofuelwatch email to MP: here
EU agrofuel moratorium call: here
Directories of MPs: here
Ferran Tarradellas in the Guardian: here
Rudi Vis' EDM World Food Availability and Biofuels: here
Renewables a good bet, minus ethanol: fund mgr here
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