World Bank working paper: Biofuels 75% to blame for grain inflation: 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 Reuters: "Stop using food for biofuel, West told": 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 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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