24/04/2008 10:11:06 pm
Both, Please! The current rise in global food prices is hurting the poorest. And some of the rise has come from growing biofuels, intended to improve the environment. But we don?t have to choose between helping the poor and improving the environment. The main problem is that global food production has not kept up with the rise in demand, due to increased prosperity in many formerly poor countries. So that is what has to be done - food production should be de-subsidised, de-regulated and subject to free trade. That would increase efficiency and flexibility in production. Then we could probably grow biofuels as well.