Agriculture secre tary Edward T. Schafer is preparing to walk into a buzzsaw of criticism over American biofuels policy when he meets with world leaders to discuss the global food crisis next week. Mr Schafer took the offensive at a press conference on Thursday that discussed the food summit, planned for Rome. He said an analysis by the agriculture depart ment had determined that biofuel production was responsible for only 2 to 3 per cent of the increase in global food prices, while biofuels had reduced consumption of crude oil by a million barrels a day.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/us-food-report-criticises-biofuel-policies
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bio-fuel-crops
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-stress
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
