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UN food agency in warning over harm caused by biofuel growth [1]

Biofuels are doing more harm than good, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday, in its strongest call yet to review "current policies supporting, subsidising and mandating biofuel production and use".

Publication Date: 
08/10/2008
Javier Blas [2]
Financial Times (London) [3]
Tags:
Food Prices [4], Biofuel [5], UN [6], FAO [7]
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