A “biofuels frenzy” and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which rice consumption is outpacing production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition, experts said Tuesday.
International agriculture researchers warned that farmers will need to double global food production by 2030 to meet rising demand, and said countries should impose a moratorium on grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to rein in skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, soybeans and wheat.
“For the first time, it’s been clear that we are consuming more rice than we are producing globally,” said Robert Zeigler, head of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute.
It is interesting and scary to see that our strain on resources really has a more immediate effect on the world than just global warming. While people are trying to limit their carbon footprint by using biofuel and other products, in third-world countries the prices for rice, corn and wheat are driven higher and higher.
Yeah making food fuel was dumb.