13 Jul 07 IEA calls for OPEC to increase production

The IEA forecasts that global oil demand in 2015 would rise by close to 10 m barrels a day, to 94.8m b/d. This year the demand for oil was 1.8%, and it will accelarate to 2.5 % in 2008.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/46120380-3115-11dc-891f-0000779fd2ac.html

11 Jul 07 Spaghetti is the latest victim of biofuel boom

The price of pasta is becoming the latest victim of the global rush on crops used for the biofuel industry. Prices would rise because of a poor wheat harvest, and large numbers of farmers had started growing crops for the ...

09 Jul 07 EU highlights biofuel drawbacks

The European Commission called for the increased use of biofuels to help fight global warming but warned that production had to be carefully managed to avoid damage to the environment.http://www.eubusiness.com/Energy/1183636805.22/

09 Jul 07 FAO fears long-term food price hike due to biofuels

FAO and OECD predict that for the next decade food prices will rise because of the growing use of crops like cereals and other commodities in order to feed the demand for biofuel industry. The impact on developing countries, for ...

06 Jul 07 Latin America and the Caribbean: uneven progress in hunger fight

Despite positive results in the fight against hunger in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, progress has not been evenly distributed, said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf at the meeting today in Brazil.“Climate change and the development of bioenergy ...

05 Jul 07 UN official says biofuels a food supply risk

Herald Sun-5 July 2007. The head of the UN Environment Program said Cuban leader Fidel Castro and others are justified in raising concern about the potential for ethanol production to threaten food supplies for the poor. [..] "What President Castro points ...

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