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The causes of rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries vary, but we cannot ignore the contribution of the CAP and of agriculture being diverted towards biofuel production.
Several bodies are highlighting this issue. For instance, the EEA Scientific Committee said it believed the EU should suspend the 10% target for biofuel use by 2020. Even the President of the World Bank talked about countries facing food shortages and called on producers of biofuel raw materials to temporarily cease their cultivation. The FAO itself has already issued a warning about food riots. There have been demonstrations and serious social tension in various African and Asian countries because of food shortages. Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, said that mass production of biofuels was a crime against humanity because of its impact on global food prices.
It is therefore all the more baffling that the European Commission has confirmed that it will stand by the target of 10% of the fuel used in road transport being generated by biomass or plant oils."@en1
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