Agrofuels and food crisis: some encoded links

World Bank working paper: Biofuels 75% to blame for grain inflation: here

ActionAid: Three nails in the coffin: the G8's contribution to the global food crisis: here

IFPRI, IRRI heads call for moratorium on grain-ethanol and biodiesel, attack "biofuels frenzy": here

Reuters: IMF Head calls for halt to turning food into fuel, warns worst of hunger is yet to come (Apr 18): here says the head of the IMF

Guardian Food on the shelves, people can't afford it (Apr 5): here world food crisis

New York Times reports - One lever West can pull is to halt biofuel production: here

Stefan Tangermann OECD Agriculture Director - "It is the only lever on which we can act rapidly": here

OECD Press Release and link to report OECD’s Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies; full report (read-only): http://tinyurl.com/3t9wdr

New Statesman editorial: here
Mark Lynas in New Statesman: How the rich starved the world here

Reuters: "Stop using food for biofuel, West told": here
Reuters: India, Africa urge biofuel rethink: here

Biofuel programmes worldwide are now actually hindering African food production by creating a shortage of mineral fertilizer. here http://tinyurl.com/65rk4c

Fewer African crops planted, fertilizer suspected: here, 2/3 into article.

Parliamentary Answer over halting RTFO: here

EU Joint Research Council report Biofuels in the European Context: here http://tinyurl.com/688cog

Crutzen et al. final report: http://tinyurl.com/a3e5o8

Grist: Iowa state university: Cellulosic ethanol not viable by 2022: here http://tinyurl.com/6gw2d5

Scharlemann and Laurance on Zah et al.: here http://tinyurl.com/5vkkl9
Zah et al paper (Bioenergywiki): http://tinyurl.com/cpywl9

Fargione et al. and Searchinger et al. on carbon debt of biofuels: here

DfT Carbon and Sustainability Reporting Within the Renewable Transport
Fuel Obligation Requirements and Guidance Government Recommendation
to the Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency: here

New Scientist on Carbopeat palm/acacia/peatland emissions: Bog Barons. here http://tinyurl.com/da3bwv

Sciencedaily on Carbopeat palm/acacia/peatland emissions: here

Biofuelwatch email to MP: here

EU agrofuel moratorium call: here

Directories of MPs: here

Ferran Tarradellas in the Guardian: here

Rudi Vis' EDM World Food Availability and Biofuels: here

Renewables a good bet, minus ethanol: fund mgr here