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Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears
04/09/2011
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By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL – “The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed.
But last year, 98 percent of cassava chips exported from Thailand, the world’s largest cassava exporter, went to just one place and almost all for one purpose: to China to make biofuel. Driven by new demand, Thai exports of cassava chips have increased nearly fourfold since 2008, and the price of cassava has roughly doubled.
Each year, an ever larger portion of the world’s crops — cassava and corn, sugar and palm oil — is being diverted for biofuels as developed countries pass laws mandating greater use of nonfossil fuels…” Read more.
Categories: Famines and Crop Destruction, Man-Made Disasters
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Israel National News
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- Tragedy in Finland: Missing Israeli cyclist found dead
- Secret documents reveal: How mechanism for transferring Qatari funds to Hamas was approved
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- Regional police chief: 'Place Judea and Samaria Border Police under district authority'
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- Netanyahu ahead of Likud primaries: I am not interfering in the national slate
- Report: Israel preparing for several days of fighting against Hezbollah
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American Thinker
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Gatestone Institute
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Middle East – The Jerusalem Post
- US-allied Gulf States increasingly frustrated with Trump's Iran approach - report
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- WATCH: Footage allegedly shows poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
- Eight Arab, Islamic nations accuse Israel of derailing Trump's Gaza peace plan
- Trump used Iraqi Kurdistan leader as secret line of communication with Iran’s IRGC - report
- Recent Kurdistan Region attacks expose Baghdad’s struggle with Iran-backed militias - analysis
- Iran attempting to 'flip narrative' by accusing Qatar of holding pilots captive, analyst says
- China-based Hengli Group main importer of sanctioned Iranian crude oil, analysts say - report
- Iranian parliament votes to further criminalize interviews with US, Israeli media outlets
Earthquakes & Volcanic Activity
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