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Biofuels could cause food shortages
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007


Global corn stocks have fallen to the lowest level since modern records began as ethanol plants gobble up output and demand balloons in China, early evidence that the era of global food abundance may be nearing an end. Corn (maize) inventories have fallen to just 40 days’ consumption in America, according to the US Department [...]