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the overall costoffood production。
estsareal( 3 ).
Te increasing uae of *biofuels in developed countries i9 thought to be another
auee。 Tnitiahy seen as a clean and 本eentalternatiwe to foseil fuelsy biofuels such
ethanolmaybeused torun vehielesinsteadofgmsoline. ( 4 ).theyseemedalogl
dternative to regular fuels. Biofuels are made primarily from grain crops such
maize and an estimated 100 million tons of grain per year is now being redirecte
from food tofuel. This bas resultedin lessfood being available for human consumption
and Hivestock feed, leading to increased market demand and ultimately to overal
so price increaseS. (3)The crisis can be seen in a sense to show the ever-widening eSD
Teteen poor and rich nation8 六 saie that fling a tank of an average car wi
biofuel amounts to as much maize as an African person eats in am entire year
The bottom ine ja that there areevermore people to feed and we havea dectinim
abiity to feed them. (6)This is a truly global problem、 The food crisis affects allof
5 but hurts the poor the most. "The challenge today is how to vide
enough afordable food for alL 前
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