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World economic growth and biofuels policy have created a paradox. Given the level of affluence attained worldwide, it is obscene that many families struggle to get enough to eat. The market is conditioned by unprecedented concentrations of people in urban areas, abandonment of agriculture for the tertiary sector and the use of basic food products in other complex elements of the food chain, such as livestock.
Biofuels have introduced a thief into the countryside and an unexpected guest at the table. Competition between sources of energy and food is orchestrating their prices.
We are facing scarcity, sustainability, safety and ecological problems. Self-sufficiency policies are adopted in response to the disappearance of strategic reserves and wars are feared. Given the restrictions announced on the sale of grain, the size of harvests this year will be crucial. Speculation is such that central banks are drawing attention to the underlying risk of inflation, while in India the negotiation of futures contracts on foodstuffs has been banned.
It is urgent to reverse the situation in favour of farmers, who still do not know what they will harvest, especially the smallest, who are victims of perverse and inconsistent agricultural policies. The technology and the science that previously diverged thus have a new opportunity that we will all benefit from."@en1
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