Artículo:

How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor

Autor:

C. Ford Runge

Benjamin Senauer

Resumen:

Thanks to high oil prices and hefty subsidies, corn-based ethanol is now all the rage in the United States. But it takes so much supply to keep ethanol production going that the price of corn -- and those of other food staples -- is shooting up around the world. To stop this trend, and prevent even more people from going hungry, Washington must conserve more and diversify ethanol's production inputs.

Página:

41

Publicación:

Foreign Affairs

Volúmen:

86

Número:

3

Periodo:

Mayo – Junio 2007

ISSN:

00157120

SrcID:

00157120-2007-03.txt