Trade-off between food and bio-fuels (Debate)
Food inflation in the time of rising fuel prices has a new dimension: diversion of more and more farmland for bio-fuel production. Three experts debate whether food and fuel are either/or choice. What is the long-term solution for obtaining food security? Can a multilateral body like the WTO or UN have a role in this? Can reneweable fuels meet growing energy demand? SUNITA NARAIN Director, Centre for Science and Environment