World leaders warned of phony solutions to global food crisis

Biofuels, genetically modified crop varieties and international trade liberalization are false solutions to the current global food crisis that will push millions more people into hunger and poverty while worsening climate change, a British nonprofit warned world leaders attending the United Nations food security conference in Rome. Friends of the Earth-U.K. is also calling on the government of Britain and the EU to address the impact of high levels of livestock consumption and to reduce dependence on imported animal feed by supporting local sustainable feed production and abolishing subsidies that promote factory farming.Full Story: Nieuwsbank