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Northern biofuels policies have led to a rush for land in the developing world, says the World Bank (Photo: Notat)

EU, US biofuels rules aggravating third world land grab, World Bank says

The World Bank has said that EU and US biofuels policies have resulted in a rush for land in African and other developing regions of the world, pushing out areas that have been used for food.

In a 164-page report that actually endorses the practice of the sale of vast tracts of agricultural land to foreign buyers, the global lender nevertheless frets over the fall-out of northern legislation that makes investors view every farm, jungle and meadow in the third world the same way they vie...

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Northern biofuels policies have led to a rush for land in the developing world, says the World Bank (Photo: Notat)

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