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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Scramble for biofuel as oil prices rise ‘could push world closer to food crisis’

A field of sunflowers stretches beneath an electricity transmission tower under a cloudy sky
A sunflower plantation for vegetable oil production in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Photograph: Brazil Photos/LightRocket/Getty Images

Demand for biofuels is likely to leap by nearly a third this year, which could send food price inflation soaring further and push the world closer to a global food crisis.

More countries are opting to increase biofuel use as the price of oil has jumped to nearly $100 a barrel after the US-Israeli attacks on Iran and the closure of the strait of Hormuz.

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