Agricultural products also flow into fuel production. In times of rapidly rising food prices, this increases hunger worldwide, says Development Minister Svenja Schulze.
Federal Development Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) has called for an end to the use of food and feed crops for the production of biofuels.
The reason for this is the dramatic increase in food prices worldwide, including the war in Ukraine, Schulze told the “Bild am Sonntag”. “The bitter message is that we are facing the worst famine since World War II, with millions of dead.”
Against this background, wheat, palm oil, rapeseed or corn should no longer be used for fuel production, Schulze said – not only in Germany but internationally. “No one wants to be responsible for fueling up the world hunger. We have to stop putting food in the tank.”
At the end of April, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) announced in the “Augsburger Allgemeine” that she wanted to reduce the use of biofuels. Accordingly, consultations are currently underway with the agriculture department of Cem Özdemir (Greens). The industry had criticized the move. The production of biofuels is already restricted due to the high agricultural prices, so the market has already reacted, according to the Association of the German Biofuel Industry (VDB).
Source: Stern
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