The Food Versus Bio Fuel Debat

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Food shortage has reignited the food versus bio fuel debait. Should we be using corn and sunflower oil to make low carbon fuel when the global food supply is struggling to feed people? The f ts, camilla hotson has been looking into this, and she joins us now.

The S&P 500 rose by 2.4% on Tuesday, Russia is threatening Lithuania over enforcing EU sanctions, and the global food shortage reignites the debate on using crops for biofuel. Plus, Kellogg is Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com off into three separate companies.

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