World Food Programme head says biofuels affecting food supply

UN World Food Programme (EFP) head Josette Sheeran has warned that European Union countries needed to look more carefully at the effect that biofuels were having on food prices. Sheeran warned the European Parliament that soaring energy and grain prices, the effects of climate change and demand for biofuels were affecting the World Food Programme's ability to deliver food aid to developing countries.