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Seeds of discontent: the 'miracle' crop that has failed to deliverA new 'ethical' biofuel is damaging the impoverished people it was supposed to help15 February 2010 A "miracle" plant, once thought to be as the answer to producing renewable biofuels on a vast scale, is driving thousands of farmers in the developing world into food poverty, a damning report concludes today. Five years ago jatropha was hailed by investors and scientists as a breakthrough in the battle to find a biofuel alternative to fossil fuels that would not further impoverish developing countries by diverting resources away from food production...
Date: 2010-02-17
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