Latest update : 2012-08-15
Food fight: the return of record grain prices (part 2)
Is it really down to a choice between filling the tank or feeding the planet? With droughts in the US and Eastern Europe and pushing grain prices to record highs, environmentalists are calling for an end to ethanol.
- Frank VAN TONGEREN Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
- Markus KARLSSON France 24 Business Editor
- Jacques BERTHELOT Economist, member of 'Solidarité' (NGO) (from Toulouse)
- Randy OLSON Executive Director, Iowa Biodiesel board (from Dallas, Texas, USA)
Watch Part One
Produced by Shamira Muhammad, Mary Colombel, Sara Bertilsson