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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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EU renewable ethanol plants saw greater feed output than fuel in 2021 (Feed Navigator)

July 05, 2022


Feed Navigator published an article stating that the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine has reignited the food versus biofuel debate.  Senior research fellow David Laborde and Christopher Goeul, in an op-ed for Le Monde, wrote that the loss of Ukrainian agricultural production can be partly compensated by ceasing to support biofuels. The climate benefit of biofuels is much lower than originally thought, they added. 

 

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