The panel of experts on SA-FM’s After Eight Debate, a South African broadcast program, concluded that the current global food crisis has resulted from two main causes: biofuel and meat consumption. Crops grown for biofuel supplant areas previously used for food, which creates shortages. Also, the increased consumption of meat in countries such as China and India has produced a rise in demand for grain to feed the animals, which in turn increases the price.

Our thanks for your findings, South African summit attendees. May we all more carefully consider the environmental cost of our actions and so that grain supplies are more available to those who need them most.