Guatemalan Children Starve Due To Ethanol Mandates

by Hans Bader on January 8, 2013 · 1 comment in Energy, Ethanol, International

Guatemalan Children Starve Due To Ethanol Mandates

by Hans Bader on January 8, 2013 · 1 comment in Energy, Ethanol, International

The New York Times reports that ethanol and biofuel mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling rising hunger in Guatemala, which now has the fourth-highest rate of child malnutrition in the world — higher than in many less developed countries in Africa:

Biofuel mandates have shrunk the amount of land used for producing food in countries like Guatemala:……..

Many small farmers in Guatemala have effectively been displaced, leaving their children hungry and physically stunted:……..

In 2008, a Washington Post editorial by two prominent environmentalists, “Ethanol’s Failed Promise,” explained how ethanol subsidies and mandates have harmed the environment and spawned hunger across the world:……….