[A-List] Iran, FAO, Biofuels

["Yoshie Furuhashi" <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

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FAO approves Iran new energy proposal

Monday, May 14, 2007

LONDON, May 14 (IranMania) - The United Nations' Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) has approved Iran's proposal to use new energy
sources instead of biological fuels which have become a threat to
global food security, Iran Daily reported.

Iran's permanent representative at FAO, Javad Tavakkolian, told IRIB
that the proposal was made at FAO's 33rd meeting of Global Food
Security Committee. The meeting was aimed at discussing solutions to
issues concerning hunger and malnutrition.

The first issue the meeting focused on was countries such as the US
and Brazil that use agricultural products to produce ethanol,
Tavakkolian said.

Iran proposed that solar energy and wind power could replace bio-fuels
produced from agricultural products such as corn and sugar cane which
not only has detrimental effects on the environment but is also
harmful to the agricultural sector, he continued.

The meeting also focused on studying the capabilities to ensure global
food security.

Iran has been heading FAO's regional office for the Near East and is
considered successful in the fields of grains, protein and dairy
products. Iran has also become self-sufficient in wheat and can be
ranked among wheat exporting countries.

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Yoshie