Sentence examples for agrofuel from inspiring English sources

"We need to protect food security, forests, water, land rights, farmers and indigenous peoples from the aggressive march of agrofuel developments," reads the call for a moratorium.

The prospect of a "Green Opec" of countries switching to biofuel – or agrofuel – plantations on the most food-insecure continent has prompted an appeal for a "time out" from an alliance of African civil society groups.

The awards cite a recent example of the firm's attempt to push the cultivation of the controversial agrofuel plant jatropha, which with 40% oil content, is touted as a good candidate for biodiesel production.

The area of Guatemala given over to palm plantations to produce agrofuel increased by 146% between 2005 and 2010, according to estimates by the National Institute for Agrarian and Rural Studies in Guatemala City.

He began by investing in various agrofuel businesses, including making a bet of $130m on corn ethanol.

"We need to tackle consumption of agrofuels, meat and timber products which drive deforestation".

"The vote by the European Parliament recognizes the serious problems associated with the large-scale use of biofuels," said Adrian Bebb, the agrofuels campaign coordinator for Friends of the Earth Europe.

He continues: "It is madness to suppose we would make a significant difference by using more energy-efficient lightbulbs and using agrofuels rather than oil, or that city dwellers can or would take up a rural farming or a hunter-gatherer lifestyle: given our numbers there is no land".