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One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on worldfood supplies.

The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels.

"The grain grown to produce fuel in the US [in 2009] was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels," said Lester Brown, the director of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington thinktank ithat conducted the analysis.

Last year 107m tonnes of grain, mostly corn, was grown by US farmers to be blended with petrol. This was nearly twice as much as in 2007, when Bush challenged farmers to increase production by 500% by 2017 to save cut oil imports and reduce carbon emissions.

More than 80 new ethanol plants have been built since then, with more expected by 2015, by which time the US will need to produce a further 5bn gallons of ethanol if it is to meet its renewable fuel standard.

1. when millions of peoples in sudan,siberria and the like african countries are starving for their one day  meal,commiting suicide as they were afraid to tell their offsprings that there is no food for the next day,the action of america seems heartless because the grain grown to produce fuel in the US [in 2009] was enough to feed 330 million people for one year

2.This should be wonderful news for the libby-lefty ears of some Guardianistas as it must surely mean less reason for the US to invade other countries for their oil - which is currently being floated in these pages as the true reason for "US military flights" to Haiti in the wake of the earthquake.

Whatever the hapless George Bush might have done during his presidency he did seem to finally understand that the future of American Well Being lies in throwing off its "oil addiction" - or should I say "petrol addiction" - and stop wasting money protecting its source and transport to America.

And why should the US grow food for the rest of the world? Surely they should do what people always did for thousands of years - grow or hunt your own food to ensure your survival.

Why isn't everyone happy - or are you all addicted to bashing America with whatever blunt instrument happens to be available - much like the BNP bashes immigrants and coloured people with whatever blunt predjudice is available.

This stastistics is not only to blame america but to see a very easy fact to understand dear brothers and sisters that once america became independent on other countries for petrol through these biofuel ,americas' interference into other countries will get diverted from petroleum to food materials.more demand ,more hunger bros&sis.The need of petroleum will be placed before the need of hunger,so to be safe go and settle in america;->just kidding ok....

before getting into political issues which has raised on the demands and the needs of countries lets see how agriculture is changing the face of our planet .