There is the risk that an unjustified increase in the production of biofuels will compete with food production.
There may be some value in the old art of coppicing for the production of biofuel from some of the smaller areas of lowland farms.
We have sunshine; we have the potential of biofuels; and in some places we have wind.
The gap can be filled with renewables only with great difficulty, whether solar, wind or biofuels.
They offer better greenhouse gas performance and improve security of supply by widening the range of feedstocks from which biofuels can be made.
In this respect let me reiterate once more that reducing greenhouse gas emission from transport is one of the guiding objectives of the biofuel policy.
We need to find the appropriate balance between food production and biofuel manufacture, and the latter must not threaten global food security.
We must take care to maintain the balance between the development of biofuels and food security, especially in these critical times.
