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Increased production of biofuels is causing food prices to rise by such an extent that the World Food Programme, a United Nations agency combating famine, is having trouble feeding as many hungry people as in the past, the agency said in an interview with the Financial Times.

Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Programme, said rising food prices are 'already having an impact on WFP operations'.

'There is a realisation we are facing a new level of challenge,' she added.

Increased production of biofuels has boosted food prices because it competes for land with food cultivation. - ABC Money

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