Fuelling Europe, feeding the world: 5 things you need to know about food security and biofuels

Some critics claim that renewable ethanol competes with food production and uses too much land. Let's look at the facts...

• There is no ‘food vs fuel’ conflict. EU fuel ethanol production contributes to food supply
• Biofuels production provides valuable income to EU farmers. It helps them to invest in farm productivity
• Even as EU biofuels production has increased, global food prices have gone down
• EU fuel ethanol production does not compete with food supply. Crops used to produce EU fuel ethanol are surplus and come from agricultural productivity improvements
• Fuel ethanol production in Europe uses the equivalent of a small amount of land – and does not cause deforestation

Find out more in our new infographic.