(Bio)Fueling Injustice? - Europafrica

is conducive to responsible domestic and foreign direct
investment in agriculture. 565
This approach however ignores the constraints that developing countries have to face,
and in particular the pressure from large investors. It is also a middle or long-term
approach, which does little to stop the immediate harm.
If noteworthy efforts have been made by the EU and EU Member States to tackle land
grabbing, showing that they start taking the issue seriously, it is far from being
sufficient to make a difference and stop the phenomenon. This is all the more
problematic as the EU has not adequately modified its biofuel policy to avoid the
dramatic socio-economic effects it has in developing countries.
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