China and India biofuels could threaten food output

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OSLO (Reuters) - Plans by China and India to raise biofuels production
from irrigated maize and sugarcane could aggravate water shortages and
undermine food output, an international report said on Thursday.

The two countries, the most populous on the planet, might ease the
projected water shortages by developing new biofuel technologies or
boosting rain-fed crops such as sweet sorghum, the International Water
Management Institute (IWMI) said.