Corn and renewable energy

Corn
Corn, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

from my archives. Green City Market produce.

www.chicagogreencitymarket.org

Corn from a different farmers market, for the Chicago Chain.

republished:
www.gestor-energetico.com/bio-combustibles-en-centroamerica/

My Spanish-translation skills are very poor, can anyone tell me what this article is about? Headline is Bio combustibles en Centroamérica, Bio Fuels in Central America.

Google Translation renders the first paragraph thus:

The production of so-called “green fuels” is linked to food insecurity in Central America. Guatemala, on the basis of sugar cane and African palm in large areas, has significantly increased production of ethanol and biodiesel, both exported mainly to the European Union. While this is not basic crops, the fact is that large areas of land previously owned by farm families devoted to corn and rice have been displaced by private firms that have intensified to generate crops for biofuels.

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