200 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://allafrica.com/stories/201104200478.htmlThe combination of higher fuel prices and increased biofuel production, a main driver of the 2007/08 maize price hike, is back in the news because stocks are at their lowest levels in 30 years in the US, the world's largest exporter.Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:59:00 +0200allafrica-54ff9cade9bccdf0c734b6392c168c7e20110420145900http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/food-biofuels-make-a-comeback-as-prices-riseMaize prices have more than doubled since April 2010, said Abdolreza Abbassian, secretary of the Intergovernmental Group on Grains at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). An increase in the price of a staple cereal triggers a domino effect in grain markets as people opt for cheaper alternatives.Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:42:00 +0200trust-153df6a2fd41e93c703d66095a0f2f4f20110418144200