Corn

In many African countries the main food is something called pap and is made from white corn. Because of weather conditions there is a shortage of white corn and the price is so high that many are suffering from malnutrition. The US has steadily increased its production of white corn and exports are rising but exports could be much higher if some of the acreage for ethanol were decreased. 40% of US corn production is used for ethanol a product that has proven to be non-effective in controlling climate change. As the world’s biggest exporter of corn diverts more and more of its crop to make fuel, it’s sending less to the global marketplace. The corn ethanol policy is a driver of high food prices worldwide. More than 15 percent of global corn production and a total of 35 million acres are devoted to U.S. ethanol. The U.S. is the largest exporter of corn, but we use twice as much corn to produce ethanol as we use it for food export.