Brussels, 06/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Invited to speak by the European Parliament's development committee, Jeffrey Sachs (special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon) made an energetic appeal on 5 May in Brussels for pragmatic and direct aid to small farmers in Africa. He also called for the abandonment of biofuel production programmes, including those in Europe. Sachs believes that it is imperative to get rid of these programmes if they want a solution to...