The U.S. Agriculture (web|news) Secretary says he doubts the U.N. food summit will reach an agreement on the role of biofuels.Ed Schafer told reporters Wednesday that the conference's final document would probably include some compromise language. Participants at a U.N. summit on the world's food crisis have differed this week over how much the rush for environmentally friendly biofuels is contributing to rocketing food prices.

Fuels made from sugar cane, corn and other crops have been seen as a way to combat rising oil prices.

But environmentalists and some countries are becoming increasingly wary of biofuels, which they say could contribute heavily to the commodities price hike by diverting production from food crops to biofuel crops.

Written By ARIEL DAVID

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