BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Anti-poverty group Oxfam International on Tuesday urged the world's poorest nations to think twice before jumping on a biofuel boom that could drive farmers off their land and hit food supplies.

Oxfam says governments need to set safeguards to make sure small farmers are not thrown off their land.

 In a report, campaigners recommended that developing countries "move with extreme caution" before embarking on any broad push to increase output of energy crops such as palm oil.

It said biofuel exports to Europe and the United States may be lucrative but the potential economic, social and environmental costs are "severe. ... Read full article