José Esquinas-Alcázar received his M.Sc. in Vegetable Crops and a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of California at Davis. He has taught in numerous universities, mainly in Europe and Latin America, in the fields of genetics, plant breeding, agronomy, agrarian development, and UN system and international cooperation. He is currently a professor of Plant Production at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, as well as Director of Studies on Hunger and Poverty at the University of Córdoba, Spain....

They were touted as the environmentally-sound and sustainable solution to fossil fuels, but in recent years biofuels have become one of the most controversial topics in the broader debate over the planet's energy needs.

As some studies point to biofuels as the cause of rising global food prices and US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama's support for the biofuel industry is called into question by his own policy adviser, this month's Comment Visions seeks an expert opinion on the biofuels debate.

Professor José Esquinas-Alcázar is a Spanish scientist specialising in biodiversity. With background in plant genetics he has been a champion of policies promoting genetic diversity. As the cost and effects of the increase in biofuel production continues to make headlines and demand research, Euronews talks to Professor Esquinas about global interdependence, the need to protect against overreliance on certain crops and the future of the planet's delicate ecological balance.

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