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(Fox News) - At the U.N. food summit in Rome, European Union and U.S. biofuel targets could be on the chopping block.

The Times of London reports aid organizations are calling on nations to ease biofuel requirements immediately, saying they have contributed to an 83 percent rise in food prices in the past three years.

Those organizations say the switch to biofuels to reduce carbon emissions is directly tied to higher food prices and has led to the destruction of rainforests and grasslands. Some nations are already reviewing their biofuel targets in light of an estimate that 100 million people could be impacted by the global food shortage.