Societies also feel the effects of land allocation decisions via markets.
Biofuels production is recognised as a key cause of the world food price
shock of 2007–2008 (Mitchell, 2008). Since food accounts for a relatively
large proportion of the spending of poorer people, especially those in
developing countries, it was the poor that endured the harshest impacts
from the surge in prices. This illustrates the complex feedbacks that
arise in interdependent environmental, social and economic systems.