Coconut and sugarcane are among the country's major export crops and cassava is primarily a food crop with more than 80 per cent of the two million metric tons average annual production normally processed into various food items. Concerns over food security issues were discussed in parliament and the government pledged to produce biofuels without compromising food production. The objective for the policy measure according to the government is to reduce the country’s dependence on imported fossil fuels. Such diversion is projected to climb to almost 40 per cent of total cereal production in 2015 and one-half of the entire cereal output by 2030.'18 Some question the rationale for the conversion of grain into meat to fulfil the human nutritional requirement, pointing out that 5kg of cereals are needed to produce just 1kg of meat.119 With regards to Africa, this trend could affect the quantities and price of cereal imports.