Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief, American
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Review of U.S. International Food Assistance Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief, American
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Review of U.S. International Food Assistance Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
U. S. International Food Aid Programs
Author: Douglas BennettPublisher:
ISBN: 9781634832700
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
For almost six decades, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food security through international food aid assistance--primarily through either the donation or sale on concessional terms of U.S. agricultural commodities. Objectives of U.S. foreign food aid include providing emergency and humanitarian assistance in response to natural or manmade disasters and promoting agricultural development and food security. This book includes a description of U.S. international food aid programs under current law; several important policy issues related to U.S. international food aid; and describes Administration and congressional proposals intended to change the nature of U.S. food international aid. This book also reviews the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) processes for awarding and modifying cash-based food assistance projects and assesses the extent to which USAID and its implementing partners have implemented financial controls to help ensure appropriate oversight of such projects.
The Political History of American Food Aid
Author: Barry RileyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190228873
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
American food aid to foreigners long has been the most visible-and most popular-means of providing humanitarian aid to millions of hungry people confronted by war, terrorism and natural cataclysms and the resulting threat-often the reality-of famine and death. The book investigates the little-known, not-well-understood and often highly-contentious political processes which have converted American agricultural production into tools of U.S. government policy. In The Political History of American Food Aid, Barry Riley explores the influences of humanitarian, domestic agricultural policy, foreign policy, and national security goals that have created the uneasy relationship between benevolent instincts and the realpolitik of national interests. He traces how food aid has been used from the earliest days of the republic in widely differing circumstances: as a response to hunger, a weapon to confront the expansion of bolshevism after World War I and communism after World War II, a method for balancing disputes between Israel and Egypt, a channel for disposing of food surpluses, a signal of support to friendly governments, and a means for securing the votes of farming constituents or the political support of agriculture sector lobbyists, commodity traders, transporters and shippers. Riley's broad sweep provides a profound understanding of the complex factors influencing American food aid policy and a foundation for examining its historical relationship with relief, economic development, food security and its possible future in a world confronting the effects of global climate change.
Hearing to Review U.S. International Food Aid Programs
Author: Review of U.S. International Food Assistance Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief, American
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
Author: Jacquelyn L. Williams-BridgersPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143792347X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
The number of individuals experiencing hunger has grown to more than 1 billion worldwide in 2009, due to the global economic crisis. International food assistance includes both emergency food aid and long-term food security programs. Due to rising food prices, increasing conflicts, poverty, and natural disasters, in 2007, a record 47 countries -- 27 in Africa -- faced food crises requiring emergency assistance. To address these emergencies, countries provide food aid as part of a humanitarian response to address acute hunger through either in-kind donations of food or cash donations. This report: updates U.S. agencies' responses to previous international food assistance recommendations; and identifies potential oversight questions for Congress. Illustrations.
International Food Assistance
Author: Thomas MelitoPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437985882
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
For more than 50 years, the U.S. -- which accounts for half of global food aid supplies -- has played an important role in alleviating malnutrition and hunger, esp. during emergencies. In FY 2010, the U.S. spent $1.5 billion on emergency food aid that reached 46.5 million beneficiaries. To preserve the nutritional value of food aid, quality controls are in place throughout the supply chain. This report assessed U.S. efforts to: (1) meet the nutritional needs of intended recipients; and (2) maintain the quality of commodities throughout the food aid supply chain. The auditor interviewed agency officials and their implementing partners, and conducted fieldwork in the U.S. and four countries in Africa. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Foreign Assistance: U.S. Agencies Face Challenges to Improving the Efficiency & Effectiveness of Food Aid
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422314647
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
International Food Assistance
Author: Thomas MelitoPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437917941
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The U.S. approach of providing in-kind food aid has assisted millions of hungry people for more than 50 years. But, there have been reports on limitations to its efficiency and effectiveness. To improve U.S. food assistance, Congress has authorized some funding for local and regional procurement (LRP) -- donors' purchase of food aid in countries affected by food crises or in a country within the same region. Through analysis of agency documents, interviews with agency officials, experts, and practitioners, and fieldwork in four African countries, this report examines: (1) LRP's impact on the efficiency of food aid delivery; (2) its impact on economies where food is procured; and (3) U.S. legal requirements that could affect agencies' use of LRP. Illus.