Food Aid
Members of the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA) have been processing specialty food grains for more than 50 years. Nations around the world use these commodities to provide at risk populations highly nutritional food assistance in emergencies, development assistance programs, and chronic disease intervention.
Food, not cash, is the most dependable form of food aid. The US provides more than 50% of the world’s food aid to disaster victims, refugees, people living with HIV and AIDS, mothers, children and communities in need. Yet there is still a global shortfall of aid for the 850 million people who do not have enough food to lead healthy, productive lives. Food donations from the European Union have dropped significantly since the European Union converted their food donations to cash.
Purchasing food locally and regionally has the potential to be both more market distorting and less rigorously regulated than food shipped from the US. US grown, processed, fortified and inspected agricultural products are safe, uniform, and nutrient rich.
Fighting
Malnutrition - a slide presentation of images from the field
Introduces
you to fortified grain products and soy proteins and
describes their essential role in U.S. food aid
programs.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) works to improve foreign market access for U.S. products, build new markets, improve the competitive position of U.S. agriculture in the global marketplace, and provide food aid and technical assistance to foreign countries.
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