Food For Peace
"Food can be a powerful instrument for all the free world
in building a durable peace."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
About Food For Peace
Nearly 800 million people in the world are food insecure. Many live in
Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Chronic poverty, the persistent lack
of economic opportunity either to produce adequate amounts of food or
to exchange labor for income needed to purchase food in adequate
amounts, is the chief cause of food insecurity.
USAID, through funding provided by Public
Law 480, Title II, makes commodity donations to Cooperating Sponsors
(Private Voluntary Organizations, Cooperatives, and International
Organization Agencies) to address the needs of food security in both
5-year development projects and emergency food assistance programs.
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