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Food for Peace

Addressing food security crises in Eastern and Central Africa

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Overview

U.S. support for overseas food aid was formalized in the Agricultural and Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, also known as P.L. 480 or “Food for Peace”. On a global level, more than 800 million people today are chronically undernourished, and more than 180 million children are significantly underweight. For the United States, reducing the number of chronically undernourished and underweight people throughout the world is both a humanitarian concern and a strategic goal. The P.L. 480 Title II program, administered by USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP), is the largest source of resources within the U.S. Government (USG) available to focus on the problem of food insecurity in the developing world. In fiscal year (FY) 2007 the United States provided more than $2.1 billion of food aid to 78 developing countries.

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Press Releases

| Monday, January 26, 2009
United States Government Expands Food Assistance to Somalia to $140 Million

WASHINGTON, D.C. | Wednesday, January 09, 2008
From Henrietta Fore, USAID Administrator On USAID Humanitarian Assistance to Kenya
USAID/EA supports USAID/Kenya and USAID/OFDA in getting aid to vulnerable Kenyans

Announcements

| Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Drought Conditions Persist as Kenyans Hope for Rains

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Food for Peace has helped 110,000 farmers in Uganda restart agricultural activities.

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qwicr.com - QWICR is a secure, online Title II commodity reporting system accessible to USAID Missions, PVO Cooperating Sponsors and Food for Peace Officers. QWICR provides PVO Cooperating Sponsors with a "quicker" Office of Food for Peace Regulation 11-compliant reporting platform.

Last updated November 16, 2009

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