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 through 5-year development projects and through emergency food
assistance.
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