U.S. international food aid programs : background, issues and select assessments / Douglas Bennett, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnepf, Randall Dean, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Bennett, Douglas, editor.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, issuing body.

Series:

Hunger and poverty.

Hunger and Poverty: Causes, Impacts and Eradication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Agency for International Development.

United States.

Food relief, American.

Food relief--Law and legislation--United States.

Food relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Updated irregularly

Edition:

[Library of Congress public edition].

Contained In:

Contained in (work): CRS reports (Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service)

Other Title:

United States international food aid programs

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

U.S. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID PROGRAMS BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND SELECT ASSESSMENTS ; U.S. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID PROGRAMS BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND SELECT ASSESSMENTS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 U. S. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID PROGRAMS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES* ; SUMMARY ; TABLE OF ACRONYMS ; BACKGROUND ; FOOD AID PROGRAMS ; Section 416(b)4 ; Food for Peace Act (FFPA) ; Since Mid-1980s, Title II Outlays Have Dominated ; Food Aid Consultative Group (FACG) ; Title I-Concessional Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities

Title II-In-Kind Donations via PVOs, Cooperatives, or IOs Title II Emergency Food Assistance ; Title II Non-Emergency Food Assistance ; Shelf-Stable Foods and Prepositioning of FFPA Commodities ; USAID Guidelines for Title II Proposals ; Food Quality ; Title III-In-Kind Donations to Recipient-Country Governments ; Title V-Farmer-to-Farmer Program ; Other Food Aid Programs; Food for Progress36 ; McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (IFECN)41; Local and Regional Procurement (LRP) Projects43 ; The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust (BEHT)47

Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) Common Features of U.S. International Food Aid Programs ; CCC Acquisition and Transportation of Commodities ; Reimbursement of Distribution Costs; Bellmon Requirements; Publicity and Branding of U.S. Commodities ; Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP); Bumpers Amendment; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS ; In-Kind Food Aid versus Cash-Based Food Assistance ; What Is the Issue? ; Background on Cash-Based Food Assistance ; Proponents' Views on Cash-Based Food Assistance ; Concerns About Cash-Based Food Assistance ; Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP) ; What Is the Issue?

Background on ACP Views on ACP ; Monetization ; What Is the Issue? ; Background on Monetization99 ; Views on Monetization ; Food Aid Quality ; What Is the Issue? ; The 2014 Farm Bill Makes Several Adjustments ; International Trade Agreements ; What Is the Issue? ; History of International Trade Agreements Governing Food Aid ; The FAO's Consultative Subcommittee on Surplus Disposal (CSSD) ; The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) ; The Food Aid Convention (FAC) ; The 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) ; The WTO's Doha Round Negotiations ; Current Status

ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS What Is the Issue? ; The Administration's 2007 Farm Bill Proposal ; The Administration's FY2014 Budget Request ; Criticisms of the FY2014 Administration Proposal ; Jurisdictional Issues Associated with International Food Aid Proposals; The Administration's FY2015 Budget Request ; The Administration's FY2016 Budget Request ; Legislative Proposals in the 113th Congress ; H.R. 1983 -"Reform U.S. Food Aid (Food for Peace)" ; S. 2421-"Reform U.S. Food Aid (Food for Peace)" ; Legislative Proposals in the 114th Congress

S. 525-"Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015"

Notes:

Includes index.

Report includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-270-1

OCLC:

1091634272