Debate is still raging on American food aid practices. It seems more voices are being raised against the sale of American-grown food in poor countries. The Government Accountability Office just came out with a report that calls it “inherently inefficient.” The issue is complicated but check out this article in the New York Times and my post from April 8.
Depending on the time you have to devote to the topic, you can read the report’s highlights or the full report.
This graph pulled from the report shows the issue pretty clearly. The funding for U.S. food aid has decreased slightly, but the tonnage has gone down 40 percent. And no one will convince me that there are 40 percent less hungry people in the world now than in 2002. If only.
