Learning About Food Security and Development in Tanzania
By Elizabeth Westendorf, USW Policy Specialist U.S. wheat farmers are proud of their commodity’s role in U.S. foreign aid around the world, and the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Food Aid Working Group (FAWG) works diligently to support U.S. international food assistance programs. Food aid has always been an important focus of USW’s policy work, both […]
U.S. Industry Stays Engaged in Food Aid, Development Conversation
By Elizabeth Westendorf, USW Policy Specialist This year, for the first time, USDA and USAID held their International Food Assistance and Food Security Conference in conjunction with the 2016 World Food Prize event in Des Moines, IA, the week of Oct. 10. The two-day event brought together people from commodity organizations, NGOs, government and academic […]
New Food for Progress Funding Reflects Food Aid Benefits
By Elizabeth Westendorf, USW Policy Specialist Last week, USDA announced Food for Progress funding allocations for fiscal year 2016. A total of $153.2 million in funding will go to projects in eight countries that USDA estimates will reach over 3.8 million beneficiaries. Half of the countries on the list (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique) […]