Tuesday, April 15, 2008

United States food aid to the 200 million

United States food aid to the 200 million
United States President George W. Bush announced on the 14th, the United States provided about 200 million US dollars worth of urgent international food aid to ease the current Africa and other parts of the food supply shortage.
The same day the White House issued a statement saying, This emergency assistance will be through the United States Agency for International Development plan, and will mainly be used to offset rising international grain prices to the United States some of the existing foreign-aid projects of food, mainly assistance to Africa and other targets Some countries. Bush cabinet members discussed the day and the world food supply shortages that developed countries have the responsibility to help countries facing food shortages and regions.
The recent sharp rise in grain prices in the international market, caused in the world worried about a shortage of food supplies, and in some African countries and Haiti triggered riots. To solve this problem, a number of international organizations urged the developed countries to increase their aid efforts in low-income countries.

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