Food Aid in the News
Two important articles this week—one in The New York Times and one in Slate Magazine discuss the challenges of food aid worldwide and in Haiti. Take a look.
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Stray Cattle and a Food Crisis? How Cows in Sri Lanka are Destroying Crops and Livelihoods
Stray cattle are destroying crops? Yes, it’s true. And it’s happening in northern Sri Lanka. Currently, Sri Lankan farmers are dealing with an estimated 40,000 stray cows, grazing in herds averaging between 20 and 300, that are damaging land used to grow food and support Sri Lankan livelihoods. Despite ongoing efforts by authorities to round up …
New Report on the Impact of U.S. Food Aid in Haiti
With the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake fast-approaching, many are wondering just how much progress has been made over the past 12 months and what kind of change the future holds for Haitian people. Congress has still not passed the Haiti Empowerment, Assistance and Rebuilding (HEAR) Act that would create a clear framework for reconstruction and authorize the multi-year …
Interview with Navin Moul, AJWS Program Officer for Asia
I recently caught up with AJWS Program Officer Navin Moul who just returned from a trip to Thailand and Cambodia where she witnessed the struggles and successes of the communities that AJWS supports. Can you tell me about some of the main issues you looked at during your trip to Cambodia and Thailand? A lot …
Food Aid and the Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP): What Needs to Change?
Yesterday, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa hosted a conference on Food Aid and Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP)—a controversial but little understood aspect of U.S. food aid programs. I caught up with AJWS’s Global Food Justice Consultant Patty Kupfer who was at the conference. Here’s the skinny: The ACP is a 56-year-old policy …