US Aid for Agricultural Development in Africa Plummets

According to the latest Government Accountability Office report on international food security, the US has focused more of its resources on emergency food aid and less on needed agricultural development in Africa, resulting in a dramatic drop in resources:

“The United States, consistent with other multilateral and bilateral donors, has steadily reduced its ODA to agriculture for Africa since the late 1980s, from about $500 million in 1988 to less than $100 million in 2006 (see fig. 10).”

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