USAID Office of Food for Peace (FFP)

International Food Aid & Development Conference

May 7, 2012

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U.S. Food Assistance - General Outline

Title I: Trade & Development Assistance USDA

Title II: Emergency & Develop. Assistance USAID

Title III: Food For Development USAID

Title V: Farmer to Farmer USAID

Section 416(b): Surplus Donations USDA

Emerson Trust: Emergencies USAID/USDA

Food for Progress USDA

McGovern-Dole Global Food for Education USDA

Emergency Food Security Program (IDA) USAID

Title I: Trade & Development Assistance USDA

Title II: Emergency & Develop. Assistance USAID

Title III: Food For Development USAID

Title V: Farmer to Farmer USAID

Section 416(b): Surplus Donations USDA

Emerson Trust: Emergencies USAID/USDA

Food for Progress USDA

McGovern-Dole Global Food for Education USDA

Emergency Food Security Program (IDA) USAID

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Legislative Context: Reliance on Agriculture Appropriations

Note: Does not include MARAD reimbursements, carry over funds, and deobligations from prior year agreements.

Food for Peace

Emergencies: $1.2 billion in FY 2011

35 countries

Development: $426 million in FY 2011

21 countries

• Response to rapid onset and/or complex emergencies

• Selected post-emergency stabilization activities

• Address immediate food needs of populations at risk

• Response to chronic food insecurity

• Maternal and child health• Environmental stabilization• Sustainable agriculture• Risk mitigation and asset

building

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List of Development Food Aid Countries - FY 2011

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74.2%

25.8%

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Africa 69%

East Asia and Pacific

2%

Near East3%

South and Central Asia

18%

Western Hemisphere

8%

USG Food Assistance by Region, FY 2011

(This chart includes both USAID and USDA food assistance numbers.)

Title II average cost/metric ton (delivered)

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Metric Ton Commodity Purchased

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Trends Trends

The historic trend in the reported number of natural disasters shows a consistent increase, with between 100 and 200 natural disasters reported each year during the 1980s, between 200 and 300 during the 1990s, and over 350 natural disasters reported each year from 2000 to the present.

In addition, conflicts across the globe have led to dramatic increases in the total number of internally displaced peoples (IDPs), which rose from 17.4 million in 1997 to 27.5 million in 2011.

The number of refugees is at a 15-year high, with 80% of refugees now located in developing countries that are ill-equipped to meet refugee needs.

In the last year alone, crises affecting 13 million people in the Horn of Africa and 5.5 million in the Sahel confirm the strong upward trend for food assistance.

Priority Issues

• Resilience• Nutrition• Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment• Monitoring and Evaluation• Expanding Toolbox• Capacity Building