Coalition Calls for Increases in U.S. Food Aid

While the United States has helped alleviate hunger worldwide, it needs to provide more funds to effectively fight the problem, a coalition of charities, scholars, and other experts on food aid said in a new report, summarized by Reuters.

While the Bush administration has proposed $1.2-billion for food assistance for fiscal 2008, an $80-million increase, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa said more money is required to help humanitarian emergencies and reduce protracted hunger and nutrition problems.

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