Help in the form of basic items of food given to a country or region suffering from a food shortage.
the distribution of food aid has been seriously hampered by the war
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- The new program links medical assistance for AIDS-stricken countries to their acceptance of food aid produced from genetically engineered crops.
- They did not appeal for international aid following last year's drought, which left millions in need of food aid in southern Africa.
- Around 5.5 million of these people are expected to be dependent on food aid by November.
- The 1996 welfare law barred most legal immigrants from collecting food aid.
- The country had for years received food aid in return for its oil.
- In 2001, 18.4 million Americans received some type of food aid from the USDA.
- In certain areas, local production is in fact stimulated since food aid is often coupled with agricultural aid.
- Last year, we provided 62 per cent of all food aid offered by the UN World Food Programme.
- At the end of the war, 85 per cent of the population were dependent on foreign food aid.
- A great deal of money has gone into keeping people alive with food aid.