The 1990 Farm Bill contains the most significant changes in food aid policy since the mid 1960s. Yet, the changes have more to do with process than with program content. Food aid will continue to be influenced by its multiple constituencies pursuing their multiple objectives. And, while the old...

Most future increases in global demand for food are expected to arise by 2050. By that time, demand could increase by 2.5 to 3.0 times the present level. Given present knowledge about agricultural production, prospective global supplies of land, water, plant genetic, and climate resources will...

Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 into law as US Public Law 480. This article addresses how food aid can become a more effective tool for reducing poverty and hunger and reducing costs without sacrificing any benefits to US...