The analytical review of food aid, food production and food markets in Lesotho was undertaken on the request of the WFP Country Office in Lesotho in response to a long running debate that food aid was disrupting markets and creating disincentives to production, often with specific reference made...

The analytical review of food aid, food production and food markets in Swaziland was undertaken on the initiative of WFP Country Office to clarify issues on a long running debate in the country that food aid was disrupting markets and creating disincentives to production. In this context, the...

Expenditures for USDA's 15 food assistance programs totaled $46 billion in fiscal 2004 (October 1, 2003, to September 30, 2004), marking the second consecutive year in which spending exceeded the previous record high. The fiscal 2004 spending level represented a 10-percent increase from the...