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World Food Programme executive director David Beasley speaks during an interview with Reuters in Doha, Qatar on Aug. 24, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Alexander Cornwell)

WFP ramps up food aid to Ukraine amid reports of severe shortages

By GFM Network News March 5, 2022

London | Reuters — The World Food Programme said on Friday it is ramping up food aid to war-torn Ukraine, citing reports of severe shortages of food and water in Kyiv, the capital, and the northeastern city of Kharkiv. The U.N. agency said it is in the process of finding partners in Ukraine to help […] Read more

File photo of wheat plants in Afghanistan. (PK Ahmad/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 11, 2022

Kabul | Reuters — Afghanistan’s Taliban administration said on Tuesday it was expanding its ‘food for work’ program, in which it uses donated wheat to pay thousands of public sector employees instead of cash as a financial crisis intensifies. Wheat, largely donated by India to the previous U.S.-backed Kabul government, is being used to pay […] Read more

People queue up outside a public supermarket’s doors in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, in April 2015. (iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Lentils, Reuters

World Food Programme starts distributing food in Venezuela

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 8, 2021

Reuters — The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it had begun distributing school meals to children in Venezuela, where some seven million people require humanitarian assistance after years of economic collapse in the once-prosperous OPEC nation. The WFP’s first take-home rations were distributed for children under six years old at some 277 schools […] Read more

The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 28, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

Crops, Reuters

Ban on food aid restrictions blocked at WTO

WTO says outcome 'disappointing' in difficult year

By GFM Network News December 21, 2020

Geneva | Reuters — World Trade Organization members were at odds on Friday over a proposal that would ban countries from restricting food aid deliveries, potentially complicating the response to a feared COVID-fuelled humanitarian catastrophe next year. The proposal was one of two related to the pandemic that failed to make headway at a three-day […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. plans more aid for farmers amid China trade spat

By GFM Network News May 10, 2019

Chicago/Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Friday that President Donald Trump had asked him to create a plan to help U.S. farmers cope with the heavy impact of the U.S.-China trade war on agriculture. A new aid program would be the second round of assistance for farmers, after the Department […] Read more

A view of Sanaa, Yemen’s capital. (UGurhan/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

WFP says Yemen food aid being stolen in Houthi-run areas

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 31, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — Food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the Houthi movement, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) said on Monday. The Houthis control most towns and cities including the capital Sanaa, from where they ousted Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government in 2014. A Saudi-led […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. House clears farm bill, with major food stamps changes

By GFM Network News June 21, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a massive Republican farm bill with changes to the government food stamps program that make it unlikely to become law in this form. The Senate is considering its own farm bill with no major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) used […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Trump budget plan cuts USDA food, rural water funding

By GFM Network News March 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed halting funding for rural clean water initiatives and reducing county-level staff, for a 21 per cent drop in discretionary spending at the Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to a White House budget document. The $4.7 billion in cuts would leave USDA with a budget of […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

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U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives food aid

WFP ramps up food aid to Ukraine amid reports of severe shortages

Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens

World Food Programme starts distributing food in Venezuela

Ban on food aid restrictions blocked at WTO

U.S. plans more aid for farmers amid China trade spat

WFP says Yemen food aid being stolen in Houthi-run areas

U.S. House clears farm bill, with major food stamps changes

Trump budget plan cuts USDA food, rural water funding

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