Food for Peace is a United States government program that gives agricultural assistance to other countries. Its goals include combating hunger and malnutrition, promoting agricultural and other economic development, and increasing international trade. It also works to expand export markets for U.S. farm products and encourages the development of private enterprise and democracy in less-developed countries.
Food for Peace actually consists of three programs. One of them is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and assists developing countries that are having trouble meeting their food needs. The other two are administered by the Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent agency of the U.S. government. One of the programs administered by USAID is the chief U.S. government program for providing humanitarian food aid to other countries in emergencies. The other program promotes economic development in poor countries. Congress established Food for Peace in 1954.
