U.S. Development Assistance to the Sahel--Progress and Problems
ID-79-9
Published: Mar 29, 1979. Publicly Released: Mar 29, 1979.
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The Agency for International Development (AID) is participating in a long-term effort to help the peoples of eight Central and West African countries, called the Sahel, protect themselves from the vagaries of nature by providing assistance in the achievement of some measure of economic and social development. Since 1974, AID has provided $374 million, of which $135 million was for food assistance.
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Food supplyInternational food programsProgram evaluationAgricultural commoditiesLivestockFood assistanceGrain and grain productsNutritionRural healthRural economic development