International Food Aid Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill
Date: July 10, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: The report discusses the international food aid provision (2008 Farm Bill) of U.S. agricultural commodities for emergency relief and economic development. This provision addresses the United States' major response to food security problems in developing countries.
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Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
Date: January 17, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: This report discusses the recent development in different programs administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the goal to promote agricultural exports and to provide food aid. These programs include direct export subsidies, export market development, export credit guarantees, and foreign food aid.
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Agricultural Export Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: This report discusses the agricultural export provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill. It discusses programs that deal with U.S. agricultural exports that are a major focus of Title III, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, H.R. 6124).
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Rising Food Prices and Global Food Needs: The U.S. Response
Date: May 8, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: This report discusses rising food prices that are having impacts across the world, but especially among poor people in the low-income developing countries. The report addresses several issues, such as: Why Are Food Prices Increasing? How Countries Have Responded? Food Aid Funding Shortfalls, and the U.S. Response to Food Aid Funding Shortfalls.
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Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill
Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: This report assesses 2007 farm bill trade title provisions for U.S. agricultural export programs.
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International Food Aid: U.S. and Other Donor Contributions
Date: February 11, 2011
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: This report provides three indicators of the U.S. contribution to global food aid: (1) shipments of major donors compiled by the International Grains Council (IGC), (2) U.S. contributions to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), and (3) the U.S. commitment under the 1999 Food Aid Convention (FAC).
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U.S. and EU Agricultural Support: Overview and Comparison
Date: March 21, 2011
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Description: This report uses data from two public sources to compare agricultural support between the United States and the European Union (EU): (1) estimates of domestic support for agricultural programs based on World Trade Organization (WTO) notifications; and (2) the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) country-level policy database. Each of these data sources uses a slightly different metric to evaluate agricultural support. The report includes an overview of farm programs in the U.S. and EU, comparisons of support based on the metrics, and conclusions with policy implications.
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Mad Cow Disease and U.S. Beef Trade
Date: June 4, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Description: This report discusses the U.S. beef trade with its four major beef export markets, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Korea. The 110th Congress has been monitoring U.S. efforts to regain foreign markets that banned U.S. beef when a Canadian-born cow in Washington state tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December 2003.
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U.S. Global Food Security Funding, FY2010-FY2012
Date: April 28, 2011
Creator: Ho, Melissa D.
Description: The United States currently addresses issues related to global hunger and food security through two primary types of approaches: (1) agricultural development and (2) emergency and humanitarian food aid and assistance. Agricultural development activities, such as the Administration's Feed the Future initiative and some emergency food assistance programs, are administered primarily by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) using existing authorities provided in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
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The Obama Administration's Feed the Future Initiative
Date: January 10, 2011
Creator: Ho, Melissa D.
Description: The primary objectives of this report are to (1) provide a context for the state of food insecurity in the world; (2) provide an overview of the Obama Administration's global hunger and food security initiative, called Feed the Future; and (3) provide an overview of issues that the 112th Congress may consider in relation to agricultural development and global food security.
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