Pursuit's Take
USAID and USDA provided approximately $1.9 billion of U.S food aid overseas in fiscal year 2015, including about 1.5 million metric tons of commodities such as rice or wheat. Before signing assistance agreements, these agencies are required to document that distributing commodities will not hurt the recipient country’s agricultural production or local markets (Bellmon determinations).
GAO found that USAID and USDA do not consistently document these determinations before distributing food aid.
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