Question

What is food aid?

Answer 1

Food aid refers to food donated by a developed country, a foreign government, or a charitable institution to people in need, usually in developing countries.

Answer 2

1. Food aid given either as actual food items or as cash to buy food can play a critical role in reducing hunger.
2. By providing emergency food aid, governments, UN agencies, and non-governmental organisations can save millions of lives when natural disasters or wars threaten people's access to food.
3. And by giving non emergency food aid, such as school-lunches, they can improve health and encourage children to go to school, which has proven essential to a country's long-term development.