The United States’ six decades-old food aid program might finally see reforms.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear April 15 arguments for reforming the way the U.S. pays for, ships and dispenses food aid internationally. The hearing is the first of its kind in the committee’s history, and many food aid reform advocates hope it will be a turning point in a battle they’ve waged against red tape and jurisdictional infighting.
“There are lessons to be learned in how we approach food aid,” Liz Marcey, a senior policy advocate for government relations at CARE, told Devex.