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Food Aid, who benefits?
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... What is Food Aid Food aid is about providing food and related assistance to tackle hunger, either in emergency situations, or to help with deeper, longer term hunger alleviation and achieve food security (where people do not have to live in hunger or in fear of starvation). Introduction Food aid constituted over 20% of global aid flows in the 1960s, but is now less than 5%. Yet, it is still important because of the world hunger and the increase in food emergencies in the past decade. The decline of food aid, as well as the way in which it is delivered and used, are therefore of importance. Many people believe that food aid benefits the receiving countries and have no side effects whatsoever, but this belief, this perception is clearly false. No doubt food aid does help the receiving countries in the short run to get out of emergency famine situations, but the long













