KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Nearly 60 million emergency meals and more than 30 million gallons of water - that is what FEMA has delivered to people in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria hit in September. But now the agency is about to shut down the direct de

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Helping in a crisis can pose dilemma for local farmers and merchants Steve Baragona | Artibonite Valley, Haiti 29 April 2010 Rice farmers can be adversely affected by food aid. About three hours north of Port-au-Prince, the Artibonite Valley is the c

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In a rural area in northern Yemen, many families with starving children have nothing to eat but the leaves of a local plant. They cook the leaves in water, creating a bitter, sharp-tasting green substance. International aid agencies have been surpris

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AGRICULTURE REPORT – September 17, 2002: Genetically Engineered Food Aid By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. A food crisis in southern Africa has added to the debate a

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The World Food Program has called on South Korea to provide $60 million in aid for North Korea. The United Nations agency says the isolated state is facing its worst food shortage in a decade. Jason Strother has more from Seoul. The South Korean Uni

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ICRC Suspends Food Aid to 1.1 Million Somalis In mid-December, authorities in Jowhar, in the Middle Shabelle region of central Somalia, stopped a Red Cross humanitarian convoy for what they called a quality check. Four weeks later, the ICRC says it h

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2009 The World Food Program says it will start distributing food next week to 40,000 internally displaced people returning to their homes from camps around the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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The United States is giving $3 million in emergency food aid to the World Food Program to try to prevent widespread famine in southern Madagascar. The United Nations agency predicts 720,000 people in three regions could be severely affected in the ne

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As voting in southern Sudan's independence referendum enters its final days, relief officials say at least 1 million people will continue to need food assistance despite an improvement in food security over the past year. It is midday at a large spor

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US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program Plano, Illinois, farmer Bill Wykes has been behind the wheel of a tractor for almost four decades, planting and harvesting corn and soybeans on land his family has owned even longer. Through

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Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers' Role in Food Aid When starvation looms, speed is critical. But while the U.S. provides more emergency food aid than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming fir

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The United Nations food agency has announced it will terminate its assistance to increasingly prosperous China. China says it will increase its own foreign aid budget, as it shifts gears from aid recipient to aid donor. 联合国粮食计划署宣布,

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The World Food Program has made its last shipment of grain to China - a sign that the country's drive over the past 30 years to feed itself has paid off. But, there still are worries about China's harvest. 世界粮食计划署向中国运送了最后一

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 July 2006 S. Korean protesters shout slogans as they hold N. Korea's flags and pictures leader Kim Jong Il next to North's mock missile during an anti- N. Korea rally, July 12, 2006 South Korea has taken its firmest stand to d

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Aid Operation Bringing Food for the Hungry in Niger By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 01, 2005 I'm Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Development Report. Thousands of

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Ethiopia is appealing for $266 million in emergency aid for the remainder of this year to alleviate food shortages threatening the lives of nearly 6.5 million people. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports officials estimate that one of every e

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GENEVA The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports it is struggling to provide assistance to increasing numbers of new poor in Europe. The latest statistics by the European Union show more than 26 million peopl

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By Cathy Majtenyi Central Somalia 17 October 2009 Somali children in the drought area Like the rest of eastern Africa, central Somalia is in the grips of a debilitating drought. As a result, more than half of the population is in need of emergency f

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will double emergency food aid to meet a crisis sparked in several developing countries over sharply rising food prices. Mr. Sarkozy's remarks made at a major international conference in Paris. 法国总

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Do you know what to do when someone

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