Food Aid is Crippling Local Economies

From Emergent Africa Sun Aug 17 2014, 11:22:00

In the Guardian:

Photograph: Lynne Sladky/ap

In July news broke that local micronutrient producers in Haiti were in danger of going out of business because of the actions of NGOs. The non-profit Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) came close to closure after the World Food Programme (WFP) said it wouldn't be buying anything from the company for four years because they had a corn-soy blend from USAid - for free.

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