Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Food aid groups are pushing the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad.

The White House won't say whether Obama's budget scheduled to come out next week will propose changing the way foreign food aid is distributed. But food aid groups, farm groups and their allies in Congress are preparing for the possibility.

At issue is whether the government should ship U.S.-grown food overseas to aid developing countries and starving people or simply help those countries with cash to buy food. Currently, the United States is shipping food abroad, a process many food aid groups say is inefficient.

This approach has long been a profitable enterprise for American farmers and shippers, and those groups strongly oppose any changes to the program.

Associated Press

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