| Abstract: | This report demonstrates how the main beneficiaries of the U.S. food aid system are agribusiness companies that bid on food aid contracts, U.S. shipping companies that transport the food internationally, and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) that rely on sales of food aid in developing countries to generate funds for their other aid work (at enormous expense and often to the detriment of local producers and traders in developing countries). Urgently needed reforms of food aid are blocked by this unusual political alliance among agribusiness firms, shipping companies and PVOs. |
