The international aid group, Care, has rejected a donation of $45m from the United States government. Care criticized the way U.S. food aid is distributed, saying it harms local farmers, especially in Africa.
The group claims that the U.S. government's type of food aid does not help communities which were permanently in need. It said that wheat donated by the U.S. does nothing to solve the long-term problems of self-sustaining agriculture and in the short-term only serves to trigger low prices that local farmers are unable to compete with.
"We came to the realization that if we wanted to do what was in the best interest of poor people and efficiency in aid, that this wasn't it," Care President Helene Gayle told reporters. Care said it did not oppose emergency food aid during periods of drought or famine.
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