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Efforts to Improve Food Aid Quality

Learn about the actions taken by the USDA and USAID to address food aid quality concerns, including the Commodity Concerns Feedback Guide and the Food Aid Quality Study. Discover the challenges faced in ensuring food aid quality and explore possible solutions and systems. Join panelists from the USDA, Tufts University, and the World Food Program in this informative discussion.

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Efforts to Improve Food Aid Quality

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  1. Efforts to Improve Food Aid Quality Ross Kreamer, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA

  2. Current Actions Addressing Food Aid Quality • Commodity Concerns Feedback Guide • Introduced by USDA and USAID in December 2007 • Describes the procedures to be followed to report commodity quality concerns • Food Aid Quality Study • Collaborative effort between USDA and USAID

  3. Commodity Concerns Feedback Guide

  4. USDA Food Aid Quality Study Overview • In 2007, USDA and USAID devised a 3-part project to upgrade and improve the existing mix of food aid commodities. USDA Part I: Standardizing Existing Commodity Specifications. USAIDPart III: Enrichment and fortification formulas for commodities. USDA Part II: Commodity Sampling and Testing Protocol. Presented by Tufts Univ. Presented by USDA/FSA

  5. Ensuring Food Aid Quality in the Field • Challenges of purchasing quality food from farmers and traders • Possible solutions and systems to address these challenges

  6. Panelists • Sandra Wood, Acting Deputy Administrator, Commodity Operations, Farm Service Agency, USDA • Dr. Patrick Webb Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy • Bertrand Salvignol, Food Technologist, World Food Program

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