Fiscal Year 2012 Food for Peace Fact Sheet

In FY 2012, Food for Peace provided approximately 1.4 million metric tons of Title II food aid as part of programs valued at approximately $1.6 billion in 44 countries.

In addition, Food for Peace provided $374 million in grants in 19 countries for local and regional purchase of food commodities, food vouchers and cash transfers under the Emergency Food Security Program. This program is used primarily when U.S.-purchased Title II food aid cannot arrive fast enough to respond to an emergency or when local purchase, cash transfers or food voucher programs may be more appropriate than U.S. in-kind food aid due to local market conditions.

 
Type of Assistance Largest Programs
Emergency Food Aid (Title II) Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Chad
Emergency Food Security Program (IDA)* Somalia, Niger, Syria, Kenya, South Sudan
Development Food Aid (Title II) Ethiopia, Bangladesh, DRC, Malawi, South Sudan
International Food Relief Partnership (Title II) Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Honduras, Ethiopia, Syria
Total Food Assistance

Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya

 

 

 Value ($ mil) Metric Tons Programs Countries Beneficiaries
Development Food Aid (Title II) 427.4 438,360 39 19 10,207,700
International Food Relief Partnership (Title II) 2.9 1,503 18 13 715,657
Emergency Food Aid (Title II) 1,170.9 985,780 45 32 31,435,900
Sub-Total Title II Food Aid 1,601.2 1,425,643 102 44 42,359,257
Emergency Food Security Program (IDA)* 374.5 177,346 45 19 10,671,382
Sub-Total Emergency Food Assistance (IDA and Title II) 1,545.4 1,117,895 90 36 42,379,140
Total Food Assistance 1,975.7 1,557,758 147 47

53,302,497

*The value of IDA resources consists not only of local and regional procurement of food commodities, but also includes the value of cash and voucher programs. For more information visit: http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/agriculture-and-food-security/food-assistance.

Note: Total Value of Emergency Food Aid (Title II) = $1,170 million divided by the total metric tons of 985,780 MT = $1188 per metric ton. 

 

Last updated: April 25, 2013

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