The U.S. government has released an additional 40 million U.S. dollars in emergency food aid to help ease the global food crisis, the State Department said Tuesday.
The fund from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was provided to the World Food Program after President George W. Bush authorized the USAID 200 million dollars earlier this month, the State Department said in a statement.
It said that with the 240 million dollars, the USAID will provide emergency food aid to countries including Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Kenya and Haiti.
According to the State Department, the country has set aside 1.36 billion dollars to help reduce the food crisis in the world.
The U.S. Senators Monday called the White House for an additional of 200 million dollars for the international food aid this year as the world is hit by the worst food crisis in more than 30 years.
Due to increasing populations, expanding demand for food and more consumption of crops in biofuels, food prices has surged significantly across the world.
Source:Xinhua
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