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" It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets."
Andrew Natsios

Meaning of "food aid" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FOOD AID

fuːd eɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOD AID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Food aid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOOD AID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aid

In international relations, aid is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Humanitarianism and altruism are at least partly an objective for the giving of aid. It may have other functions as well: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access. Aid may be given by individuals, private organizations, or governments. Standards delimiting exactly the kinds of transfers that count as aid vary. For example, aid figures may or may not include transfers for military use: the United States, for example, included military assistance in its aid figure until 1957 but no longer does. The most widely used measure of aid is "Official Development Assistance".

Definition of food aid in the English dictionary

The definition of food aid in the dictionary is food donated, either by a foreign government or by a charitable organization, to people in need, usually in developing countries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOOD AID

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOD AID

food additive · food allergy · Food and Agriculture Organization · Food and Drug Administration · food body · food chain · food colouring · food coma · food combining · food conversion ratio · food counter · food crop · food fascist · food grains · food group · food industry · food intolerance · food irradiation · food labelling · food mile

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOD AID

artificial aid · buoyancy aid · deaf aid · first aid · foreign aid · gift aid · hearing aid · home aid · legal aid · sex aid · slimming aid · teaching aid · urban aid · visual aid

Synonyms and antonyms of food aid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «food aid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOD AID

Find out the translation of food aid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of food aid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «food aid» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

粮食援助
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ayuda alimentaria
570 millions of speakers
en

English

food aid
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

खाद्य सहायता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المساعدات الغذائية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

продовольственная помощь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ajuda alimentar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

খাদ্য সাহায্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

l´aide alimentaire
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bantuan makanan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Nahrungsmittelhilfe
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

食糧援助
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

식량 지원
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Panganan pangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

viện trợ lương thực
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உணவு உதவி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अन्न सहाय्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Gıda yardımı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

aiuti alimentari
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

pomoc żywnościowa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

продовольча допомога
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ajutor alimentar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επισιτιστική βοήθεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voedselhulp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livsmedelsbistånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

matvarehjelp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of food aid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOD AID»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of food aid
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about food aid

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2 QUOTES WITH «FOOD AID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word food aid.
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Bjorn Lomborg
Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.
2
Andrew Natsios
It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOD AID»

Discover the use of food aid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to food aid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role
This book analyzes the impact of food aid programmes over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects.
Christopher B. Barrett, Dan Maxwell, 2007
2
Food Aid and Human Security
This examination of food aid focuses in particular on institutional questions.
Edward Clay, Olav Schram Stokke, 2013
3
Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International ...
In Hunger in the Balance, Jennifer Clapp provides a timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary politics of food aid, explaining the origins and outcomes of recent clashes between donor nations-and between donors and recipients.
Jennifer Clapp, 2012
4
The Making of Canadian Food Aid Policy
Mark Charlton examines the evolution of the Canadian food aid program during this critical period of policy reform.
Mark William Charlton, 1992
5
Food Aid Reconsidered: Assessing the Impact on Third World ...
This volume which concentrates on recent experience, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, provides a stocktaking on the state of the debate and the contribution that economics and other social sciences has made to resolving many of the ...
Edward J. Clay, Olav Stokke, 1991
6
Food Aid: The Challenge and the Opportunity
This book is designed to give a wide public a clear insight into the keyissues, presenting a balanced assessment of the uses and misuses of food aid, and relating these to the complex realities of the international economy.
Hans Wolfgang Singer, John B. Wood, Anthony Jennings (MA.), 1987
7
Feeding the poor: assessing federal food aid
In the midst of the welfare reform revolution, Peter H. Rossi examines five federal programs of food aid: Who benefits?
Peter Henry Rossi, 1998
8
International Food Aid Programs: Background and Issues
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication.
Melissa D. Ho, 2011
9
The Political Economy Of Food Aid
While Accepting The Role Of Food Aid In Humanitarian Relief, The Author Seriously Questions The Whole Practice As A Tool In Social And Economic Development. In Good Condition.
John Cathie, 1982
10
Food Aid and the Developing World: Four African Case Studies
If Botswana, Lesotho, Tunisia and Upper Volta are anything to go by, the same applies to food aid. The result of overkill by the critics, thus far at any rate, has not been to temper the claims of food aid supporters but rather the reverse. Not only ...
Christopher Stevens, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOD AID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term food aid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mali Refugees' Food Aid Cut: Doctors Warn Refugees At …
Tens of thousands of displaced Malians are at risk of losing food aid as soon as this month. Pictured are refugees in M'Bouna in the Timbuktu ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
2
UN Rushes Food Aid to Bangladesh
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up relief efforts aimed at reaching tens of thousands of Bangladeshis stranded ... «Student Operated Press, Jul 15»
3
Lawmakers skeptical of cash-based foreign food aid
Lawmakers from both parties on Thursday voiced skepticism about efforts to shift U.S. international food aid from goods to cash payments. «The Hill, Jul 15»
4
Food aid cut to Malian refugees
NOUAKCHOTT, 9 July 2015 (IRIN) - Nearly 50,000 Malian refugees are at risk following the suspension of food aid to their camp in southeastern Mauritania, ... «IRINnews.org, Jul 15»
5
Yemen: Vital food aid delivered across front lines
Yemen: Vital food aid delivered across front lines. Video. 09 July 2015. As fighting continues unabated across Yemen, millions of people are struggling to meet ... «ICRC, Jul 15»
6
Food-aid talks raise concerns on Hill
Rouzer's subcommittee on Thursday is holding its second hearing in three weeks on food aid issues. Representatives of the Government ... «Agri-Pulse, Jul 15»
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Answers sought in in-kind food aid talks
The funding required to raise the per-ship stipend would come from food aid program funding, according to the American Shipper article. «Baking Business, Jul 15»
8
'Doctors Worldwide - Turkey' Donates Food Aid to Muslim …
"Doctors Worldwide -Turkey" through Khadija Foundation Centre in London, The UK, on Monday donated food aid worth of US$5,000 ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Request for ceasefire goes unheeded: UN cuts back on food aid to …
Canberra: The United Nations' food agency is cutting back on assistance to thousands of Syrian refugees after an appeal for a ceasefire to ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
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Mauritania: Malian Refugees at Risk of Malnutrition Due to …
Mauritania: Malian Refugees at Risk of Malnutrition Due to Canceled Food Aid. Field News · Videos · Audio · Slideshows · Press. «Doctors Without Borders, Jul 15»
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