Revitalizing U.S. Support for Developing Nations' Agriculture

摘要

With roots in European reconstruction after World War Two, the federal agency USAID was formally created by executive order in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Foreign Assistance Act. In 1975, the enactment of Title Twelve of that act, "Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger," created the advisory Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The legislation aimed to promote activities by land-grant universities and other institutions that can increase world food production through the application of agricultural sciences.