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U.S. Taxpayers Spend Equal Amounts On Non-Emergency Food Aid And Shipping, Study Says
IRIN examines the findings of a study about the costs and effects of the U.S. Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP) policy, noting that "U.S. taxpayers spend about $140 million every year on non-emergency food aid in Africa, and roughly the same amount to ship food aid to global destinations on U.S. vessels; money that could have been used to feed more people."
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