Source: Government of the United States of America
Date: 8/8/01
Press Release Number: 0213-01
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2001 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today
announced that it will donate about 5,500 metric tons of U.S.
agricultural
commodities to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) for use in Tajikistan under
the Food for Progress program. AKF, a private voluntary organization,
will
directly distribute the donated commodities to an estimated 206,000
people
in the Autonomous Oblast of Gorno-Badakhshan.
The donation will include approximately 450 metric tons of whole dry
milk,
850 tons of vegetable oil, 700 tons of corn-soy blend, and 3,500 tons of
wheat flour.
AKF plans to provide rations to about 206,000 people. Flour rations will
go
to the most vulnerable. Children and pregnant and lactating mothers will
receive supplemental foods. The whole milk powder will be distributed
through the schools.
The fiscal 2001 agreement with AKF was signed on July 27, 2001. The
donation will be made under USDA's Food for Progress program,
administered
by the ! Fo! reign Agricultural Service. The supply period for this
donation is fiscal year 2001.