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The '''McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program''' ('''IFEP''') is a food aid program authorized in the [[Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002]] (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 3107, known as the 2002 Farm Bill) which provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities and associated financial and technical assistance to carry out preschool and school feeding programs in foreign countries.  Maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs also are authorized under this program.  It is named after former U.S. Senators [[George McGovern]] and [[Bob Dole]], who advocated in the U.S. Congress for its passage.<ref name="nyt-label">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/us/public-lives-a-mcgovern-liberal-who-s-content-to-stick-to-the-label.html | title=Public Lives: A McGovern Liberal Who's Content to Stick to the Label | author=Becker, Elizabeth | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 23, 2001 | authorlink=Elizabeth Becker (journalist)}}</ref><ref name="tln011201">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7YIfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YqYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4712,1934808&dq=george+mcgovern+ambassador+food+bush&hl=en | title=Bush asks McGovern to keep post | newspaper=[[The Tuscaloosa News]] | date=January 12, 2001 | page=2A}}</ref>
The '''McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program''' ('''IFEP''') is a food aid program authorized in the [[Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002]] (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 3107, known as the 2002 Farm Bill) which provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities and associated financial and technical assistance to carry out preschool and school feeding programs in foreign countries.  Maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs also are authorized under this program.  It is named after former U.S. Senators [[George McGovern]] and [[Bob Dole]], who advocated in the U.S. Congress for its passage.<ref name="nyt-label">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/us/public-lives-a-mcgovern-liberal-who-s-content-to-stick-to-the-label.html | title=Public Lives: A McGovern Liberal Who's Content to Stick to the Label | author=Becker, Elizabeth | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 23, 2001 | authorlink=Elizabeth Becker (journalist)}}</ref><ref name="tln011201">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7YIfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YqYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4712,1934808&dq=george+mcgovern+ambassador+food+bush&hl=en | title=Bush asks McGovern to keep post | newspaper=[[The Tuscaloosa News]] | date=January 12, 2001 | page=2A}}</ref>


The program provided more than 22 million [[school meal]]s to children in 41 countries over its first eight years.<ref name="ap-prize">{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-14-world-food-prize_N.htm | title=Dole, McGovern school program awarded World Food Prize | author=Jackson, Henry C. | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=October 14, 2008}}</ref> It was also credited with improving school attendance, especially among girls, who were more likely to be allowed to go to school if a meal was being provided.<ref name="ap-prize"/> It continues on and is internationally popular.<ref name="lodi">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XwRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uzQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4958,1198025&dq=mcgovern+dole+food+for+nutrition+and&hl=en | title=Farm bill has little aid for needy children abroad | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]] | date=May 14, 2008 | page=18}}</ref>  In 2008, McGovern and Dole were made [[World Food Prize]] laureates for their efforts to curb hunger in the world and in particular for this program.<ref name="ap-prize"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/events/laureate_award_ceremony/2008_ceremony/ | title=The 2008 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony Honoring Hon. Robert Dole and Hon. George McGovern | publisher=[[World Food Prize]] | access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref>
The program provided more than 22 million [[school meal]]s to children in 41 countries over its first eight years.<ref name="ap-prize">{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-14-world-food-prize_N.htm | title=Dole, McGovern school program awarded World Food Prize | author=Jackson, Henry C. | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=October 14, 2008}}</ref> It was also credited with improving school attendance, especially among girls, who were more likely to be allowed to go to school if a meal was being provided.<ref name="ap-prize"/> It continues on and is internationally popular.<ref name="lodi">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XwRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uzQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4958,1198025&dq=mcgovern+dole+food+for+nutrition+and&hl=en | title=Farm bill has little aid for needy children abroad | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]] | date=May 14, 2008 | page=18}}</ref>  In 2008, McGovern and Dole were made [[World Food Prize]] laureates for their efforts to curb hunger in the world and in particular for this program.<ref name="ap-prize"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/events/laureate_award_ceremony/2008_ceremony/ | title=The 2008 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony Honoring Hon. Robert Dole and Hon. George McGovern | publisher=[[World Food Prize]] | access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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The program was first implemented in FY2003 with $100 million of [[Commodity Credit Corporation]] funds as stipulated in the 2002 farm bill.  Beginning in FY2004, the authorizing statute provides for the program to be carried out with appropriated funding.  The FY2004 agricultural appropriations act (P.L. 108–199) provided $50 million to carry out the program.
The program was first implemented in FY2003 with $100 million of [[Commodity Credit Corporation]] funds as stipulated in the 2002 farm bill.  Beginning in FY2004, the authorizing statute provides for the program to be carried out with appropriated funding.  The FY2004 agricultural appropriations act (P.L. 108–199) provided $50 million to carry out the program.


Subsequent funding was generally at $100 million a year.<ref name="more">{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-09-25-3677522660_x.htm | title=Ex-Senator seeks more food aid funding | author=Lammer, Dirk | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=September 25, 2007}}</ref> There were attempts to give it more permanent funding levels during 2007 and 2008.<ref name="lodi"/> and it received an additional $80 million in 2009.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&PrNum=0057-09 | title=Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Additional $80 Million in Food Assistance Under McGovern-Dole Program | publisher=[[Foreign Agricultural Service]] | date=April 7, 2009 | access-date=August 10, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018160418/http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&PrNum=0057-09 | archive-date=October 18, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2011–2012, the funding level was around $200 million per year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41812.pdf | title=U.S. Global Food Security Funding, FY2010–FY2012 | publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] | date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> It was also credited with improving school attendance, especially among girls, who were more likely to be allowed to go to school if a meal was being provided.<ref name="ap-prize"/>
Subsequent funding was generally at $100 million a year.<ref name="more">{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-09-25-3677522660_x.htm | title=Ex-Senator seeks more food aid funding | author=Lammer, Dirk | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=September 25, 2007}}</ref> There were attempts to give it more permanent funding levels during 2007 and 2008.<ref name="lodi"/> and it received an additional $80 million in 2009.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&PrNum=0057-09 | title=Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Additional $80 Million in Food Assistance Under McGovern-Dole Program | publisher=[[Foreign Agricultural Service]] | date=April 7, 2009 | access-date=August 10, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018160418/http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&PrNum=0057-09 | archive-date=October 18, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2011–2012, the funding level was around $200 million per year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41812.pdf | title=U.S. Global Food Security Funding, FY2010–FY2012 | publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] | date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> It was also credited with improving school attendance, especially among girls, who were more likely to be allowed to go to school if a meal was being provided.<ref name="ap-prize"/>


The 2018 budget outline of the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] eliminated funding for the program, stating that it "lacks evidence that it is being effectively implemented to reduce food insecurity".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/2018_blueprint.pdf | title=America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again | publisher=The White House | access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref>  However the outline was nondeterminative and the program continued on.  For FY2020, the funding level for the program was at $215 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/mcgovern-dole-food-education-program/mcgovern-dole-funding-fy-2020 | title=McGovern-Dole Funding – FY 2020 | publisher=Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture | access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>
The 2018 budget outline of the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] eliminated funding for the program, stating that it "lacks evidence that it is being effectively implemented to reduce food insecurity".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/2018_blueprint.pdf | title=America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again | publisher=The White House | access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref>  However the outline was nondeterminative and the program continued on.  For FY2020, the funding level for the program was at $215 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/mcgovern-dole-food-education-program/mcgovern-dole-funding-fy-2020 | title=McGovern-Dole Funding – FY 2020 | publisher=Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture | access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>

Revision as of 23:17, 7 February 2025

The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (IFEP) is a food aid program authorized in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 3107, known as the 2002 Farm Bill) which provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities and associated financial and technical assistance to carry out preschool and school feeding programs in foreign countries. Maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs also are authorized under this program. It is named after former U.S. Senators George McGovern and Bob Dole, who advocated in the U.S. Congress for its passage.[1][2]

The program provided more than 22 million school meals to children in 41 countries over its first eight years.[3] It was also credited with improving school attendance, especially among girls, who were more likely to be allowed to go to school if a meal was being provided.[3] It continues on and is internationally popular.[4] In 2008, McGovern and Dole were made World Food Prize laureates for their efforts to curb hunger in the world and in particular for this program.[3][5]

Background

IFED began in FY2000 as a pilot project and was called Global Food for Education Initiative (GFEI). The project used the donation of surplus agricultural commodities under Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (P.L. 89-439, as amended) to support a global school feeding program. It was initially funded with $300 million in 2000 [6] and known as GFEI until 2002, when it was incorporated into the 2002 farm bill under its present name.[7]

Funding history

The program was first implemented in FY2003 with $100 million of Commodity Credit Corporation funds as stipulated in the 2002 farm bill. Beginning in FY2004, the authorizing statute provides for the program to be carried out with appropriated funding. The FY2004 agricultural appropriations act (P.L. 108–199) provided $50 million to carry out the program.

Subsequent funding was generally at $100 million a year.[6] There were attempts to give it more permanent funding levels during 2007 and 2008.[4] and it received an additional $80 million in 2009.[8] By 2011–2012, the funding level was around $200 million per year.[9] It was also credited with improving school attendance, especially among girls, who were more likely to be allowed to go to school if a meal was being provided.[3]

The 2018 budget outline of the Trump administration eliminated funding for the program, stating that it "lacks evidence that it is being effectively implemented to reduce food insecurity".[10] However the outline was nondeterminative and the program continued on. For FY2020, the funding level for the program was at $215 million.[11]

Up to 10% of funding for the program is available for local and regional procurement of agricultural commodities rather than in-kind donations of U.S. products. Local and regional procurement was first allowed in 2018, and this shift is intended to support local economies.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Becker, Elizabeth (July 23, 2001). "Public Lives: A McGovern Liberal Who's Content to Stick to the Label". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/us/public-lives-a-mcgovern-liberal-who-s-content-to-stick-to-the-label.html. 
  2. ↑ "Bush asks McGovern to keep post". The Tuscaloosa News: p. 2A. January 12, 2001. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7YIfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YqYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4712,1934808&dq=george+mcgovern+ambassador+food+bush&hl=en. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jackson, Henry C. (October 14, 2008). "Dole, McGovern school program awarded World Food Prize". USA Today. Associated Press. https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-14-world-food-prize_N.htm. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Farm bill has little aid for needy children abroad". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press: p. 18. May 14, 2008. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XwRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uzQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4958,1198025&dq=mcgovern+dole+food+for+nutrition+and&hl=en. 
  5. ↑ "The 2008 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony Honoring Hon. Robert Dole and Hon. George McGovern". World Food Prize. http://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/events/laureate_award_ceremony/2008_ceremony/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lammer, Dirk (September 25, 2007). "Ex-Senator seeks more food aid funding". USA Today. Associated Press. https://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-09-25-3677522660_x.htm. 
  7. ↑ "McGovern-Dole Food for Education". Foreign Agricultural Service. http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/FoodAid/FFE/FFE.asp. 
  8. ↑ "Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Additional $80 Million in Food Assistance Under McGovern-Dole Program" (Press release). Foreign Agricultural Service. April 7, 2009. http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&PrNum=0057-09. Retrieved August 10, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "U.S. Global Food Security Funding, FY2010–FY2012". Congressional Research Service. April 28, 2011. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41812.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again". The White House. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/2018_blueprint.pdf. 
  11. ↑ "McGovern-Dole Funding – FY 2020". Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/mcgovern-dole-food-education-program/mcgovern-dole-funding-fy-2020. 
  12. ↑ "McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: The Global Effort to Reduce Child Hunger and Increase School Attendance." Retrieved January 26, 2023.

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