Aid for Food Security in Africa

2^nd April 2012

The development aid given by the EU towards food security in Sub-Saharan Africa "is generally effective" but often it does not lead to a sufficiently sustainable improvement in the situation, said the European Court of Auditors on 28th March. In a report devoted to food aid in Sub-Saharan Africa where 239 million people - ie 30% of the population - suffered from hunger in 2010, the Court acknowledges that "most of the results of the EU's interventions have been achieved."

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