West Africa Regional
Food for Peace (RFFP) Office

The mission of the West Africa Regional Office of Food for Peace (RFFP) is to improve food availability, utilization and access for poor, rural West Africans. RFFP implements food security enhancing programs through the direct distribution or the sale of food made available by the U.S. government. In 2003, RFFP made available 245,000 metric tons of foodstuffs worth over $122 million to 19 programs implemented by American private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and to an additional 16 programs implemented by the World Food Program (WFP) in 14 West African countries. Roughly half of RFFP's resources are used to respond to food emergencies. The other half funds a variety of community development programs.

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