World Food Program Approves $lBO Million For 17 Projects WASHINGTON, 12 May mg boarding and day students The Inter-Governmental Com- for five years. Education mmis mittee of the World Food Pro- ter Abdel Hadi asked for aid to gram today completed its exa- extend schooling to large num raination of requests for food bers of children who now can aid and authorized $lBO million not attend classes, for 17 projects in 14 countries Turkey $l5 million for The aid will be for from two to four years to enable the country five years. to develop a permanent fores- Foods of various types pledg- try labor force and withdraw ed to the Program by members people from uneconomic wheat of the United Nations and the farming in the forest belt. Also Food and Agriculture Organize- $1 million for three years for tion, largest of the UN specializ- volunteer workers, helping wipe ed agencies, are used mainly as out Malaria and control Tra wages or incentives to workers choma, who will get packets of and volunteers engaged in a food as incentives. variety of operations, for Lesotho $l2 million for mothers, children, students and feeding children, primary the sick, and for feeding live- school students, expectant and stock. nursing mothers and tuberculo- The total of $lBO million in- sis patients. This project has eludes $45 million for a land been m operation for some settlement and reclamation pro- years and now has been extend ject in the United Arab Repub- ed f or a further five, lie, and $42.2 million for Colom- China (Taiwan) —sB million bia to back up its national nu- for five years in foods for chil trition and education campaign dren and attendants at rural Other countries for which day-care nurseries while par projects were approved are the ents are engaged in develop- Sudan, Turkey, Lesotho, China ment work Also $6 3 million for (Taiwan), Mauritius, Syria, Bur- five years for workers and their undi, Bolivia, Ceylon, India, Af- families engaged in soil con ghanistan and Iraq. servation. Sudan $24 million for feed- Mauritius —ss 5 million for choose a w% it f ■ Bee-Line Supply Center cattle feeding • Barn Cleaners • Barn Equipment • Bunk Feeders • Silo Unloaders • Conveyors • Complete Automation ... 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Burundi $3.25 million for five years for secondary school students, their numbers rising to 17,000 from 10,000. Bolivia $2.8 million for two years for feeding workers and their families engaged in lural development in the Alti plano (highlands) and the val leys. Ceylon $2 8 million for two years for continued sup port to the voluntary labor (Shramadana) engaged in clear ing land, improving irrigation and similar works Also $1.4 million for the development of the poultry industry and pro duction of corn. India $2.26 million for three years, covering part of the wages of workers on a soil-con servation scheme in Maharash tra State. Afghanistan $2.2 million in food assistance for three years for workers building a chemical fertilizer plant and an electric power station. Iraq $l2 million for two years in support of urban deve lopment. Y Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1969—23 The Inter-governmental Com mittee is meeting at WFP’s headquarters in Rome. Last week officials told the govern ing body that between now and 1973 WFP could use $440 mil lion worth of dairy products, dried eggs and dried and cann ed fish for projects already ap proved or under consideration. This amounts to 680,000 tons of dairy products, 124,000 of canned and dried fish and 14,- 000 tons of egg powder. These products constitute burdensome surpluses in a number of coun tries, officials said. The officials also said that during the past eight months WFP alloted $5 6 million to help relieve human suffering in 10 emergency situations, brought on by flood, drought, earthquake or the movement of populations because ,of political reasons. Spray alfalfa stubble with Alfa-tox P. L. RQHRER & BRO.V INC. Smoketown, Pa. Syria was the recipient coun try in two of these cases. Other nations receiving WFP emer gency aid were Nigeria, Zambia, Gabon, Sudan, the United Aiab Republic, Gambia, Mauutania and Niger. More than 600,000 persons received food aid in these 10 cases, officials said. During the current meeting, WFP received additional con tributions totalling $500,000. Finland pledged $476,000 and Tanzania $14,006 in food com modities. The Congo (Inshasa) pledged $5,377, Upper Volta $2, 041, Gambia $4BO 00 and Mal to $340 in cash Along with auto matic matching contributions from the United States, these new pledges bring to $136 mil lion the resources available to WFP during 1969 and 1970, offi cials said If weevils are active Just before cutting, spray the stubbie to protect the next crop. Also check regrowth for signs of feeding. If it oc curs, spray Alfa-tox for dependable, long-last ing control. 397-3539
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