B26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 21,1981
U.S. reaffirms
commitment
food supplier
ROME, Italy - The United
States will remain a dependable
supplier of food and agricultural
products to both developing and
developed nations, delegates to the
21st session of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations were told here last
Tuesday.
“We will conserve and replenish
our productive agricultural
resources so we can continue to
respond to world food needs on
both a commercial and assistance
basis,” Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture Richard Lyng told
representatives of 147 nations.
Lyng, who is leading the U.S.
delegation here, delivered the
address on behalf of Secretary of
Agriculture John R. Block.
In his address, Lyng said the
long-standing interest by the
United States in helping combat
hunger and malnutrition
throughout the wortd “is deeply
rooted in the hearts of the
American people.” The United
States has contributed almost $4O
billion in food aid to developing
nations since Public Law 480 - the
Food for Peace program - was
enacted in 1954.
Developing countries them
selves have primary responsibility
for increasing their food
production capability, Lyng said.
“The development of greater self
reliance is the single most im
portant factor in creating vigorous
national economies and improving
the standard of living in a
developing country,” he said.
Newly-wealthy and more ad
vanced developing nations also
must share in assistance efforts,
he said.
The United States imported
more - than $l7 billion in
agricultural commodities in 1980,
two-thirds of which came from
developing countries. These im
ports help developing nations
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strengthen their economies, Lyng
said.
He said he expects world food
security will improve as individual
nations set aside reserve stocks to
help cushion periodic downturns in
food production. Efforts at in
ternational agreements on world
food security are unrealistic until
national reserve programs are in
place, he said.
The U.S. food security reserve of
4 million tons of wheat will con
tinue to back up the U.S. food aid
commitment, he said, because it
includes 300,000 tons of wheat that
can be used for emergency relief if
needed.
The U.S. commitment includes
efforts to continue expansion of
cooperative international research
programs as well as the exchange
of scientific information.
“All nations and their people
benefit from these research ac
tivities and exchanges,” Lyng
said.
In carrying out its role in
providing assistance to developing
nations, Lyng said the United
States will:
seek more effective uses of
available resources;
share appropriate U.S.
production technology with low
and middle-income countries;
contmue to extend the benefits
of agricultural research to other
countries;
do its share to improve world
food security;
support efforts to reduce
barriers to trade;
implement President
Reagan’s proposal to assist
developmg nations with their
agricultural problems; and
continue to support the work
of the Food and Agriculture
Organization, the World Bank and
other international organizations
involved in providing assistance to
low-income, developing countries.
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