Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Pub.L. 83–480, enacted July 10, 1954) is a United States federal law that established Food for Peace, the primary and first permanent US organization for food assistance to foreign nations.[1] The Act was signed into law on July 10, 1954, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
According to Eisenhower, the purpose of the legislation was to "lay the basis for a permanent expansion of our exports of agricultural products with lasting benefits to ourselves and peoples and peoples of other lands."
References
- McDonald, Bryan L (2018). Food Powr: The Rise and Fall of the Postwar American Food System. Oxford University Press. p. 13.
External links
- Information about Food for Peace, from usaid.gov
- Information about U.S. agricultural legislation, from cornell.edu
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