ABSTRACT
The purpose of Section Two is to describe the ways in which food aid has been used in Botswana, Lesotho, Upper Volta and Tunisia. This is certainly not easy. Food aid has been used in a host of different ways and many of the projects with which it has been associated have multiple and, sometimes, conflicting objectives. The list of achievements worldwide claimed by food aid is endless: improvement of animal husbandry, crop diversification, settlement of new lands, rehabilitation and regeneration of natural pastures, reduction of unemployment and underemployment, community development, vaccination, improvement of health, alertness and proficiency of school children, control of cholera and typhoid, educational reform including improvement of the urban/rural balance, slum clearance, promoting fairer income distribution, increasing labour productivity, and even training in carpet making!1
