ABSTRACT
Africare decided, though, that food resources could have a far greater impact if their use was properly programmed, monitored, and integrated into a well-designed project. Africare's program to improve maternal and child health and to assure the availability of more food in Guinea, launched in the mid-1990s, marked the beginning of another successful collaboration with a government in its food security strategy. Back in 1990, when Africare first considered Guinea for Title II project, staffers, collecting data on national food needs and market activities, identified vegetable oil as the only suitable import commodity. Road construction is a collaborative effort involving local and district government agencies, engineers, environmental and agricultural officers, the local population, and, in this case, Africare, which operated with United States Agency for International Development approval. Finally, the Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Program illustrates how monetization of American commodities in South Africa can facilitate the entrance of black farmers into commercial agriculture and black entrepreneurs into agribusiness.
