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Date July 16, 1980 Report No. ID-80-39 Title

International Affairs: AID Must Consider Social Factors in Establishing Cooperatives in Developing Countries

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Repor OF THEUNITEDSTATES AID Must Consider Social Factors In Establishing Cooperatives In Developing Countries Political, economic, and cultural factors play a large role in determining whether efforts by the Agency for International Development (AID) to establish cooperatives in developing countries succeed or fail. Yet, as the GAO review of AID-sponsored cooperatives in ...
Date July 9, 1980 Report No. CED-80-65 Title

Agriculture and Food: Direct Farmer-to-Consumer Marketing Program Should Be Continued and Improved

* - f /,,, BY'THE COMPTR(ILLERGEF'\IERAL I he OFTHEUNTEDSTATES Congress b Direct ,Farmer-To-Consumer Marketing Program Should Be Continued And Improved Direct farmer-to-consumer sales offer additional income opportunities for farmers and fresher, cheaper food for consumers. Direct marketing may ‘also reduce energy consumption, help preserve farmland, and decrease the reliance of many areas on ou...
Date June 11, 1980 Report No. CED-80-94 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Issues for Planning

!ZJdDYBY THESTAFF TPE U.S. OF I=93 General Accounting Office ’ + Food.,Agriculture, And Nutrition Issues For Planning National and global factors which affect the food system are becoming increasingly uncertain, and our ability to respond to this uncertainty will depend largely on how effectively we manage the food system. Higher consumer food prices, unstable farm prices, limits on the resource...
Date June 1, 1980 Report No. CED-80-97 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

11111111IIIIII I I111IllliI111I111 I 113047 eberences Issued by t orts and Other Documents . General Accounting Office CED-80- 97 .. BIBLIOGRAPHY References to Reports and Other .Documents Issued bv the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1977-DECEMBER 1979 U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 June 1980 CED-80-97 1 US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GEN...
Date May 7, 1980 Report No. CED-80-73 Title

Developing Markets for Fish Not Traditionally Harvested by the United States: The Problems and the Federal Role

OF THE UNITEDSTATES Developing Markets For FishNot Traditionally Harvested By The United States: The Problems And The Federal Role Opportunities exist for the U.S. fishing industry to make greater use of fish species not traditionally harvested by it. Although several different programs can be adopted to further promote the development of such species, a regional approach led by industry, with Fed...
Date May 6, 1980 Report No. 112251 Title

Agriculture and Food: GAO Reviews of Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies' Activities

United States General Accounting 20546 Washington, C.C. Office FCR RELEASE 01: CELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EL?: Tuesday, May 6, 1980 Statement of Elmer E. Staats General of the United States before the on Agriculture, Rural Cevelopment, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations reviews of and related Comptroller Subcommittee Senate 31-7 Gm-e-r~I Aeeattrrti.nGnC%%-ce k egartment of Agricu...
Date April 30, 1980 Report No. CED-80-68 Title

Agriculture and Food: What Foods Should Americans Eat? Better Information Needed on Nutritional Quality of Foods

. BY THECOMP-fRbLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES What Foods Should Americans Eat? Better Information Needed On Nutritional Quality Of Foods Consumers, Government, industry, and others need better information on the nutritional value of foods. Presently there are no generally accepted nutrition principles and no authoritative guidance on what amounts are too much or too little ...
Date Jan. 11, 1980 Report No. ID-80-12 Title

World Hunger and Malnutrition Continue: Slow Progress in Carrying Out World Food Conference Objectives

Is-~7 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES World Hunger And Malnutrition Continue: SlOwProgress In Carrying Out World Food Conference Objectives Despite better weather and harvests in recent years, world hunger and malnutrition persist. There is an urgent need to avoid complacency among nations regarding global hunger and malnutrition. This report --examines U.S. and ...
Date Jan. 1, 1980 Report No. 111789 Title

Food: Food Related Reports Issued From January 1977 Through December 1979

Food Related Reports Issued from January 1977 through December 1979 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 January 1980 W FOREWORD T h e Community and Economic Development D i v i s i o n , G A O ' s l e a d d i v i s i o n f o r reviews of food programs and p o l i c y , prepared t h i s pamphlet which i n c l u d e s summaries o f GAO r ...
Date Sept. 14, 1979 Report No. CED-79-130 Title

Agricultural Trade: Issues Affecting U.S. Agricultural Policy

AgrrcuIturaI trade IS one of the few bright spots In U S trade, provldlng a posltlve bab ante of payments of over $14 bllllon In 1978 However, while our exports provide bllllons of dollars to the U S economy they also ma, help subsidize the agricultural system of some developed countries and may actually hinder agricultural development In some developing nations Food Imports may threaten the vlabl...
Date Sept. 11, 1979 Report No. CED-79-125 Title

Agriculture and Food: Inventory of Federal Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Programs

INVENTORY OF FEDERAL FOOD, NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS ,, CEO -79-125 SEPTEMBER 11, 1979 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF DC THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-114824 Chairman, Senate Committee on-Appropriations Subcomnlttee on Agriculture $iBate @rnrn_ltdEe on Appropriations SubJect: Inventory of and Agriculture SEPTEMBER11, 1979 Federal Food, Nutrition, Programs (CED-79-125) As the uncertainty of...
Date March 29, 1979 Report No. ID-79-9 Title

International Affairs: U.S. Development Assistance to the Sahel--Progress and Problems

BY THECOMPTROLLER GfNEnAL Report ToThe Congress @’ OF THEUNITEDSTATES e U.S.Development Assistance To The Sahel--Progress And Problems The United States has increased its assistance and upgraded its missions in the droughtstricken and impoverished countries of Central and West Africa--the Sahel, Progress has been made but AID .-.. should --guard against the commitment of too much financial help ...
Date Jan. 29, 1979 Report No. 108538 Title

Agriculture and Food: Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) Commodity Loan and Grain Reserve Programs

UNITED STALES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNIW D~XC~LOPMIZNT AND LltC~t.lOMIC UIVISION ti c, JAN 2 9 1979 Mr. Rily v . Fitzgerald Administrator, Agricultural Service Dcpnrtnwnt of Agriculture Fitzgerald: zfl CT0 Dear Mr. k ,“I 1’ We have recently completed a limited review of the 's (CCC) /4cc management of theBommodity Credit Corporation The programs commodity loan and...
Date Jan. 29, 1979 Report No. CED-79-36 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Issues for Planning

STUDY THE BY STAFF THEUS OF I. qtw+@4 il * General Accounting Office Food, Agriculture, And Nutrition Issues For Planning During this decade ths importance of our food system haa been amply demonstrated. We have experisnced both an oversupply of agricultural commoditie$ and a depletion of worldwide food reserves. The consumer has been rediscovered and concern with the American peoples’ health an...
Date March 29, 1978 Report No. ID-78-18 Title

The Sahel Development Program: Progress and Constraints

DOCUBNET RBSUNE 05430 - (80905849] The Sabel Development Program: Progress and Constraints. ID-78-18; B-159652. sarch 29, 197e. 61 pp. + 3 aFpeniices (3 PF.) . Report to the Congress; by Cobert P. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Internationa' Economic and 8ilitary Programs: U.S. and military Programs: u.S. Participation ia Econoani Activ'_tiss of International Organisations (609). ...
Date Feb. 22, 1978 Report No. 105137 Title

International Affairs: Foreign Assistance Programs

-9-. - lHlllllllllll I1111 llllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMl05137 . Directory fnternational Divisiorn - , --- . Uur observations cm ctarrent: ing studies OR WfD aanagwuent we have made br ale managemant are making or imarily of based u &ID opxat practices. our -expzy~ses~ pcrscmnel, and pkecurcment tu discuss of Alsa p w 0 chairaan, recent miveraiky University's repxt ix4 this revi.ew of we arc3 gr...
Date Dec. 8, 1977 Report No. CED-78-7 Title

Agriculture and Food: National Nutrition Issues

DOCUMENT RESUME 04244 - [ B3434697] National Nutrition Issues. CED-78-7; B-164031(3). 1977. 59 pp. a" 2 appendices (22 pp.). December 8, Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Food (1700). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Agriculture: Agricultural Research and Services (352). Organization Concerned: Department o...
Date Sept. 16, 1977 Report No. CED-77-118 Title

Food Waste: An Opportunity To Improve Resource Use

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS 6 u L 3 0 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LM103377 Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - Food Waste: An Opportunity To Improve Resource Use Department of Agriculture for huin the About one-fifth of ail food produced man consumption is lost annually United States. In the world context of rising population, uncertain weather, and concern with the availabili...
Date July 5, 1977 Report No. ID-77-6 Title

Agriculture and Food: Restrictions on Using More Fertilizer for Food Crops in Developing Countries

DOCUMENT EESUME 0/2862 - [A19330011 Food Crops in Restrictions on Using More Fertilizer for Jujy 5, 1977. 35 pp. E Developing Countries. ID-77-6; B-159652. 11 appendices (30 pp.) Genpral. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller Requirements for Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management: Facilities and Equipment, Spare Parts and Supplies (702); Federal Material Management: Buil...
Date April 22, 1977 Report No. CED-77-61 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food and Agriculture Issues for Planning

DOCUMENT RESUME 01884 [A1152135] Food and Agriculture Issues for Planning. CED-77-61. April 22, 1977. 40 pp. + appendices (11 pp.). Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Food (1700). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Agriculture (350); Income Security: Public Assistance and Other Income Supplements (6C4). Organi...
Date March 16, 1977 Report No. 100013 Title

U.S. Food Exports: Supplying the World's Food Needs

. . -. ..- ,. would continue for in pravidlng coping with the Secretary the various 0.f Agriculture with discretionary authclrity encountered in lY77 for srtuations markets. and c%rcums?.aaces The issues to be addressed to changing from target agricuZtura1 prices to the for reserve range. Peace wheat fnod and feedgraiils stock questioti. extending tl-te j I .L Food program . Ah0 the Congress remai...
Date March 3, 1977 Report No. CED-77-39 Title

Agriculture and Food: Summary of GAO Reports Issued Since 1973 Pertaining to Farm Bill Legislation

& - . . REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES lllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllll LM100009 Summary- Of GAO Reports ~~ Issued Since 1973 Pertaining To Farm Bill Legislation GAO Farm tain tion such has issued over 50 reports since the Bill was last renewed in 1973 which perto programs authorized by that legislaand related issues. These reports address subjects as: --Farm and commodity...
Date Nov. 1, 1976 Report No. ID-76-65 Title

Agriculture and Food: Hungry Nations Need to Reduce Food Losses Caused by Storage, Spillage, and Spoilage

REPORT TO THE C@.iVGRESS BY THE C@MPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES I11111111Ill1 lllll lllllIll11 Ill Ill11 Ill11 Ill11 Ill1 LM100571 Hungry Nations Need To Redtice Food Losses Caused By Storage, Spillage, And Spoilage Department of State and Other Agencies Developing countries have inadequate food storage facilities and poor s’orage practices. Spillage. contamination, a?d deterioration wa...
Date Sept. 10, 1976 Report No. CED-76-145 Title

Agriculture and Food: Highlights of Aquaculture in Japan

-' s- I csmmi ttee .?F! Asrchant house of he;re5entatives Chart-man: Dear Mr. k%rine and Fisheries . ,-,.; , I ; c )I, ; !-, 3 ,. I we halve developed information on the Japanese The enclosure siimrzrizss the highlights oT bdhe JdpdWSe 8~'J~,U~ttl~-S program and djicusses the proposed expansfi,n of t?e grograii under Japan's Fisheries /igeilCy'i 7-year, $X07 mi?!ion for &yeJopiq its co;lsta; fjspr...
Date May 13, 1976 Report No. ID-76-34 Title

Agriculture and Food: Providing Economic Incentives to Farmers Increases Food Production in Developing Countries

Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM099349 Providing Economic Incentives To Farmers Increases Food Production In Developing Department Agency for of State '. _ 3- International Development tn light cf today’s food crisis, this report discusses why developing nations need a compre henuve strategy which emphasizes economic iilcent+s to farmers as the keystone to improking agricultural growth. It ana...
Date March 26, 1976 Report No. OSP-76-16 Title

Grain Reserves: A Potential U.S. Food Policy Tool

REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LMO99406 lllllllillllllllillllllllilll~lll~ Grain Reserves: A Potential U.S. Food Policy Tool GAO, in considering grain reserves as part of U.S. food policy, concludes that: --We cannot be certain that adverse weather -shocks, similar to those in 1972 and 1974, will not occur in the future. Such shocks would tax existing food supplies and the ...
Date March 3, 1976 Report No. ID-76-39 Title

Agriculture and Food: Agriculture's Implementation of GAO's Wheat Export Subsidy Recommendations and Related Matters

-, . 111\1\11111111\111 LM099941 , 3e 3re sending copies 5ffice of Management and Aaricult~~e- - I the Chairmar,, Execct - iw - DireCtok , Council PO1 icy. of Budzet; tk;s :he rspoirSecretzry to the @ire:tor, Ecor.or.ie F:olicv Or, izternztlciaf of &sar-d: and Econoroic the Contents PalIe DIGEST i CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 'r;ieat Export Sc.bsidy Program Pczlrpise of GAO review Agricuiture's propsed ...
Date Jan. 28, 1976 Report No. 089365 Title

Agriculture and Food: Survey of Federal Food Inspection Activities in Michigan

RESOURCZES DEVSLOPMENY AND ECONOMIC Dl’flSLON -’ I The Honorable F. J. Elulhern, D.V.M. Administ.rator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Department of Agriculture Dear Dr. Eulhern: y / -The General Accounting Office hasp completed a survey of Federal ’ - ,. -. food inspection act!.:5tles Tr, !fi~h;igan. @IX sr;rvey prliAlaLLly T 1 L,,Ecentrated on the inspections performed by the D...
Date Sept. 12, 1975 Report No. RED-76-24 Title

Agriculture and Food: Matters Relating to the Emergency Loan Program Administered by the Department of Agriculture's Farmers Home Administration

P-114873 RELEASED 12 I!#5 [? 4’ The Honorable 3ill Alexander House of Representatives Dear Mr. Alexander: in accordance with your March 26, 1975, request and subsequent discussions with your office, we reviewed several matters relating to the emergency loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Home Adninistration. The program is authorized by suDtitle C of the Consol...
Date April 21, 1975 Report No. ID-75-48 Title

International Affairs: Overseas Food Donation Program--Its Constraints and Problems

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ‘-MO97051 ~~lll0~lllllllllll~illilllliinlll The Overseas Food Donation Program-Its Constraints And Problems Multiagency BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ID-75-48 lL21J975 23 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-159652 f /t To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Wehave reviewed the overseas ...
Date March 19, 1975 Report No. LCD-75-428 Title

Agriculture and Food: Decision To Use Choice Grade Beef Instead of Good Grade

IllllllllIIIllllIIlllllllIIllIII The Honorable Uftit3+ S;ates Dear Senater Vance Hartke Senate Hartke: LM097083 0; September 5, 1974, :QU asked us to consider points raised in a constituent's letter, including (1) the rationale for the Dnpartment of Defense (DOD) decision to buy il.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choice, instead of Good, beef for troops and (2) the reasons why the &my uses doc...
Date July 30, 1974 Report No. RED-75-252 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information Concerning Reports of a Possible Wheat Shortage

Department of Agricufture L . RELEASED / In aLcord3ncf with ycur I+=-ch 8, 1974, request and subsequent agrec:!ents blith your office we hdvc reviewed certain Cocmdity Credit Co!*pol'ation (CCC) gra5n sales--sales of ccrn stored in CCC *':s'Q bins in Iowa and Nebraska and b:heat stored in coirnercial warchouses-made during the ?5-nmth period ended April 1974. We also conlparcd rccent.CCC grain sal...
Date April 29, 1974 Report No. 094586 Title

Government Operations: U.S. Actions Needed To Cope With Commodity Shortages

I UNITED STATESGENERAL-ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 10~30 A.M. 'EDT April 29, 1974 STATEMENT OF ELMER STAATS B. COMPTROLLER GENERAL THE UNITED STATES OF ON A GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT "U.S. ACTIONSNEEDED COPE TO WITH COMMODITY SHORTAGES" BEFORE JOINT HEARING A OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE COMMERCE ON AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT ON OPERATION...
Date March 25, 1974 Report No. B-136888 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Federal Agencies Having an Impact on Production and Marketing of Meat

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM095944 ing PJ-IE Department and Other act 8.736888 of Agriculture Federal Agencies COhWTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED 8TAl-S iO848 a . B-136888 The Honorable Thomas S. Foley Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains ” Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: I’.:? 1:; This report on Federal agencies hav...
Date March 22, 1974 Report No. B-178753 Title

Agriculture and Food: Impact of Soybean Exports on Domestic Supplies and Prices

Impact Of Soybean Exports 3n Domestic Supplies And Prices Department of Agriculture B-178753 BY THE COlMpTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-178753 The Honorable Robert H. Steele House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steele: ,‘-r /< In response to your request, we examined the impact of U.S. export policy on the supply and price of U...
Date Sept. 8, 1971 Report No. B-173661 Title

National Defense: Investigation of Army Purchasing Procedures for Food for Personnel in Europe

. COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNI 20548 ’ ’llililllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllll .., \L Dear Senator Holdings: LM095525 , This is in response to your letter dated July 19, 1971, requesting a full-investigation of Army purchasing.procedures for food forpersonreport on a shipment of peaches nel in Europe.1 You reques'G%'?a-T$%.5fic f%%-South Carolina to Europe, as well as som...
Date Feb. 18, 1955 Report No. B-114869 Title

National Defense: Review of Supply Activities of Engineer, Ordnance, and Quartermaster Divisions, United States Army, Europe, Fiscal Year 1954

,A3Ky-~~//9•+Bg 7 7, . ,,R,, - JFI- GuPY ° GCOPM Ll -- REPORT ON REVIEW OFSUPPLY ACTIVITIES ENGINEER, ORDNANCE, AND QUARTERMASTER DIVISIONS UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE 'FISCAL YEAR 1954 '.... , , I ,'~ti r 'i l'HlL ';4TIONt ~Jr DOWNGRADED BY YI .i ATION leDuty Assistant Secretary of Defens.e [bitica and Materiel Managemenit) Robert W.Daniel, Jr. I APR 1985 4- . -/RELEASED ,C. BY THE COMPTROLLER ...