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 PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 ment, rural development, nutrition, health services, and population planning, and the program described in section 406(a)(1) of this Act, in those countries which are undertaking (or are seriously prepared to undertake in connection with the provision of agricultural commodities under this Act) self-help measures to increase agricultural production, improve storage, transportation, and distribution of commodities, and reduce population growth in accordance with section 109 of this Act, when such programs are directed at and likely to achieve the policy objectives of sections 108 and 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and are consistent with the policy objectives of this Act. Particular emphasis should be placed on activities which effectively assist small farmers, tenants, sharecroppers, and landless agricultural laborers, by expanding their access to the rural economy through services and institutions at the local level, and otherwise providing opportunities for the poor who are dependent upon agriculture and agriculturally related activities to better their lives through their own efforts. " SEC. 302. (a) Whenever the President, in consultation with the government of a developing country, determines that such developing country meets the criteria specified in subsection (b) of this section and could benefit from the sale of United States agricultural commodities (including processed and blended foods) for the purposes of generating funds or distributing such commodities for agricultural and r u r a l development, and improving food distribution and use within such country, the President may designate such country as eligible for a Food for Development Program. " (b) I n order to be eligible for a Food for Development Program under this section, a country must (1) have a need for external resources to improve its food production, marketing, distribution, and storage systems; (2) meet the criterion used to determine basic eligibility for development loans of the International Development Association of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (3) have the ability to utilize effectively the resources made available by the sale of food commodities under this section for the purposes specified in clause (1) of this subsection; and (4) indicate the willingness to take steps to improve its food production, marketing, distribution, and storage systems. " (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the aggregate value of all agreements entered into under this title— " (A) for fiscal year 1978, shall be not less than 5 percent, " (B) for fiscal year 1979, shall be not less than 10 percent, and " (C) for fiscal year 1980 and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be not less than 15 percent, of the aggregate value of all agreements entered into under title I of this Act for such fiscal year. " (2) The President may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to a fiscal year if he determines that there are an insufficient number of agricultural and rural development projects which qualify for assistance under this title and that therefore the humanitarian purposes of this Act would be better served by furnishing financing under other provisions of this Act. Any such waiver shall be reported to the Congress, together with a detailed statement of the reasons for the lack of acceptable projects and a detailed description of efforts by the United States Government to assist eligible countries, pursuant to section 303(a), in identifying appropriate projects for assistance under this title.

91 STAT. 549

7 USC 1736.

7 USC 1709. Ante, p. 534.

Eligibility. 7 USC 1727a.

Agreements, aggregate value

7 USC 1701. Waiver.

Report to Congress.

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