U.S. ships food aid to Madagascar
The U.S. government shipped more than 4 million pounds of sorghum, a cereal grain, to help hold off starvation in Madagascar.
Earlier this year and in September, many crops in southern Madagascar failed due to insufficient rains.
The sorghum arrived in Mozambique last week where it will be bagged and containerized before being shipped to Madagascar for distribution, the U.S. Agency for International Development said.
USAID will also provide $50,000 for the purchase and distribution of corn seeds for a “more long term approach to the situation.” The seeds are expected to be available just in time for the January 2007 planting, the agency said.
U.S. ships food aid to Madagascar
