FOOD ASSISTANCE LANDSCAPE, SEPTEMBER 2003

Victor Oliveira

No 262271, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Domestic food assistance programs account for over half of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) outlays. Each year, about 1 in 5 Americans is served by 1 or more of the 15 food assistance programs aimed at improving the nutrition, well-being, and food security of needy Americans. The Economic Research Service (ERS) is responsible for conducting studies and evaluations of USDA's food assistance programs, focusing on the benefits of improved diets and food choices, factors that influence diet and nutrition, and program outcomes. This report uses preliminary data from USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to examine trends in the food assistance programs at the midpoint of fiscal 2003. It also discusses two recent congressionally mandated studies conducted by ERS: an assessment of WIC cost-containment practices, and an evaluation of the USDA Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program.

Keywords: Food Security and Poverty; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 2003-09-01
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262271/files/30740_fanrr28-3_002.pdf (application/pdf)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262271/files/3 ... 2.pdf?subformat=pdfa (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersfa:262271

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262271

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().