Canadian Foodgrains Bank

$125,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $2.99 for every person in Canada ≈ 1,597 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
—
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2011-2012
Agreement period
August 10, 2011 – March 31, 2016
Project status
Closed
Reference
CA-3-M013551001

Published purpose

This grant represents Canada's 2011-2016 institutional support to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). The CFGB uses these funds, along with other donations, to achieve its mandate of reducing hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Canada's support to CFGB helps it purchase and distribute food assistance to ease the suffering of people in emergency and chronic hunger situations worldwide and help communities rebuild their livelihoods. Canada and CFGB have been working together to meet the needs of hungry people, saving lives and building livelihoods around the world for nearly thirty years.

In plain English AI-generated

This grant provides Canada's institutional support to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank for 2011-2016, enabling the purchase and distribution of food assistance to reduce hunger and malnutrition in developing countries and help communities rebuild livelihoods.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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