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The Promise of Food: The U.S. Government, the Voluntary Agencies, and Food for Peace in the Andes, 1954-1974

Mayhew-Shears, Michelle C
http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3364-5773
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683811855278792

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2023, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
Between 1954 and 1974 there was a concerted focus on improving global food security through the Food for Peace program. This dissertation explores the ways that voluntary agencies acted in concert with the U.S. government and recipient nations to address food security through programs focused on feeding vulnerable populations and providing food as payment-in-kind on work projects. Specifically, it looks at programs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Additionally, it examines why, after 1974, the U.S. government chose to back away from its emphasis on Food for Peace. While Food for Peace was a popular aid program, this dissertation looks at how political maneuvering, the disappearance of surpluses, and a lack of emphasis on agricultural development culminated in the failure of the Food for Peace program to meet its goals in the countries identified above. Moreover, it suggests that this inability to address global food needs when the issue had ample attention reverberates even today, as food insecurity continues in much of the world.
Chester Pach (Advisor)
Brad Jokisch (Committee Member)
Patrick Barr-Melej (Committee Member)
Mariana Dantas (Committee Member)
238 p.
American History; History; International Relations
Food for Peace; food aid; Andes; Peru; Bolivia; Ecuador; Colombia; Eisenhower. Public Law 480; PL 480; Kennedy; Johnson; Nixon; Food for Work; school lunch programs; feeding programs; Latin America; South America; decade of development; Alliance for Progress; CARE; Catholic Relief Services; CRS; Caritas; World Food Program

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  • Mayhew-Shears, M. C. (2023). The Promise of Food: The U.S. Government, the Voluntary Agencies, and Food for Peace in the Andes, 1954-1974 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683811855278792

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mayhew-Shears, Michelle. The Promise of Food: The U.S. Government, the Voluntary Agencies, and Food for Peace in the Andes, 1954-1974. 2023. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683811855278792.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mayhew-Shears, Michelle. "The Promise of Food: The U.S. Government, the Voluntary Agencies, and Food for Peace in the Andes, 1954-1974." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683811855278792

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