Kenya: Food Assistance to Go Beyond Emergency Aid, Clinton Says

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration is seeking to channel food assistance to Kenya by three means: emergency aid, working with farmers to increase productivity, and doing more to create a market for Kenyan agricultural goods.

Clinton told Metro FM radio in Nairobi August 6 that the international community, including the United States, has committed to giving $20 billion in agricultural assistance. "Now we have to translate that into reality," she said.

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