A senior US administration official says that President George W. Bush will call on Congress for 770 million US-dollars in new international food aid.
The funds are aimed at meeting immediate needs but also bolstering programmes that help communities increase productivity and trade their products. The issue of emergency food aid has become more urgent recently because of dramatically higher food costs.
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