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Fed on food aid: does emergency nutrition cripple local economies?
After recent controversies in Haiti, do humanitarian organisations have a duty to address food security and livelihoods?
Matthew Jenkin
In July news broke that local micronutrient producers in Haiti were in danger of going out of business because of the actions of NGOs. The non-profit Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) came close to closure after the World Food Programme (WFP) said it wouldn't be buying anything from the company for four years because they had a corn-soy blend from USAid – for free.
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