In-kind food aid peaked in 2000, when there were large surpluses and low prices for cereals.

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The WFP's ability to mitigate the impact of rising food prices has also been hampered by a significant decrease in the past five years of supplies of "in-kind food aid" - food produced abroad and delivered to vulnerable people in emergencies.

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This is the first time the people here have been given any kind of food aid in weeks and it's the only food distribution for absolutely miles around.

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With the assessment team coming, they will see for themselves, and then assess how many troops in terms of numbers and what kind of aid will be provided to the people.

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One in two members of the public opposes any kind of economic aid to other countries, compared with only 10% of leaders.

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"We are trying to get them to come together in some kind of foundation" that might make donations to worthy aid projects as well as partner with Pakistani companies.

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While common sense shows us many good strategies to avoid decision fatigue, I really would not have guessed that a milkshake or candy bar could act as a kind of band-aid to deal with it once it sets in.

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In fact, they have remained surprisingly conspicuous, becoming a kind of secular scripture for the aid fraternity.

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With 17, 000 or so local and foreign aid-workers in Darfur trying to help the victims, the relief operation is still the largest of its kind in the world.

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