The world food programme (WFP) will, over 18-months, use U.S. Agricultural commodities, and FAS funds to implement lifesaving activities across EL salvador focused on providing lifesaving,…

The Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service awarded the United Nations World Food Programme a $5.029 million cooperative agreement on April 8, 2026, to deliver emergency food assistance in El Salvador under the Food for Peace, Title II program (CFDA 10.624).

WFP will implement 18-month lifesaving activities using U.S. agricultural commodities and FAS funds to provide nutrition-sensitive emergency food assistance to households experiencing emergency-level food insecurity across El Salvador. Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with all work conducted in El Salvador. The Food for Peace, Title II program aims to improve political and economic stability in beneficiary countries through improved food security while establishing new markets for U.S. agricultural producers by procuring and donating U.S. agricultural commodities to countries facing acute food shortages due to exigent circumstances including natural disaster or civil conflict.

The world food programme (WFP) will, over 18-months, use U.S. Agricultural commodities, and FAS funds to implement lifesaving activities across EL salvador focused on providing lifesaving, nutrition-sensitive, emergency food assistance to households experiencing emergency-level food insecurity.