Aims to promote the efficient and effective use of food aid resources to help alleviate hunger and contribute to food security. The FAM membership includes 16 U.S. PVOs and FAM enjoys observer status with the World Food Programme and EuronAid. It works to:
- Facilitate and promote the development of food aid standards
- Promote the food aid and food security knowledge base of PVOs, USAID staff, and other collaborators through information exchange and coordination
- Facilitate collaboration between PVOs, USAID, and appropriate development and humanitarian professionals by organizing fora of discussion
WWW site includes: discussion list, links to online documents, a searchable database of 8000 references on food aid issues, bibliographies.