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Dry beans are an important component of US foreign food aid programs. The USAID list the following beans and pulses as eligible for food aid programs in selected developing countries: black, blackeye, great northern, kidney (dark and light), navy, pink, pinto, small red, garbanzo, (chickpeas), lentils, and peas (USAID 2018). The targeted use of food aid programs and assistance with procurement and distribution of dry beans and/or partially prepared ingredients (flours, powders, meals, or extrudates) or fully prepared products (canned, precooked‐dehydrated, and extruded) will directly expand use in the most urgently needed populations. Utilization of prepared dry edible beans has consistently been advocated by both governmental and nongovernmental organizations (NGO). These nutrition programs are particularly important to infants and children. Dry edible beans are also frequently considered for applications in regions experiencing sustained crop failure (Siddiq and Uebersax 2012).

Several organizations within other nations provide significant levels of food aid to area of need, and most convey direct shipments of pulses because of the high nutrient density. These organizations/nations include Canadian International Development Platform (CIDP), UK Department for International Development (DFID), German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ); French Development Agency (AFD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA), to name a few.