112 STAT. 3460 PUBLIC LAW 105-385—NOV. 13, 1998 Public Law 105-385 105th Congress An Act Nov. 13, 1998 To support sustainable and broad-based agricultural and rural development in [H R 4283] sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Africa: Seeds of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Hope Act of 1998. ^ SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7 USC 1691 note. (a) SHORT TITLE.— This Act may be cited as the "Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. — The table of contents is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings and declaration of policy. TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Sec. 101. Africa Food Security Initiative. Sec. 102. Microenterprise assistance. Sec. 103. Support for producer-owned cooperative marketing associations. Sec. 104. Agricultural and rural development activities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Sec. 105. Agricultural research and extension activities. TITLE II—WORLDWIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS Subtitle A—Nonemergency Food Assistance Programs Sec. 201. Nonemergency food assistance programs. Subtitle B—Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998 Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Report. 22 USC 2293 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds the following: (1) The economic, security, and humanitarian interests of the United States and the nations of sub-Saharan Africa would be enhanced by sustainable, broad-based agricultural and rural development in each of the African nations. (2) According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the number of undernourished people in Africa has more than doubled, from approximately 100,000,000 in the late 1960s to 215,000,000 in 1998, and is projected to increase to 265,000,000 by the year 2010. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the term "under nutrition" means inadequate consumption of nutrients, often adversely affecting children's physical and mental development, undermining their
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