Amman, JORDAN — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Jordan Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury have signed an agreement to support agricultural development and trade in Jordan.
"Jordan is one of our most effective, capable and steadfast partners not only in the Middle East, but around the world," Vilsack said. "USDA's food assistance will be used to relieve some of the economic burden that Jordan is facing as a result of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who've been displaced because of the Syrian civil war."
Through the Food for Progress Program, USDA. . .