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US Aid Cuts Worsen Food Crisis for Nepalese Farmers

6/29/2025

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In Nepal, Kanta Rajali faces a heartbreaking struggle to feed her family as crop yields dwindle and USAID funding plummets by $114 million. Climate change and poverty deepen her plight, while recent US government cuts to aid programs further threaten the livelihoods of farmers like her, plunging them into greater food insecurity.

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In Nepal, Kanta Rajali faces a heartbreaking struggle to feed her family as crop yields dwindle and USAID funding plummets by $114 million. Climate change and poverty deepen her plight, while recent US government cuts to aid programs further threaten the livelihoods of farmers like her, plunging them into greater food insecurity.