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(c) Fostering the investment of private enterprise in the estab- 

 lishment of permanent oceanic food production, distribution, and 

 marketing institutions, 



(d) Insuring that the technologies thus applied are constantly 

 improved, and that technological deficiencies which may appear 

 are eliminated, and 



(e) Assisting less developed nations to establish and develop 

 institutional competence in the relevant marine and food sciences. 



Spearheading this drive to exploit fish resources as a major low- 

 cost item of high protein nourishment for large masses of people is the 

 Agencj^'s work, backstopped by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 

 in the developmnet of fish protein concentrate as a source of health and 

 energy in the battle against undernourishment. 



AID is tackling this task on two fronts : Through assistance to less 

 developed countries in exploring possibilities for indigenous FPC 

 production, and through the use of domestically produced FPC in 

 our worldwide food aid programs. 



Our initial efforts are focused on the production and distribution of 

 FPC in five principal areas : 



(a) Assisting in the development of a commercial process for 

 producing FPC. 



( b ) The improvement of fish-catching, landing, and processing 

 capabilities in at least three protein-deficient countries. 



(c) The development of FPC markets in at least one protein- 

 deficient country. 



(d) The establisliment of a viable commercial FPC system in 

 at least one protein-deficient comitry. 



(e) The encouragement of other nations and private interests to 

 establish commercial fishing industries wherever feasible. 



To achieve these goals, AID is employing a systems approach de- 

 signed, first, to identify opportunities for maximum impact and, sec- 

 ond, to provide the means required to attain maximum impact. These 

 considerations are embodied in the FPC demonstration program and 

 entail : 



(a) Selection of three countries for FPC demonstration proj- 

 ects. An AID-BCF team recently completed surveys of eight na- 

 tions in Latin America and Asia, and another team will conduct 

 a survey of several countries in Africa within the next 90 days. 

 The demonstration countries for Latin America and Asia are in 

 the process of being selected. 



(b) Conduct of feasibility studies in each of the three demon- 

 stration countries to determine whether and in what manner 

 FPC-fortified foods can be marketed commercially^. These studies 

 will employ all of the modem marketing techniques presently 

 available, and will be carried out under contract with private 

 industry. 



(c) Establishment of FPC industries in at least one of the dem- 

 onstration countries. Properly executed, the feasibility studies 

 mentioned above should furnish the data and incentives necessary 

 for large-scale investment in FPC industries by the private sector. 



Of substantial interest, I believe, is a proposal on which we are 

 currently working, to combine our own marine resources with our ad- 



