July 9 - The G8 summit in Italy is expected to announce a new global food security initiative on Friday with up to $15 billion of funds over three years for agricultural development.
Following is a list of expected contributions so far from individual countries.
* United States: $3-4 billion
* Japan: at least $3 billion
* European Union: $1 billion a year until 2011
* Canada: $520 million
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