the promotion of specific policy reforms to improve food security and agricultural development within the country and to promote broad-based, equitable, and sustainable development;

the establishment of development programs, projects, and activities that promote food security, alleviate hunger, improve nutrition, and promote family planning, maternal and child health care, oral rehydration therapy, and other child survival objectives consistent with section 2151b(c)(2) of title 22, relating to the Child Survival Fund;

the promotion of increased access to food supplies through the encouragement of specific policies and programs designed to increase employment and incomes within the country;

the promotion of free and open markets through specific policies and programs;

support for United States private voluntary organizations and cooperatives and encouragement of the development and utilization of indigenous nongovernmental organizations;

the purchase of goods and services (other than agricultural commodities and related services) to meet urgent or extraordinary relief requirements;

the payment, to the extent practicable, of the costs of carrying out the program authorized in subchapter V;

private sector development activities designed to further the policies set forth in section 1691 of this title, including loans to financial intermediaries for use in making loans to private individuals, cooperatives, corporations, or other entities;

activities of the Peace Corps that relate to agricultural production;

the development of rural infrastructure such as roads, irrigation systems, and electrification to enhance agricultural production;

research on malnutrition and its causes, as well as research relating to the identification and application of policies and strategies for targeting resources made available under this section to address the problem of malnutrition; and

support for research (including collaborative research which is mutually beneficial to the United States and the recipient country), education, and extension activities in agricultural sciences.