The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Department of Agriculture will receive $325,378.30 through September 2025 under a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grant funds will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through marketing and promotion efforts, assist producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops, and expand availability and access to specialty crops. Activities will also address local, regional, and national...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) awarded a $244,562.69 Specialty Crop Block Grant (CFDA 10.170) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) on September 30, 2024. The grant will be used to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the Northern Mariana Islands over a 3-year performance period ending on September 29, 2027. Key activities will include marketing and promoting...
The US Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture will receive $244,603.26 from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (CFDA 10.170) from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. Funding will support efforts to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the US Virgin Islands through activities such as marketing and promotion, research and development relevant to specialty crops, and addressing challenges...
The Guam Department of Agriculture received a $245,554 Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (CFDA 10.170). The grant funds will support efforts to enhance the competitiveness of Guam's specialty crops through activities such as marketing and promotion, research and development relevant to specialty crops, and expanding availability and access. The Department will leverage these efforts with grant...
The Guam Department of Agriculture received a $326,711.78 Specialty Crop Block Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (CFDA 10.170) for the period of September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2025. Funding will support efforts to enhance the competitiveness of Guam's specialty crops through activities such as marketing and promotion, research and development, expanding availability and...
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture will receive $635,521.39 from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (CFDA 10.170) from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2025. The funding will support efforts to enhance the competitiveness of Hawaii's specialty crops through activities such as marketing and promotion, research and development, and addressing challenges facing specialty crop producers. Specific initiatives will focus on...
The University of the District of Columbia will receive $243,001.17 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (CFDA 10.170) from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. Funding will support efforts to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through marketing and promotion, research and development relevant to specialty crops, and expanding availability and access. Activities will address...
The American Samoa Department of Agriculture will receive $357,277.56 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2025. Under the Block Grant award, the Department of Agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in American Samoa through marketing and promotion efforts, research and development assistance to producers, and expanding...
The Guam Department of Agriculture will receive $245,554.42 through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Guam. Through this funding, GDAG will leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops, assist producers with $245K in research and development relevant to specialty crops, and expand availability of specialty crop products. The grant period is from September 30, 2022 through...
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture will receive $479,015.47 through September 2024 under a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grant project aims to enhance the competitiveness of Hawaii's specialty crops through marketing and promotion efforts, research and development assistance, expanded availability and access, and challenges facing producers. Benefitting residents include those of Hawaii and the 50 states, five territories, and Washington D.C....