The food for progress program provides for the donation of U.S. Commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies that are committed to introducing or expanding free enterprise in their…

The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office awarded a $38.1 million Cooperative Agreement to Improving Economies For Stronger Communities (IESC) on September 23, 2025, under the Food for Progress program (CFDA 10.606) to deliver agricultural modernization and market systems strengthening in Vietnam through September 30, 2030. The Food for Progress program supports developing countries and emerging democracies that are committed to introducing or expanding free enterprise in their agricultural economies by donating U.S. agricultural commodities; proceeds from local-market sales fund agricultural, economic, or infrastructure development activities. Under this award, IESC will execute agricultural productivity improvement and market systems strengthening activities. IESC is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that operates as a prime recipient of federal cooperative agreements focused on international agricultural development and food security programs in developing countries.

The food for progress program provides for the donation of U.S. Commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies that are committed to introducing or expanding free enterprise in their agricultural economies. The program has two primary strategic objectives: (1) increase agricultural productivity and (2) expand trade of agricultural products.