FY2024 Food For Progress
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- Opportunity number
- USDA-FAS-10606-0700-24
- Agency
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $20,000,000 to $35,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 10.606 Food for Progress
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service is seeking cooperative agreement proposals for the FY2024 Food for Progress (FFPr) program. The program provides funding in the form of donated U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies committed to introducing and expanding free enterprise in their agricultural sectors. The key objectives are to increase agricultural productivity and expand trade of agricultural products, both domestically and internationally. Eligible applicant types include governments, intergovernmental organizations, private voluntary organizations, nonprofits, colleges/universities, and other private entities. The deadline for submitting applications is July 1, 2024, and the anticipated award date is September 15, 2024.
A total of $220 million in Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding is available, with 7 anticipated awards ranging from $20-$35 million each. The funding will support technical assistance, training, research, and capacity building activities across agricultural value chains in target countries, with a focus on climate-smart agriculture, trade enabling environment, and strengthening food security.
Synopsis
The Food for Progress (FFPr) Program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies committed to introducing and expanding free enterprise in the agricultural sector. The commodities are generally sold on the local market and the proceeds are used to support agricultural development activities.
Food for Progress has two high-level strategic objectives: (1) increase agricultural productivity, and (2) expand trade of agricultural products (domestically, regionally, and internationally).
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