Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill 2024
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-24-0003
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is soliciting applications for the fiscal year 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The program provides grants to eligible state departments of agriculture to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops, which include fruits, vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops. Eligible project activities include marketing and promotion, research and development, expanding availability and access, and addressing challenges facing specialty crop producers. Applications are due by 11:59 PM ET on May 2, 2024, and will be evaluated based on the project's ability to enhance specialty crop competitiveness.
The SCBGP will award approximately $72.9 million in grants, with funding allocated among the eligible state departments of agriculture based on specialty crop cash receipts and production acreage in each state. Awards will be made for a 3-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, and projects must include at least one measurable outcome.
Synopsis
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to award grants to eligible State departments of agriculture to carry out projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. The SCBGP assists State departments of agriculture in the 50 States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops by- (1) leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops; (2) assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; (3) expanding availability and access to specialty crops; and (4) addressing local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers. Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture). A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture within the State.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2024_SCBGP_RFA_FINAL 3-19-24.pdf | ||
| 2024_SCBGP_RFA_FINAL.pdf |
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