John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program

Improve global food production and marketing by transferring technical skills of the U.S. agricultural community to farmers in participating countries. The purpose of the program is to assist farmers in increasing food production and distribution, by

The Farmer to Farmer program uses United States agricultural producers, agriculturalists, colleges and universities, private agribusinesses, private organizations, private corporations, employees or staff of State cooperative institutions, to work in conjunction with agricultural producers and farm organizations in eligible countries to improve agricultural and agribusiness operations and agricultural systems and strengthen cooperatives and other agricultural groups in those countries.

Private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, land grant universities, private agribusiness, or nonprofit farm organizations

Agricultural producers and farm organizations

Each award will incorporate an approved plan of action that describes the particular locations for project activities and methods and mechanisms of operation.

Specific Restrictions Determined at NOFO Level

Applicants will be evaluated based on the extent and quality to which they demonstrate that they have the capabilities, staff, and resources to successfully perform the project, as well as the quality of their demonstration. FAS will use these criteria to evaluate the content provided by Applicant's submission, and award points using the point system specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. FAS may invite comments from other USG agencies on its award recommendations, but FAS will make the final determination on which applications to accept.

FAS will assemble a panel committee consisting of technical reviewers and scorers to review applications for each individual Funding Opportunity or Track. This panel may include both Federal and non-Federal persons. The panel committee will review the programmatic merits of the applications based on the evaluation criteria identified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Following panel committee review, technical reviewer and scorers who participated on the panel committee will provide summary comments, scorers and funding recommendations on the application. The FAS Administrator will make the final selection of applications to approve for funding. The FAS Administrator will give serious consideration to recommendations, but may also consider the following factors in making the award selections: Agency priorities, such as achieving greater geographical dispersion, program balance, or diversity; and the agency's alignment within USG's whole of government approach to agricultural development and innovation, as determined by USDA.