At a glance
USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is funding the Emerging Markets Program to help develop, maintain, or expand markets for U.S. agricultural exports and support cooperation with emerging markets. Eligible applicants are U.S. private or government entities with a role or interest in exporting U.S. agricultural commodities; foreign organizations may only participate as subrecipients or in-kind partners. The program expects about 40 awards and no award may exceed $500,000. Most applicants must provide at least 10 percent of requested funds as cost share, but Federal, state, and local government agencies are exempt. Applications must target only World Bank low- or middle-income countries, no more than four countries, and no more than three promoted commodities, excluding tobacco.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support the E (Kika) de la Garza Emerging Markets Program (EMP) by issuing new awards. The purpose of this program is to develop, maintain, or expand markets for exports of United States agricultural commodities and to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets. This opportunity is available to U.S. entities to achieve the purposes of this program by: (1) making assessments of food and rural business systems needs; (2) making recommendations on measures necessary to enhance the effectiveness of food and rural business systems, including potential reductions in trade barriers; and (3) identifying and carrying out specific opportunities and projects to enhance the effectiveness of food and rural business systems in emerging markets.
Who can apply
- Others