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Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 Amman, JORDAN, May 10, 2015 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Jordan Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury today signed an agreement to...

Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS, April 29, 2015—Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Honduras Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Jacobo Paz today signed an agreement to support agricultural...

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will hold a public meeting to discuss the fiscal year 2016 grants application process, commodity monetization issues, and other program administration issues relevant to stakeholders of the Food for Progress...

BBC News recently highlighted how the Food for Progress program is helping boost productivity and prosperity for farmers in Ethiopia. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30144473 Source - BBC News / bbc.co.uk - © 2013 BBC

Photo: Officials inaugurate the first renovated road funded by USDA in Laty, Senegal. By Joani Dong, Foreign Agricultural Service Agricultural Attache, Senegal We don’t spend much time thinking about roads in the United States. We worry about the...

The Foreign Agricultural Service will hold a public meeting to discuss the fiscal year 2015 application process for the Food for Progress Program and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program . Wednesday, November...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2015 Food for Progress Program, which helps developing countries and emerging democracies modernize and strengthen their agricultural sectors. U.S. agricultural commodities...

USDA-USAID FY 2013 Food Assistance Report

PHOTO (above): Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden meets with Ethiopian farm owner Yetemwork Tilahun, who has built a successful dairy operation with the support of USDA’s Food for Progress Program. By Michael Francom, Agricultural Counselor...

Standing next to her healthy oxen, Grace Opono explains how new conservation techniques have doubled her maize yield over just two seasons. She is also earning a second income by providing tilling services to neighbors with her oxen. She tells me she...

Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service today announced funding for seven international projects through the 2014 Food for Progress Program...