Programs

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Market Development

Agricultural Trade Promotion Program

Provides cost-share funding to help U.S. agricultural exporters develop new markets and mitigate the adverse effects of other countries’ trade barriers.
Market Development

Assisting Specialty Crop Exports (ASCE)

Supports efforts by the specialty crops industry to address non-tariff trade barriers when opening or expanding export markets.
Currently Accepting Applications
Food Security

Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust

Funds set in reserve to help the United States respond to emergency food needs worldwide.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Borlaug Fellowship Program

The Borlaug Fellowship Program offers mentoring and training to researchers and policymakers from developing countries to help promote food security and economic growth.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Cochran Fellowship Program

Provides short-term, U.S.-based training opportunities to agricultural professionals from developing and middle-income countries.
Imports

Dairy Import Licensing Program

Import licensing is one of the tools FAS uses to administer the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) system for U.S. imports of dairy products.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Embassy Science Fellows Program

Places U.S. Government technical experts at American embassies abroad to provide expertise on issues relating to the environment, science, technology and health.
Market Development

Emerging Markets Program (EMP)

Funds technical assistance activities to promote exports of U.S. agricultural commodities to emerging markets worldwide.
Export Financing

Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102)

Guarantees repayment when U.S. banks extend credit to foreign banks to finance sales of U.S. agricultural products.
Currently Accepting Applications
Export Monitoring

Export Sales Reporting Program

Monitors U.S. agricultural export sales to ensure widespread access to up-to-date market information.
Export Financing

Facility Guarantee Program

Provides credit guarantees for infrastructure improvements in countries where demand for U.S. agricultural products may be limited by lack of adequate facilities.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Faculty Exchange Program

Provides semester-long U.S. training opportunities to university-level agricultural educators from developing countries.
Food Security

Food for Progress

Provides for the donation of U.S. commodities to help developing countries modernize and strengthen their agricultural sectors.
Food Security

Food Safety for Food Security Partnership

Provides science-based support to strengthen animal and plant health and food safety systems in target countries.
Market Development

Foreign Market Development Program (FMD)

Provides cooperator organizations with cost-share funding for activities that build international demand for U.S. agricultural commodities.
Fellowships and Exchanges

International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program

Provides fellowships to U.S. citizens to assist developing countries in establishing school-based agricultural education and youth extension programs.
Food Security

Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Program

Supports field-based projects that provide development assistance and emergency food relief using locally procured commodities.
Market Development

Market Access Program (MAP)

Helps finance activities to market and promote U.S. agricultural commodities and products worldwide.
Food Security

McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program

Supports projects around the world to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls.
Trust Funds

Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund

A fund to reduce economic injury to domestic manufacturers from tariffs on cotton fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel made of cotton fabric.
Market Development

Quality Samples Program (QSP)

Helps U.S. organizations provide small samples of their agricultural products to potential customers overseas.
Market Development

Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP)

Provides funding for projects that enable exporters to break into new markets and increase market share in growth markets.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program

Supports collaboration between teams of scientific and technical experts from the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Scientific Cooperation Research Program

Supports joint research, education, and extension projects between U.S. and international agricultural professionals.
Fellowships and Exchanges

Scientific Exchange Program

The Scientific Exchange Program supports scientific training, collaborative research and mentoring between U.S. scientists and international agricultural professionals.
Imports

Sugar Import Program

U.S. imports of sugar are controlled by a system of tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) with annual quota volumes established by USDA.
Currently Accepting Applications
Market Development

Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC)

Funds projects that address sanitary, phytosanitary and technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops.
Trust Funds

Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund

A fund to reduce economic injury to domestic manufacturers from tariffs on wool fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel made of wool fabric.