Food for Progress

 

Food for Progress has two principal objectives: to improve agricultural productivity in target countries, and to expand trade of agricultural products to, from, and within those countries.

Active 10.606 Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture C - Direct Payments For Specified Use; H - Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods Fiscal Year 2022 More than 317,000 individuals applied improved technologies or management practices on more than 681,000 hectares of land. Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, Title XI, Part A, Section 1110, Public Law 99-198, 7 U.S.C. 1736o, Statute 99,1472 An intergovernmental organization, a private voluntary organization, a nonprofit agricultural organization or cooperative, a nongovernmental organization, a college or university in the United States (as defined by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977), or any other private entity. The Food for Progress programs focuses on developing countries and emerging democracies that are committed to introducing or expanding free enterprise in their agricultural economies. In determining whether an entity will be eligible to be a participant, FAS may consider the entity's previous compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of 7 CFR 1499. FAS may consider matters such as whether the entity corrected deficiencies in the implementation of an agreement in a timely manner and whether the entity has filed timely and accurate reports and other submissions that are required to be filed with FAS and other agencies of the United States. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applications must be submitted using the USDA Food Aid Information System at https://www.fas.usda.gov/fais/webapp/ 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 from IFAD and the panel committees, 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 gency's alignment within USG's whole of government approach to agricultural development and innovation, as determined by USDA. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 30 to 60 days. Not applicable. From 30 to 60 days. 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. All allocable, reasonable, and allowable expenses are permitted, as defined at 7 CFR § 1499.11 and 2 CFR 200 Subpart E. Not applicable. Not applicable. Grant records shall be retained for a period of 3 years from the day the recipient submits its final expenditure report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Grant records include financial and program/progress reports, support documents, statistical records, and other documents that support the activity and/or expenditure of the recipient or subrecipient under the award. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Agreements normally include program implementation periods of 3-5 years; extensions may be available under certain circumstances. None/Not specified. Ingrid Ardjosoediro
1400 Independence Ave S.W; Stop 1030
Washington, DC 20250 US
PPDED@fas.usda.gov
Phone: (202) 720-2637 http://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/food-progress/ 12-4336-0-3-999 (Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods) FY 22$223,350,000.00; FY 23 est $231,279,999.00; FY 24 est $231,280,000.00; FY 21$173,647,980.00; FY 20$176,425,000.00; FY 19$141,407,275.00; FY 18$162,226,150.00; FY 17$141,247,000.00; FY 16$161,362,494.00; - Food for Progress cooperative agreements generally have 3-5-year implementation periods and awards ranging from $10-40 million, including commodity, freight, and a small amount of funds to support administrative operations. Food for Progress regulations are found at 7 CFR 1499, and contain references to other applicable regulations for this program Fiscal Year 2019 $0
Fiscal Year 2022 In 2022, seven new awards (and supplemental funding to ongoing projects) supported climate-smart agriculture, cultivation of niche tropical crops, trade facilitation, coffee, and cacao sectors in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.