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USDA-FAS-10606-0700-25: Food for Progress Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Fiscal Year 2025

Closed Closed July 31, 2025 Opportunity USDA-FAS-10606-0700-25 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$35.0 million
• Award floor$5.0 million
• Total funding$208 million
• Expected awards10
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

In accordance with the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. § 1736o), the following entities are eligible Applicants (see 7 CFR 1499.2 for definitions): • The government of an emerging agricultural country• An intergovernmental organization• A private voluntary organization• A nonprofit agricultural organization or cooperative• A nongovernmental organization• A college or university• Any other private entity

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food for Progress awards averaged $4.1 million; this notice allows up to $35.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Food for Progress Program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies committed to introducing and expanding free enterprise in the agricultural sector. The commodities are generally sold on the local market, and the proceeds are used to support agricultural development activities. Per the Food Security Act of 1985[1], (7 U.S.C. 1736o(d)), the Food for Progress Program has six specific objectives: (i) Access, on the part of farmers in the country, to private, competitive markets for their products; (ii) Market pricing of eligible commodities to foster adequate private sector incentives to individual farmers to produce food on a regular basis for the country’s domestic needs; (iii) Establishment of market-determined foreign exchange rates; (iv) Timely availability of production inputs (such as seed, fertilizer, or pesticides) to farmers; (v) Access to technologies appropriate to the level of agricultural development in country; and (vi) Construction of facilities and distribution systems necessary to handle perishable products. These can be summarized through two high-level strategic objectives: (1) increase agricultural productivity, and (2) expand trade of agricultural products (domestically, regionally, and/or internationally). When applying, reference the country’s specific identification number as listed in the NOFO and below: · USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-25(542) – Kenya · USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-25(110) – Colombia · USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-25(320) – Vietnam · USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-25(520) – Ethiopia · USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-25(000) – Non-priority country applications

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

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