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USDA-FAS-10960-0200-10-22-0009: Practical Approaches to Circularity in US-EU Food and Agricultural Trade

Closed Closed August 12, 2022 Opportunity USDA-FAS-10960-0200-10-22-0009 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$150,000
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$150,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Technical Agricultural Assistance awards averaged $424,902; this notice allows up to $150,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Program Description, Objectives, and Priorities Individual firms, industries, and national regulatory bodies take different approaches towards the same goals of sustainability and circularity for the production and trade in food and agricultural products. Emerging sustainability regulations require understanding and adaptation by agribusiness, in order to maintain agricultural trade flows. This initiative will support the design, plan, and implementation of workshops and seminars to inform stakeholders, regulators, and policymakers on scientific and technical options to address challenges arising from the implementation of new regulatory mandates on sustainability and circular economy themes such as plastic packaging bans, farm to fork traceability, ecolabeling, recycled food contact material certification, reverse supply chains for reusable packaging, and deforestation-free supply chains. There is no consensus or internationally recognized standard on how life cycle analysis or other forms of scientific analysis should be conducted to assess environmental impacts of food and beverage products. Accordingly, this provides an opportunity for U.S. agricultural research and technology to be better considered in such analyses. USDA anticipates these workshops and seminars would be most impactful on the margins of international trade shows and similar pre-planned gatherings of stakeholders, in which U.S. and EU stakeholders and government officials would exchange perspectives on how sustainability objectives can be met in a balanced manner without restricting trade or imposing unreasonable costs on producers or consumers. These activities could showcase the role of U.S. agricultural research in support of broader global sustainability agendas, including the Collaborative Platform on Agriculture (CPA), which is a new platform for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the EU Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development that enhances communication, exchanges knowledge and information, and promotes mutual understanding and trust, as the United States and the EU work together to address global challenges and achieve common goals on climate change, sustainability, and agri-foods exchanges.

Category: Agriculture.

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