technical assistance

With Aid of TASC Grant, South Carolina and Georgia Exports to Mexico are Looking Peachy

August 26, 2011 Karoline S. Newell, Foreign Agricultural Service Public Affairs Specialist

In a scene that’s a telltale sign of summer across the southern United States, farmers’ markets and grocery stores are now proudly declaring that they are stocked with ripe, delicious, American-grown peaches. Thanks in part to a Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) grant from USDA’s...

Trade

Conference Covers Past, Present, and Future of International Food Aid and Development Assistance

June 30, 2011 Michael Scuse, Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

The USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have once again joined forces to collaborate with individuals and organizations that feed hungry people, promote sustainable development and provide technical assistance around the world. This is the thirteenth year of the...

Food and Nutrition Trade

USDA’s Food for Progress Program Helps African Growth and Opportunity Act Countries Integrate into the Global Economy

June 06, 2011 Linda Habenstreit, Public Affairs Specialist, Foreign Agricultural Service

Nations like Liberia have much to gain, as high-level officials from the United States and 37 Sub-Saharan African countries gather in Lusaka, Zambia, for the June 9-10 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum. Not only is Liberia eligible for AGOA trade preferences, allowing it to export a...

Food and Nutrition Trade

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