Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-GRANTS-020204-004
Posted Date:	Feb 02, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications:	Proposals received prior to, but not later than 5 p.m. (local time Washington, DC) February 1, 2004, will only be considered for funding during the three month period beginning on that date; Proposals received prior to, but not later than 5 p.m. (local time Washington, DC) May 1, 2004, will only be considered for funding during the three month period beginning on that date; proposals received prior to, but not later than 5 p.m. (local time Washington, DC) August 1, 2004, will only be considered for funding during the three month period beginning on that date.
Current Due Date for Applications:	Proposals received prior to, but not later than 5 p.m. (local time Washington, DC) February 1, 2004, will only be considered for funding during the three month period beginning on that date; Proposals received prior to, but not later than 5 p.m. (local time Washington, DC) May 1, 2004, will only be considered for funding during the three month period beginning on that date; proposals received prior to, but not later than 5 p.m. (local time Washington, DC) August 1, 2004, will only be considered for funding during the three month period beginning on that date.
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture Business and Commerce
Expected Number of Awards:	Not Available.
Estimated Total Program Funding:	Not Available.
Award Ceiling:	$250,000.00
Award Floor:	none
CFDA Number:	10.604 -- Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Any United States organization, private or government, may apply to the program. Government organizations consist of federal, state, and local agencies. Private organizations include non-profit trade associations, universities, agricultural cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and private companies.

Agency Name

Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Foreign Agricultural Service

Description

The TASC Program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that address sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. U.S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC Program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the U.S., except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.

As a general matter, TASC Program projects should be designed to accomplish the following goals:

Projects should address a sanitary, phytosanitary, or related technical barrier that prohibits or threatens the export of U.S. specialty crops;
Projects should demonstrably benefit the represented industry and not a specific company or brand; and,
Projects must address barriers to U.S. specialty crops the are currently available on a commercial basis and for which barrier removal would predominately benefit U.S. exports.

Link to Full Announcement

Please click here to read the complete program announcement for more details and contact information.

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cruikshank, Dana, Public Affairs Specialist, Phone 202.720.3329, Fax 202.720.3229, Email dana.kruikshank@fas.usda.gov Cruikshank, Dana

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