Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FAS 0700 10606 C2
The FY 2020 Food for Progress (FFPr) Limited Merit-Based NOFO 2 is a discretionary U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding opportunity administered by the Foreign Agricultural Service under CFDA 10.606. It is structured as a cooperative agreement and is designed to strengthen agricultural sectors in developing and emerging countries by pairing U.S.-sourced agricultural commodities with development programming. Under the Food for Progress model, commodities are provided to selected partners and then monetized, meaning they are sold in local and/or regional markets. The cash proceeds from those sales are then used to finance on-the-ground projects focused on agriculture and broader economic development, rather than simply providing direct cash grants upfront.
The program is driven by two core objectives. First, it aims to improve agricultural productivity, which generally means increasing the ability of farmers, agribusinesses, and related institutions to produce more (and often better-quality) agricultural output through improved practices, inputs, infrastructure, training, technology adoption, and stronger market linkages. Second, it seeks to expand trade in agricultural products, which typically involves helping countries and value-chain actors meet market requirements, improve post-harvest handling and processing, strengthen quality and safety systems, and build the commercial and regulatory conditions needed for domestic, regional, and international trade growth. In other words, the program is meant to address both production-side constraints and market-side barriers so that agricultural gains translate into sustained economic activity and trade expansion.
What makes this specific NOFO distinctive is its limited, merit-based competitive focus and its intent to support active FFPr agreements rather than launch entirely new, standalone initiatives. The stated priority is to use current-year commodity funds to bolster ongoing Food for Progress projects through a limited competitive process. This implies that the competition is targeted and likely restricted to a narrower applicant pool (the listing indicates "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced elsewhere), with the overall aim of extending or enhancing existing work rather than funding brand-new country entries or project concepts from scratch.
A key operational constraint in this NOFO is that freight funds are not available. Applicants cannot request new freight funding under this limited competition. The only freight resources that can be used are any remaining freight funds already built into an applicant's existing award. Practically, this shapes what can be proposed: partners would need to design activities and commodity movements around commodity funding availability while relying on leftover freight balances from current agreements, which can affect shipping plans, timelines, and the scale or destination of commodity distributions.
In terms of administrative details, the opportunity number is USDA FAS 0700 10606 C2. The posting was created on August 13, 2020, with an original closing date of August 17, 2020, indicating a very short application window consistent with a limited competition intended for existing partners. The award ceiling is listed at $11,000,000, and USDA expected to make about 7 awards. Overall, the NOFO is best understood as a targeted funding action meant to reinforce and continue active Food for Progress commodity-driven development work, centered on productivity and trade outcomes, while limiting proposals to those that can proceed without new freight funding.Apply for USDA FAS 0700 10606 C2
- The Department of Agriculture, Food for Progress 10.606 in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2020 FFPr Limited Merit-Based NOFO 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.606.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 13, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 17, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $11,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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