The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is offering the Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) Grant, which is for enhancing food security and supporting agricultural development in developing countries. This grant enables recipients to use funds for purchasing eligible commodities, supporting activities to improve commodity supply, and covering associated administrative and operational costs for field-based projects in foreign nations. While primarily focused on development programs, the LRP also provides for emergency food assistance. Preference may be given to entities working on projects under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Priority countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Opportunity ID: 292424
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-FAS-LRP-17 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Agriculture Education Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Food Aid, Food Assistance, School Feeding, Food for Education, International Development |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.612 — USDA Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 12, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 12, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 11, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Assistance may be provided to private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, or intergovernmental organizations, as specified in the LRP Regulations (7 CFR § 1590.1(d)). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Foreign Agricultural Service |
| Description: | Funding Opportunity Description: Under the LRP program, recipients use grant funds to purchase eligible commodities, support activities to improve the availability of commodity supply in developing countries, and pay for associated administrative and operational costs related to the implementation of field-based projects in a foreign country pursuant to an agreement with USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). USDA-FAS may give preference for funding to eligible entities that have, or are working towards, projects under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole). Applications will be prioritized for the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, and Tanzania. The USDA LRP Program will focus primarily on development programs, although the rule also provides for the furnishing of food assistance through an emergency response (7 CFR § 1590), through a field-based project for a period of not less than one year and not more than two years. |
| Link to Additional Information: | The LRP Notice of Funding Opportunity/Proposal Guidance can be found on USDA’s Food Assistance Website as listed above. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Ingrid Ardjosoediro
Branch Chief, Food for Education Food Aid Division Office of Capacity Building and Development Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (202) 720-4221 ppded@fas.usda.gov Email:ppded@fas.usda.gov |
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