Partnerships withHispanic Serving Institutions for

International Agricultural Development

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International Agricultural Development and Trade

Dana RicheyDana RicheyForeign Agricultural ServiceForeign Agricultural Service

U.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Department of AgricultureFebruary 24, 2011February 24, 2011

Foreign Agricultural Service

Mission:

“Linking U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security”

Linking U.S. Agriculture to the World

FAS

security”

Staff includes about 850 people in Washington, D.C., with 100 overseas offices covering more than 155 countries worldwide

Foreign Agricultural Service

What We Do…

• Achieve Market Access

Trade Development• Trade Development

• Market Intelligence

• Technical Assistance

WFP/Lou Dematteis

Office of Capacity Building & Development

•• Administer USDA food aid programsAdminister USDA food aid programs

•• Manage USDA’s agricultural reconstruction Manage USDA’s agricultural reconstruction •• Manage USDA’s agricultural reconstruction Manage USDA’s agricultural reconstruction and disaster response programsand disaster response programs

•• Implement trade, scientific, and regulatory Implement trade, scientific, and regulatory capacity building projectscapacity building projects

•• Operate trade and scientific exchange programs to Operate trade and scientific exchange programs to strengthen global agricultural developmentstrengthen global agricultural development

• Seeds • Farmer • Elevators • Meat • Grocery

Production / Laborers

Storage / Purchasers

Processors / Manufacturers

Retailers

Consumers

Inputs / Distribution

Agriculture Value Chain Combination of all the activities and resources needed for

generating and delivering products and services

• Seeds • Machinery • Financing • Feed • Fertilizers • Genetics • Dealers • Co-ops • Banks • Agents • University • Associations

• Farmer • Livestock

producer • Orchards • Dairy

• Elevators • Packer • Gin • Feedlot • Millers • Crushers • Brokers • Shipper • Warehouse • Export Co’s • Feed Co’s • Biofuels

• Meat • Dairy • Wool • Ingredients • Fabricators • Ethanol • Packaging • Exports • Food Co’s • Clothing • Refiner

• Grocery • Restaurants • Discount • Catalogue • On-line • Fashions • Fueling station

Consumers

Value Chain Continuum

Who We Work With

• Colleges & universities U.S. and offshore

• U.S. Agency for International Development

• U.S. Department of State

• U.S. Department of Defense• U.S. Department of Defense

• International donors & private foundations

• Foreign governments

• Private corporations in over 100 countries

Types of Expertise We Seek• Agronomists• Agribusiness Specialists• Agricultural Economists• Animal Health Specialists• Crop Scientists

• Gender Issues Specialists• Food Safety Specialists• Geologists• Hydrologists• Land Tenure Specialists• Natural Resources Specialists

• Crop Scientists• Engineers• Environmental Scientists• Environmental Engineers• Extension Specialists• Food Safety Specialists• Forester

• Natural Resources Specialists• Nutritionists• Plant Health Specialists• Rural Housing Specialists• Sociologists• Soil Scientist/Conservationist• Veterinarians

Fellowship, Exchange & Studies Programs

HSI opportunity:

• 6 programs, training hundreds of fellows�Cost reimbursement for training visiting foreign �Cost reimbursement for training visiting foreign

scientists and agricultural professionals from university, government and research entities

�Master degree students

• Duration: 2 weeks to 3 years

Exchange Programs

and Fellowship Study Tours

• New Mexico State University

� Borlaug Fellow from Mexico trained on livestock grazing

Namibia beef industry study tour in Missouri and New Mexico

trained on livestock grazing systems

�Cochran Fellows (2) from Thailand trained on canned food production, $17K award

Exchange Programs and Fellowship Study Tours

•Kingsborough Community College

� Cochran Fellows (4) from Serbia trained on cranberry products, trained on cranberry products, $20.1K award

� Cochran Fellows (8) from China trained on U.S. culinary arts and food trends, $28.4K award

Sanitary & Phytosanitary Training in El Salvador

Exchange Programs

and Fellowship Study Tours

• University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez

�18 Cochran Fellows from Central and South

Consultation in Nicaragua

from Central and South America trained in U.S. inspection procedures and regulations for meat, eggs, and poultry

� $17.1K award

Development, Disaster Assistance, Technical & Scientific Grants

HSI opportunity:

• Dozens of grants awarded annually• Dozens of grants awarded annually

• Cost reimbursement for overseas projects

• Short-term and long-term assignments

Development, Disaster Assistance, Technical & Scientific Grants

•Lincoln University in Missouri

�State Department’s Millennium Challenge Corporation funding

�Advisor to conduct due

Animal Husbandry Training in Afghanistan

�Advisor to conduct due diligence of a proposal to fund $3M of farm equipment to Republic of Georgia

�In Ghana, assess food safety conditions in pineapple farm packing houses

Food Assistance ProgramsGrant Opportunities

HSI opportunities:

• School meals programs (Food for Education)

• Capacity building throughout agricultural supply chain (Food for Progress)

• US and foreign universities team with private voluntary organizations

• Awards for 3-years +

Food Assistance ProgramsGrant Opportunities

Food for Progress Program

• Livestock Husbandry Program in Bolivia

Food for Education Program

• School Feeding Program in El Salvador

in Bolivia

Technical Assistance Project in Guatemala

• Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)

• First foreign university to be a direct recipient

• FY10 multi-million dollar award for 3-year project

• Projects with small, medium, large scale farms• Projects with small, medium, large scale farms

• UVG will use its 2 experimental stations for sorghum development with improved technologies and innovative systems

�Grow sorghum, develop food products

�Produce biofuels from sorghum

University Partnerships

• University partners are integral to the success of our international programs

• We seek to diversify partnerships to include • We seek to diversify partnerships to include more HSIs

• Encourage meaningful LGU and HSI partnerships

Consortium of Universities

Training for Iraq Agriculture Extension Revitalization Program

Advisers working in Afghanistan

Hispanic Serving Institutions

• Expand dialogue to

– Know university capabilities

– Determine contact points– Determine contact points

– Build a working relationship

– Grant writing training

– Webinars to explain our programs and grant processes

Learning About Opportunities• Listserv sponsored by the National Institute for

Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

• Talk to USDA’s HSI regional coordinators

• www.Grants.gov• www.Grants.gov

• Webinars

• Grant writing courses by HACU

• Contact us directly

Point of Contact

Dana RicheyGlobal Partnership Development

Office of Capacity Building and DevelopmentUSDA, Foreign Agricultural Service

dana.richey@usda.gov, (202) 720-0430