Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program

The summary for the Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Unified Export Strategy, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program: The Commodity Credit Corporation announces the availability of funding for the 2006 Technical Assistance for Speciality Crops (TASC) Program. This annoucement is intended to solict applications from the private sector and from government agencies for participation in the FY 2006 TASC Program. The TASC Program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for private and public sector projects and technical assistance 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 that are currently available on a commercial basis and for which barrier removal would predominately benefit U.S. exports. The TASC Program is administered by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). For furhter information contact the Marketing Operations Staff, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, telephone: (202) 720-4327, e-mail: [email protected]