Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Managment Education Sessions
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Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Managment Education Sessions: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $900,000 (subject to availability of funds) for Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions (Commodity Partnerships Small Sessions Program). The purpose of this cooperative partnership agreement program is to deliver training and information in the management of production, marketing, and financial risk to U.S. agricultural producers in small sessions. The program is to give priority to educating producers of crops not insurable with Federal crop insurance, specialty crops, and underserved commodities, including livestock and forage. A maximum of 90 cooperative partnership agreements will be funded, nine each in ten designated RMA Regions. The maximum award for any agreement will be $10,000. Recipients of awards must demonstrate nonfinancial benefits from a partnership agreement and must agree to the substantial involvement of RMA in the project. Funding availability for this program may be announced at approximately the same time as funding availability for similar but separate programs. CFDA No. 10.455 (Community Outreach and Assistance Partnerships), CFDA No. 10.456 (Risk Management Research Partnerships), CFDA No. 10.457 (Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education) and CFDA No.10.458 (Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States). Prospective applicants should carefully examine and compare the notices for each program.
| Federal Grant Title: | Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Managment Education Sessions |
| Federal Agency Name: | Risk Management Agency |
| Grant Categories: | Agriculture |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-RMA-RME-2009-03 |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
| CFDA Numbers: | 10.459 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions |
| Current Application Deadline: | May 11, 2009 |
| Original Application Deadline: | May 11, 2009 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 27, 2009 |
| Creation Date: | Mar 27, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 10, 2009 |
| Total Program Funding: | $900,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $10,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 90 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants include State departments of agriculture, universities, non-profit agricultural organizations, and other public or private organizations with the capacity to lead a local program of risk management education for farmers and ranchers in an RMA Region. Individuals are not eligible applicants
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
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- Grant Announcement Contact
- Tamara Marshall-Jones Grants and Agreement Spec Phone 202-260-4726
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