Assistance program
Emerging Markets Program
$20.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Foreign Agricultural Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 10.603
- What it does
- The primary objective of the Emerging Markets Program is to promote, enhance, or expand the exports of U.S. agricultural commodities to overseas emerging markets through cost-share assistance to eligible organizations that implement activities aimed at enhancing the food and rural business systems of eligible emerging markets.
- Who benefits
- All EMP projects must fall into at least one of the following four categories: (a) Market Assessments: Assistance to teams (consisting primarily of agricultural consultants, agricultural producers, other persons from the private sector, and government officials expert in assessing the food and rural business systems of other countries) to enable those teams to make assessments of the food and rural business systems needs of the target market. This type of EMP project must accomplish all three of the following elements: 1. Conduct an assessment of the food and rural business system needs of an emerging market; 2. Make recommendations on measures necessary to enhance the effectiveness of those systems, including potential reductions in trade barriers; and 3. Identify opportunities and projects to enhance the effectiveness of the emerging market’s food and rural business systems. (b) Subsistence Travel to Emerging Markets: Assistance to enable United States food and rural business system experts, including United States agricultural producers and other United States individuals knowledgeable in agricultural and agribusiness matters, to assist in transferring knowledge and expertise to entities from emerging markets. (c) Subsistence Travel to the United States: Assistance to enable individuals designated by emerging markets to consult with such United States experts to enhance the food and rural business systems of such emerging markets and to transfer knowledge and expertise to such emerging markets. (d) Technical Training: Technical assistance to enable individuals or other entities to carry out recommendations, projects, and opportunities in emerging markets. Proposals that do not fall into one or more of the four categories above, regardless of previous guidance provided regarding the EMP, are not eligible for consideration under the program.
- Who applies
- Applicants must be a: (1) U. S. agricultural or agribusiness organization -- nonprofit, trade association, university, consultant group (under certain conditions), (2) State Department of Agriculture, or (3) USDA agency (or other Federal agency involved in agricultural issues) or commercial entities.
- Authorized by
- The Emerging Markets Program is authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (FACT Act), as amended.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Direct payments
$17.3M
84%
Grants
$3.4M
16%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments