The Food for Progress (FFPR) program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies that are committed to introducing or expanding free enterprise in their agricultural economies. Donated commodities are “monetized” (or sold on the local market), and the proceeds are used to fund agricultural development activities.
For this program, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is concentrating FFPr resources toward developing the “Agricultural Value Chain”. To support the achievement of this goal, FAS has identified two high-level strategic objectives:
Applications that do not contribute to at least one of these two high-level objectives will not be funded. Proposals may address both high-level objectives if necessary. FFPr’s high-level objectives are supported by two results frameworks that identify results that contribute to these objectives and should be targeted under FFPr programs. Applications must provide a target for each result indicator and a detailed explanation of how the target will be reached. (Annex I: Results Frameworks provides detailed outlines of these results frameworks. Annex III: Manual for the Use of Results Frameworks and Indicators provides information on how to incorporate them into applications. These and other Annexes mentioned in this announcement are available on the FAS Website at the following address: http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/FoodAid/FFP/ApplyForProgram.asp) The achievement of both intermediate and highest level results in the program’s two results framework are measured by indicators, as laid out in Annex II: Standard and Illustrative Indicators and Definitions. For each proposed activity, applicants must link the activity to the achievement of a result from the results framework. Consistent with the results-oriented management approach, applications must identify an appropriate indicator to be used to measure whether the results are being achieved, provide a target for the indicator, and an explanation of how the target will be reached. Applicants may reference Annex IV: Monitoring and Evaluation Policy for further guidance on the use of indicators to measure progress in achieving results. In addition, FAS considers the participation of the private sector important and will therefore give priority consideration to proposed projects that:
Lastly, FAS will give priority to applications that offer climate smart agricultural solutions in their activities.