7 U.S.C. § 1737: John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program

The term “Caribbean Basin country” means a country eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under section 2702 of title 19 . is taking steps toward a market-oriented economy through the food, agriculture, or rural business sectors of the economy of the country; and has the potential to provide a viable and significant market for United States agricultural commodities or products of United States agricultural commodities. The term “middle income country” means a country that has developed economically to the point at which the country does not receive bilateral development assistance from the United States. The term “sub-Saharan African country” has the meaning given the term in section 3706 of title 19 . increasing food production and distribution; and improving the effectiveness of the farming and marketing operations of agricultural producers in those countries; animal care and health; field crop cultivation; fruit and vegetable growing; livestock operations; food processing and packaging; farm credit; marketing; inputs 1 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon. agricultural education and extension; selection of seed varieties and plant stocks; knowledge of insecticide and sanitation procedures to prevent crop destruction; use and maintenance of agricultural equipment and irrigation systems; and selection of fertilizers and methods of soils treatment; and to strengthen cooperatives and other agricultural groups in those countries; transfer the knowledge and expertise of United States agricultural producers and businesses, on an individual basis, to those countries while enhancing the democratic process by supporting private and public agriculturally related organizations that request and support technical assistance activities through cash and in-kind services; to the maximum extent practicable, make grants to or enter into contracts or other cooperative agreements with private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, land grant universities, private agribusiness, or nonprofit farm organizations to carry out this section (except that any such contract or other agreement may obligate the United States to make outlays only to the extent that the budget authority for such outlays is available under subsection (d) or has otherwise been provided in advance in appropriation Acts); coordinate programs established under this section with other foreign assistance programs and activities carried out by the United States; and foreign currencies that accrue from the sale of agricultural commodities and products under this chapter; and local currencies generated from other types of foreign assistance activities. standard growing practices; insecticide and sanitation procedures; and other agricultural methods that will produce increased yields of more nutritious and healthful crops; agricultural producers in the United States (including African-American agricultural producers) and banking and insurance professionals have agribusiness expertise that would be invaluable for agricultural producers in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries; improving knowledge of insecticide and sanitation procedures to prevent crop destruction; the identification and development of standard growing practices; and the establishment of systems for recordkeeping; the use and maintenance of agricultural equipment that is appropriate for the majority of eligible agricultural producers in sub-Saharan African or Caribbean Basin countries; the development and use of village banking systems; and the use of agricultural risk insurance pilot products; and marketing crop yields to prospective purchasers (including businesses and individuals) for local needs and export; and programs that promote the exchange of agricultural knowledge and expertise through the exchange of American and foreign agricultural producers have been effective in promoting improved agricultural techniques and food security and the extension of additional resources to such farmer-to-farmer exchanges is warranted. the development and use of village banking systems; and the use of agricultural risk insurance pilot products; enhance local food security; and help mitigate and alleviate hunger; to provide training to agricultural producers in those countries in groups to encourage participants to share and pass on to other agricultural producers in the home communities of the participants, the information and skills obtained from the training, rather than merely retaining the information and skills for the personal enrichment of the participants; and to maximize the number of beneficiaries of the programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries. not less than 0.2 percent to be used for programs in developing countries; and not less than 0.1 percent to be used for programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries. $10,000,000 for sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries; and $5,000,000 for other developing or middle-income countries or emerging markets not described in subparagraph (A). Not more than 5 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries. The Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall develop a grant program to be carried out in fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to facilitate new and innovative partnerships and activities under this subchapter. prioritize new implementing partners; develop innovative volunteer models; develop, improve, or maintain strategic partnerships with other United States development programs; and expand the footprint and impact of the programs and activities under this subchapter, and diversity among program participants, including land-grant colleges and universities and cooperative extension services (as such terms are defined in section 3103 of this title ).