United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service USDA International Food Assistance Presented by: the Office of Capacity Building and Development Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agenda Agricultural Service Opening remarks by Roger Mireles, Acting Deputy Administrator, Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD), FAS, USDA Overview of the Solicitation for Proposals for the Food for Progress program by Ingrid Ardjosoediro, Senior Program Analyst, Food for Development Branch, Food Assistance Division (FAD), OCBD, FAS, USDA Overview of the Solicitation for Proposals for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program by Debra Pfaff, Chief, School Feeding and Humanitarian Branch, Food Assistance Division (FAD), OCBD, FAS, USDA Overview of the Food Aid Information System (FAIS) Proposal Entry Process Questions and Answers, Dorothy Feustel, Acting Director, FAD, OCBD, FAS, USDA 2 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Food for Progress (FFPr) Presented by: Ingrid Ardjosoediro Senior Analyst Food for Development Branch 3 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Presentation Outline Agricultural Service 1. FFPr Program Overview 2. FY 2014 Awards 3. FY 2015 Solicitation 4 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign FFPr Program Basics Agricultural Service • Authorized by the Food for Progress Act of 1985 • Targets developing countries • Supports expansion of private enterprise in the agricultural sector • Commodities are monetized to fund development activities 5 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign FFPr Resources in 2015 Agricultural Service • Funding authorized by the Farm Bill • $40 million cap on transportation costs • Commodity value not restricted • $15 million for administrative costs 6 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service 7 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service 8 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural FY 2014 FFPr Proposals Service 40 Proposals 7 Proposals Approved Submitted • Approved programs: • Proposals from: -- 6 PVOs -- 39 from PVOs -- 1 Govts -- 1 from Govts • 9 countries • 9 countries • Total value = $126 million 9 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural FFPr Priority Country Criteria Service • Income: Per capita between $1,036 and $12,615 (World Bank) • Political Freedom: Rated free or partly free (Freedom House) • USDA Post Coverage: Ability to monitor • Current Portfolio: To limit over-programming • Other Considerations: Security, Potential Market Disruptions, Ability to Monetize, other Donor Activities, etc. 10 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural FY 2015 Priority Countries Service Benin Ghana Dominican Republic 11 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural FY 2015 FFPr Priorities Service Country Regions Value Chains Interventions Processing for export Atlantique, Littoral Pineapple International market linkages (including food and safety standards) Benin Tchaourou, Production Savalou, Djidja, Cashew Djougou, Bassila, Localized processing Dali and Parakou Integrated layer production (supporting the Ashanti, Brong- Ghana Broiler Revitalization Project) Ghana Ahafo, Coastal Poultry Regions Feed production (with linkages to local sourcing from the Northern Region) High-Value Food distribution systems aimed for export; Dominican Commodities All Regions Business enabling environment for exports (to Republic (Hort and Veg, support CAFTA-DR) Dairy and Meat) 12 United States Department of Agriculture Applications for Foreign Agricultural Service Non-Priority Countries • In FY 2015, FAS will also give consideration to continuation of existing FFPr projects in non- priority countries and regions. • Proposal submissionsFY 2013 Priorityfor successful Countries continuation projects must demonstrate that additional funding will lead to a lasting impact. • Proposals for continuations will be evaluated using the same evaluation criteria as applications for new projects. 13 United States Department of Agriculture FY 2015 FFPr Proposal Foreign Agricultural Service Evaluation Criteria • Introduction and Strategic Analysis (35%) • Strong emphasis on value chain development • Commodity Management (10%) • Ability to monetize • No disruption to markets • Activities and Results (35%) • Need to be realistic • Focus on sustainability • Budget (10%) • Need to include a budget narrative • Overall Application Quality (10%) • Completeness of proposal • Followed guidance 14 United States Department of Agriculture FY 2015 Proposal Foreign Agricultural Service Submissions • Proposals Due: December 30, 5:00 pm • All proposals must be submitted through the Food Aid Information System (FAIS) http://www.fas.usda.gov/fais/public – No hard copies, emails, or in person drop offs • Proposal Guidance is available online at: – http://www.grants.gov – http://www.fas.usda.gov/food-aid 15 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service McGovern-Dole International Food for Education & Child Nutrition Program Presented by: Debbie Pfaff Branch Chief School Feeding and Humanitarian Branch 16 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Program Overview Fiscal Year 2014 Resources and Awards Fiscal Year 2015 Program Frameworks Resources and Priority Countries FY 2015 Proposal Submissions 17 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Program Basics Agricultural Service • Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 • Targets developing countries • Promotes education (improving literacy) and child development • Focuses on graduating programs through sustaining the benefits to education, enrollment, and attendance of beneficiaries, especially girls • Strengthen community linkages and increase capacity of government to implement school feeding activities • Commodities are primarily used for direct distribution 18 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural FY 2014 Resources and Awards Service • 18 proposals received; valued at Total Approved: approximately • $164.8 million $328 million – 10 Proposals – 7 Organizations – 9 Organizations – 10 Countries – 11 Countries ***Total amount of funding is used to pay for: commodities ; transportation; Internal Transportation, Storage, and Handling (ITSH); activities; and administration costs 19 United States Department of Agriculture FY 2015 McGovern-Dole Foreign Agricultural Service Goal and Focus GOAL Improved Literacy of School-aged Children Increased Use of Health and Dietary Practices 20 United States McGovernDepartment of -Dole Improved Literacy Agriculture of School-Age Children ResultsForeign Framework (MGD SO1) Agricultural Service #1 Improved Quality Improved Improved of Literacy Student Attentiveness Instruction Attendance (MGD 1.2) (MGD 1.1) (MGD 1.3) Increased Increased Better More Improved Increased Increased Skills Economic and Reduced Improved Community Access to Reduced Increased Consistent Literacy Skills and and Knowledge Cultural Health- School Under- School Short-Term Student Teacher Instructional Knowledge of School Incentives Related Infra- standing Supplies & Hunger Enrollment Attendance Materials of Teachers Administrators (Or Decreased Absences structure of Benefits of Materials (MGD 1.2.1) (MGD 1.3.4) (MGD 1.1.1) (MGD 1.1.3) (MGD 1.1.4) (MGD 1.1.5) Disincentives) (MGD 1.3.2) (MGD 1.3.3) Education (MGD 1.1.2) (MGD 1.3.1) (MGD 1.3.5) Increased Access Increased Use of Health and to Food Dietary Practices (School Feeding) (See RF #2) (MGD 1.2.1.1, 1.3.1.1) (MGD SO2) Increased Capacity of Improved Policy and Increased Engagement Increased Foundational Government Regulatory of Local Organizations Government Support Institutions Framework and Community Groups Results (MGD 1.4.3) (MGD 1.4.1) (MGD 1.4.2) (MGD 1.4.4) A Note on Foundational Results: These results can feed into one or more higher-level results. Causal relationships 21 sometimes exist between foundational results. United States Department of McGovernAgriculture -Dole Foreign ResultsAgricultural Framework Service #2 Increased Use of Health and Dietary Practices (MGD SO2) Increased Improved Increased Increased Increased Access to Knowledge of Knowledge of Increased Access to Access to Requisite Food Health and Safe Food Prep Knowledge of Clean Water Preventative Prep and Hygiene and Storage Nutrition and Sanitation Health Storage Tools Practices Practices (MGD 2.3) Services Interventions and Equipment (MGD 2.1) (MGD 2.2) (MGD 2.4) (MGD 2.5) (MGD 2.6) Increased Increased Capacity Improved Policy and Increased Improved Policy and EngagementIncreased Engagement of Local Foundational of Government Regulatory GovernmentIncreased Regulatory ofOrganizations Local Organizations and Institutions Framework GovernmentSupport Support Results Framework andCommunity Community Groups Groups (MGD 2.7.1) (MGD 2.7.2) (MGD .7.3) (MGD 2.7.4) A Note on Foundational Results: These results can feed into one or more higher-level results. Causal relationships sometimes exist between foundational results. 22 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign FY 2015 Solicitations Agricultural Service Requested FY 2015 Funding: $185,126,000 23 United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Priority Country Determination Service • Priority Country Determination Factors: – Income – Per capita below $4,040 (World Bank) – Malnutrition – > 20% of children under age 5