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United States Department of Agriculture

Foreign Agricultural Service

Public Meeting USDA Food for Progress Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY 2018

December 12, 2017

Jocelyn G. Brown Deputy Administrator

Office of Capacity Building and Development Foreign Agricultural Service



Agenda

– Opening Comments – FY17 Recap – Resources and Eligibility – Partnerships – Learning Agenda – New Process – Submission Components – Countries and Sectors – Next Steps – Q&A

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FY 2017 Food Assistance Recap



FY 2017 Food for Progress Recap

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36 Proposals Received for 9 Countries

Country Participant Targeted Sectors

Total Direct and Indirect

Beneficiaries

Estimated Value (million US)

Cote d’Ivoire CNFA Cacao 22,836 $14,615,000 Ethiopia ACDI/VOCA Livestock

Feed 120,000 $14,700,000

Honduras TechnoServe Coffee and Dry Bean

132,307 $16,530,000

Laos Winrock International

Horticulture 74,385 $16,775,000

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau

Shelter for Life

Cashew 128,200 $38,717,000

Sri Lanka IESC Dairy 60,737 $21,210,000

Total 538,645 $122,547,000

33,500

42,000

23,000

95,920

FFPr Commodity Tonnage (MT) for FY 2017

Crude DegummedSoybean Oil (CDSO)

Hard Red WinterWheat

Milled Rice

Soybean Meal

Total = 194,420 MT

Mark.Rosmann

Sticky Note

Rejected set by Mark.Rosmann



FY 2017 McGovern-Dole Recap

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Country Participant Total

Beneficiaries Value

(million US)

Bangladesh World Food Programme 47,689 $17,119,720

Benin Catholic Relief Services 60,017 $21,350,686

Kyrgyz Republic Mercy Corps 92,388 $15,453,090

Laos World Food Programme 201,238 $27,400,079 Liberia Save the Children 79,290 $29,104,746 Nepal World Food Programme 223,135 $29,300,000

Nicaragua Project Concern International 101,830 $23,248,002

Republic of Congo World Food Programme 108,061 $30,022,053

Total 908,238 $192,998,376

1,630 1,800

27,580

570 960

5,360 240

4,900

1,740 4,170

170 5,060

MGD Commodity Tonnage (MT) for FY 2017

All Purpose Flour

Corn-Soy Blend Plus

Fortified Rice

Green Split Peas

Hard Red Winter Wheat

Lentils

Small Red Beans

Soft White Wheat

Soy-Fortified Cornmeal

Split Yellow Peas

Sunflowerseed Oil

VegetableOil/Substitutable


*Top 5 highest programmed commodities

in bold

Total = 54,180 MT



FY 2017 USDA Local and Regional Procurement Recap

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Country Participant Total Direct and

Indirect Beneficiaries Value

(million US) Benin Catholic Relief Services 22,009 $1,960,000 Kenya World Food Program 92,150 $1,000,000

Tanzania Project Concern

International 85,542 $2,000,000

Total 199,701 $4,960,000*


*$40,000 reserved for USDA administrative costs



Resources and Eligibility

FY 2018 Food for Progress



Food for Progress Resources

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Commodity Freight Admin TOTAL $103,674,000 $37,360,000 $14,010,000 $155,044,000

Anticipated Awards – Six to eight awards – Each with an operating budget of $10~$35 million – Implementation period of 4-5 years – Project start date in September 2018



Food for Progress Eligibility

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Pursuant to 7 CFR 1499.3, a private voluntary organization, a nonprofit agricultural organization or cooperative, a nongovernmental organization (NGO), or any other private entity is eligible to submit an application to become a recipient under the Food for Progress. Public universities, including their subsidiaries, are not eligible to apply. Public universities, including their subsidiaries, are eligible to be subrecipients under Food for Progress.



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Partnerships – Subrecipients

• Leverage unique strengths of different partners • Can be a pathway to buy-in and institution building • Always a prime/sub relationship • Subrecipient may be public universities and their

subsidiaries – Private sector partners

• Strategic partnerships • Sustainability




Learning Agenda

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Key research and evaluation questions – Fill identified gaps in the existing literature – Related to expanding agricultural trade and markets – Organized around three focus areas

• Market systems • Quality and standards • Risk and uncertainty



FY 2018 Submission Process




Why Two-Phases? – Responding to stakeholder comments

and internal process improvements – Increased efficiency, lower submission

costs, and opportunities for new applicants

– Estimated savings:1,500 USDA staff hours and $1.5-2.5 million in applicant expenses*

*Assumes $100-$150K per proposal in development costs

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Two-Phase Process



Two-Phase Process Phase One

• Applicants will submit a short, 15 page concept paper • Paper should include:

– Project Summary, Strategic Analysis, Technical Expertise, Project Design and Sustainability and Results Targeted

• Fifty-five days to submit • To be submitted via email to [email protected]

– The Food Assistance Information System (FAIS) will not be used for Phase One

• Organizations with the highest-rated submissions will be invited to submit a full application for Phase Two

• FAS will consider submissions from all eligible organizations, including current Program Participants and new organizations to FFPr. Public universities are not eligible as Primes 14

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Two-Phase Process

Phase Two • Invited applicants will submit a full proposal, similar to years past. • Proposals should include:

– Introduction and Strategic Analysis, Budget Summary, Detailed Budget, Monetization Plan, Evaluation Plan, Performance Indicators, Project Framework

• Successful proposals will address: – Sustainability – Expanding Markets and Trade – Monetization – Indicators

• Minimum 60 day submission period • Will be submitted via The Food Assistance Information System (FAIS)

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Both Phases will be reviewed by a USDA-led Panel



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• Submission deadline is January 31, 2018 for Phase One of the NOFO process

• Phase One NOFO announcement

contains all submission instructions; document is found on Food Aid Information System (FAIS) homepage and on www.Grants.gov

Two-Phase Process

https://apps.fas.usda.gov/fais/public

http://www.grants.gov/



Concept Note Submission Components




– Project summary • Duration, intended beneficiaries, intervention summary

– Strategic Analysis • Needs, challenges, opportunities, and constraints

– Technical Expertise • Capability and proficiency in country/countries and sector(s)

– Sustainability • Estimated baseline and information on how outcomes will be

sustained after the project ends

– Activities • Description, implementation steps, anticipated completion date

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Submission Components




Submission Components – Project Cost

• Estimated • No budget narrative or summary required

– Commodity Monetization • Acknowledge intent to monetize commodities and

responsibility of the entity to manage the sale • Commodity selection and monetization plan not required

– Project-Level Results Frameworks • Must be accompanied by narrative text identifying critical

assumptions and describing the theory of change

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Submission Components

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Criteria Adherence to Submission Guidance

Project Summary Strategic Analysis

Technical Expertise Project Cost

Commodity Monetization Sustainability and Lasting Impact

Proposed Activities Project-Level Results Framework



Countries and Sectors




FY 2018 Priority Countries

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Regional (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,

Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador) Project Focus: Coffee, Cacao

Philippines Project Focus:

Coffee, Aquaculture

Pakistan Project Focus: Aquaculture,

Livestock Feed

Kenya Project Focus: Irrigation, Post Harvest Storage

Cambodia Project Focus:

Aquaculture

Tunisia Project Focus: Aquaculture,

Citrus

Egypt Project Focus: Aquaculture, Food Safety

Georgia Project Focus:

Dairy, Beef



Next Steps

Further Questions [email protected]

FY 2018 Food for Progress Notice of Funding Opportunity and Supplemental Information


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Individuals with questions regarding the NOFO must submit the questions in writing to this email address.

Answers to all questions will be posted on the FAIS homepage.

The deadline for submitting questions is January 24, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

FAS staff will not respond to questions that all not submitted to this email address.

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