USDA International Agricultural Development

Building Capacity to Promote Global Trade, Food and National Security

Gary GrovesAssistant Deputy Administrator

Office of Capacity Building and Development

Presentation to theAssociation for International Agriculture & Rural Development

June 7, 2011

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“We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.”

• Harness the capabilities of USDA to achieve overseas objectives

• Provide a global network of attaches and local staff to monitor agricultural developments

• Administer technical assistance and market development programs that aim to expand trade and support global food security

• Link producers, processors, NGOs, and Congress

About the Foreign Agricultural Service

Capacity Building Overview

OCBD implements assistance and capacity-building initiatives by accessing over 100,000 USDA employees residing in over 20 agencies, and faculty from 108 land-grant colleges and universities. OCBD utilizes these capabilities to strengthen the institutions and economies of developing countries in the following areas:

• Agricultural development

• Emerging market programs

• Rural credit, microfinance

• TA programs

• Regulatory oversight

• Scientific research

• Economic analysis

• Post Harvest/Marketing

•Trade missions

OCBD works at all levels of the development spectrum

Country is recovering from a disaster, may have no formal economy, little production, food shortages

Country looks to build a basic functioning economy, and produce staple crops at subsistence levels, establish local markets

Country looks to export a few products competitively, but only produces low value-added products that are highly susceptible to price fluctuations

Country is able to diversify its economy through greater trade links and standards

Country is able to add significant value to its production through technological application.

Civilian Response Corps, Food Aid programs, Disaster Assistance

Development Resources

Trade Capacity

Trade and Scientific Exchanges

WTO, CODEX, IPPO, OIE

Improve Productivity and Competitiveness

Strengthen Local Research and Development

Emerging Market Programs

GSM Programs

Market Promotion

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Strategic Goals

OCBD utilizes the capabilities of USDA to directly support two of FAS’ strategic goals:

Goal : Trade capacity building

• Working with developing countries to build and adopt internationally recognized regulatory standards based on sound science

• Educating countries on international standards through science-based workshops

• Promoting U.S., regional, and international trade for economic growth and food security

Strategic Goals

Goal: Promote Food Security and National Security Policies

Food aid is not enough to make up for the deficiencies in the world’s food supply.

Capacity Building strengthens states so they are able to offer basic services and market conditions that are conducive to investment.

• Providing technical assistance to a state’s agricultural sector

• Promoting research and technological solutions to farmers to decrease hunger by increasing production

• Facilitating agricultural trade to supplement local production and ensure adequate supplies

Partnering to Achieve Sustainable Development

• Donor Countries

• NGOs

• PVOs

• Land Grant Universities, Minority Serving Institutions

• Corporate, banking and investment sectors

• Trade associations

• Foundations

• USG Agencies

• Food security and trade goals use a value-chain approach that taps the Departments’ comparative advantage • Partnerships form alliances that separately would accomplish far

less• Pulls in private sector actors with available expertise and investment resources to promote sustainability • Together they represent a strategic model that creates partners to

combine and leverage the assets of the public and private sectors to expand trade and increase growth in developing markets.

Food Aid Programs & Other Technical Assistance

USAID handles emergencies, while USDA assistance focuses on nutrition, agricultural development and education

Food for Progress• Supports democracy and expansion of private

enterprise in the agricultural sector• Supports agricultural development

Food for Education • Promotes education• Reaches poor children, especially girls, in low-income countries • Targets low literacy and primary school completion rates• Encourages health and nutrition• Strives for sustainability• Promotes school gardens

Technical Assistance• Govt-to-Govt

Sustainable Agricultural Development

Honduras – Food for Progess

Partners: Honduran Govt, USAID, TechnoServe, Finca and others

• Strengthening and expanding farmer associations

•Developing microfinance programs

•Improving market access

• Technical assistance to comply with CAFTA-DR, including sanitary and phytosanitary training for regional and

international trade

International School Feeding & Child Nutrition

Mali – McGovern-Dole Program

Partner: Catholic Relief Services

• Directly impacted the lives of 45,000 people

•Enhanced welfare of targeted communities by improving access to food and education for children

• To 120 schools, served more than 5 million meals in 2007-2010

• Outreach to the community to stress the importance of education

• School enrollment has increased since the program began:Girls: 39% to 55%

Boys: 26% to 32%

Knowledge Exchanges

2 week to 6 month training and research grants Targeted activities to meet specific needs Supports strategic objectives and Presidential initiatives U.S. institutions can host / train visiting fellows

Borlaug Fellows from Afghanistan visit Iowa Dairy

• Cochran Fellowship Program• Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program• Faculty Exchange Program• Scientific Cooperation Exchange• Scientific Cooperation and Research• Embassy Science Fellows• Visiting Scientist Program

Facilitates cooperation between American, foreign researchers, and international policy-makers.

Cooperation is accomplished through development programs and work to adopt new technologies, enhancement of agricultural business.

Policy and Trade Capacity Building

• Facilitates integration into the global economy

• Enhances conformance with international standards

• Promotes science-based regulatory systems, including new technologies (e.g., biotechnology)

Development Resources and Disaster Assistance

• Basic institutional capacity building • Market systems• Rural development infrastructure• Sustainable natural resource base • Coordinate global avian influenza preparedness• Provide technical assistance in fragile states (Afghanistan/Iraq)• Civilian Response Corps

Development Resources• People need to eat and they need basic infrastructure set-up before they can become a member of the global trading community

• In areas of conflict, so many countries have missed years of economic growth – our role is to help fill that 20-30 year gap with current information and technology

Disaster Assistance• Help a country stabilize and provide fundamental assistance – sustainable agriculture and institutional capacity ensuring economic growth and easing the entry into the global trading economy

• Provides the basic building blocks to help countries either rebuild or transition from assisted agriculture to becoming viable members of the global economic community

Technical Assistance with USAID & U.S. Universities

Post-Harvest Loss Training in Ghana and Nigeria

Partners: University of Kentucky, Oklahoma State University, Purdue University

• Training government and farmers

• Reduce aflatoxins, improve grain quality, increase profits

• Goal of establishing warehouse receipts system