USDA promotes agricultural trade and investment through
an array of technical assistance activities in emerging markets.
Through the engagement of both the private and public sectors,
these trade and investment
programs work to reduce institutional and technical barriers to trade, support
the development of trade policies and regulations consistent with the World
Trade Organization, improve
marketing infrastructure, and nurture the development of agribusiness linkages
and networks.
Such trade
and investment promotion
is achieved through short- and medium-term technical assistance
training programs.
Trade and Investment Missions:
Success Stories
The African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA)
U.S.
Agribusiness Trade and Investment Mission to
the Central America
Region,
Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 21-24, 2008
U.S. Agribusiness
Trade and Investment Mission, to the
North Africa Region,
Casablanca/Meknes, Morocco, April 20–25, 2008
Building U.S. Agricultural Trade
Opportunities In The Heart Of Africa (USDA Radio News; 03/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
U.S. Agribusiness
Trade and Investment Mission, to the West
and Central Africa Region, Accra, Ghana, March 10
- 14, 2008
U.S. Agribusiness
Trade and Investment Mission
to the Republic of Kazakhstan,
Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 23–28, 2006
U.S. Agribusiness Trade and
Investment Mission to the Republic of Georgia,
Tbilisi, Georgia, June 11–15, 2007
U.S. Agribusiness
Trade and Investment Mission
to the Republic of Kazakhstan,
Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 23–28, 2006
U.S.–Georgia Trade and Investment Mission, May 15–19, 2006
USDA's
Southern Africa Region Trade And Investment Mission,
October 31–November 4, 2005
Promoting Agricultural Exports and Agribusiness
Investment
Programming Areas
For more information,
please contact:
Darrell A. Upshaw
USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
Tel.: 202-690-1786
Email:
Darrell.upshaw@fas.usda.gov