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FAS Mission Statement
To create economic opportunity for American agriculture by expanding global markets.
— Welcome to the FAS Web Site from Administrator Michener

Kapisa Crop Demonstration Project - Farmers planting soy beans (Parwan PRT) Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $27.5 Million for Pakistan And Afghanistan Through Food for Progress Program (05/07/09)
— Vilsack Pledges Cooperation And Aid For Afghanistan And Pakistan (USDA Radio News; 05/07/09 - wma, real, mp3)

United States and European Union Reach Provisional Agreement in Beef Dispute (05/06/09)

Opportunities Emerging for U.S. Consumer Products in Venezuela (04/30/09)

Despite Aggressive Promotion, U.S. Farm Exports Declining (USDA Radio News; 05/04/09 - wma, real, mp3)
— USDA Accepting Applications For Fiscal Year 2010 Export Assistance (04/28/09)

More information on:
 — Food for Progress Success Story:  Women Entrepreneurs in Senegal Receive Award for Their Efforts To Promote Development and Reduce Poverty (March 2009)
 — AUDIO:  Actuality: Josephine Trenchard, Counterpart International’s Africa Regional Coordinator and Senegal Country Representative, talking about how her organization used the Food for Progress grant to train the Senegalese women entrepreneurs so they could market their agricultural products, mp3.
— Video:  Once in a Lifetime -- USDA Agricultural Advisors in Iraq (02/13/09)
 — Transcript (.pdf)

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