The Nationwide Affiliation of State Departments of Agriculture has been awarded $925,000 via the USDA’s International Agricultural Service Rising Markets Program. The Rising Markets Program helps organizations promote exports of U.S. agricultural merchandise to growing international locations with sturdy progress potential.
“We’re excited for NASDA members to interact in crucial discussions to assist international market growth and strengthen bilateral commerce relationships,” NASDA CEO Ted McKinney stated.
NASDA will use this funding to conduct market analysis in rising markets in Southeast Asia and Africa and manage outbound commerce missions for state division of agriculture leaders to study concerning the markets and have interaction in discussions with related events in every nation.
“NASDA members perceive how vital it’s to unfold the message concerning the worth and high quality of U.S. merchandise and the advantages of innovation world wide. Step one in incomes sturdy buying and selling companions is establishing open communication and stewarding worldwide relationships,” McKinney stated. “We’re appreciative of our partnership with USDA FAS that now permits us to embark on this mission and champion the federal authorities’s imaginative and prescient for worldwide commerce.”
The analysis might be used to develop stories on the notion of U.S. agriculture, client preferences and non-tariff limitations to market entry. NASDA will sponsor as much as 5 members on outbound commerce missions to the chosen international locations the place they’ll have discussions with authorities officers, business leaders and agricultural producers. The objective is to determine non-tariff limitations, set up partnerships with teams within the area, and strengthen relationships that may improve market entry for U.S. agriculture.
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