Government Grants within the United States Agricultural Sector
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to provide assistance to farmers, ranchers, and other private landowners and managers.

All of these agencies, among others, have developed programs and grants that could help achieve their primary causes. There are hundreds of grants out there which are aimed at consumers, producers, universities, research institutions, and other agriculture-related initiatives.

The grants offered by the various agencies are of different nature and objective, but all of them are inadvertently created to support and sustain the needs of the agriculture industry.

The Small Socially-Disadvantaged Producer Grant (SSDPG), one of the very many grants offered by the USDA, is intended to provide technical assistance to small, socially-disadvantaged agricultural producers through eligible cooperatives and cooperative development centers.

Meanwhile, grants like the Pacific Islands Area Conservation Innovation Grant, funded by the National Resources Conservation Services, are aimed at stimulating the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies with regards to agriculture-related perspectives.

The grants offered within the agriculture sector are varied, comprehensive, and all directed towards expanding, improving, and supporting the agricultural industry.

To know more about the aforementioned grants, you can visit the Topgovernmentgrants Agriculture sector at http://www.topgovernmentgrants.com/grants_gov_activity_search_results.php?activity=AG.

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About The Author Michael Saunders is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. He also maintains Websites providing resources on environmental grants and grants for youth programs.

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Department of Agriculture: Value Added Producer Grants
The Value-Added Producer Grants program is geared towards helping the Independent Producers of Agricultural Commodities, Agriculture Producer Groups, Farmer and Rancher Cooperatives, and Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Ventures in developing techniques that would create marketing opportunities and establish business plans involving viable marketing opportunities that involve the production of bio-based products from agricultural commodities.

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Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program
NIFA has recently constituted the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program (CFPCGP) wherein they plan to administer grants amounting to $5,000,000 to be utilized in funding the project.

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