Agricultural Trade Changes Made to Market Access Program, But Questions Remain on Economic Impact

Agricultural Trade Changes Made to Market Access Program, But Questions Remain on Economic Impact
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 35
Release: 1999
Genre:
ISBN:

This report responds to your request that we examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) implementation of legislative reforms to the Market Access Program (MAP) and their impact on program participation. Since 1986, MAP has provided funds to nonprofit organizations and commercial firms to help support their promotions of U.S. agricultural products in overseas markets. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), an agency of USDA, administers this program and estimates that there are substantial economic benefits associated with MAP.

Agricultural Trade

Agricultural Trade
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 1999
Genre: Exports
ISBN:

Agricultural Trade

Agricultural Trade
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-02-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781984394040

NSIAD-99-38 Agricultural Trade: Changes Made to Market Access Program, but Questions Remain on Economic Impact

Agricultural Trade Changes Made to Market Access Program, But Questions Remain on Economic Impact

Agricultural Trade Changes Made to Market Access Program, But Questions Remain on Economic Impact
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 35
Release: 1999
Genre:
ISBN:

This report responds to your request that we examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) implementation of legislative reforms to the Market Access Program (MAP) and their impact on program participation. Since 1986, MAP has provided funds to nonprofit organizations and commercial firms to help support their promotions of U.S. agricultural products in overseas markets. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), an agency of USDA, administers this program and estimates that there are substantial economic benefits associated with MAP.

Agricultural Trade

Agricultural Trade
Author: U.s. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2017-08-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974178940

" USDA administers five programs to assist U.S. agricultural industry efforts to build, maintain, and expand overseas markets. However, members of Congress continue to debate the level of funding for this assistance and its impact on agricultural exports. USDA provides about $250 million annually for the five market development programs. MAP and FMD received about 90 percent of this funding in fiscal year 2012, with allocations of $200 million and $34.5 million, respectively. GAO was asked to review USDA's market development programs. This report (1) describes participation and expenditures in these market development programs, particularly MAP and FMD; (2) examines FAS's management and monitoring of its market development programs; and (3) assesses FAS's cost-benefit analysis of MAP's and FMD's impact on the U.S. economy. GAO analyzed USDA expenditure data from 2002 through 2011 and reviewed key agency and program participant documents. GAO also assessed a sample of participants' annual progress reports and assessed economic cost-benefit analyses of MAP and FMD commissioned by USDA. "

Agrindex

Agrindex
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 788
Release: 1991
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets

Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets
Author: Martin Kellermann
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464813728

In a modern world with rapidly growing international trade, countries compete less based on the availability of natural resources, geographical advantages, and lower labor costs and more on factors related to firms' ability to enter and compete in new markets. One such factor is the ability to demonstrate the quality and safety of goods and services expected by consumers and confirm compliance with international standards. To assure such compliance, a sound quality infrastructure (QI) ecosystem is essential. Jointly developed by the World Bank Group and the National Metrology Institute of Germany, this guide is designed to help development partners and governments analyze a country's quality infrastructure ecosystems and provide recommendations to design and implement reforms and enhance the capacity of their QI institutions.