2027 Emerging Markets Program

Foreign Agricultural Service

Published: Jun 10, 2026

Updated: Jun 16, 2026

Source: grants_gov

About This Opportunity

This is a grants contract in the agriculture and food security and trade and industry sectors. Located in United States, North America, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums. Proposals must be submitted before August 14, 2026.

Published through Grants.gov, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for grants in the agriculture and food security sector. Grant applications generally require a detailed project proposal, a clear results framework, and evidence of the applicant's capacity to deliver the proposed activities. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support the E (Kika) de la Garza Emerging Markets Program (EMP) by issuing new awards.

The purpose of this program is to develop, maintain, or expand markets for exports of United States agricultural commodities and to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets. This opportunity is available to U.S. entities to achieve the purposes of this program by: (1) making assessments of food and rural business systems needs; (2) making recommendations on measures necessary to enhance the effectiveness of food and rural business systems, including potential reductions in trade barriers; and (3) identifying and carrying out specific opportunities and projects to enhance the effectiveness of food and rural business systems in emerging markets.

Agency: Denyse Watson
Grantor

CFDA: 10.603

Eligible Applicants: Any United States private or government entity with a demonstrated role or interest in the export of U.S. agricultural commodities or products. Government organizations consist of Federal, State, and local agencies. Private organizations may include non-profit trade associations, colleges and universities, agricultural cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and private companies. Foreign organizations, whether government or private, may participate as subrecipients or in-kind partners for activities carried out by eligible organizations, but are not eligible as recipients under the program.
All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) before the application submission deadline of the announcement. Applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible. Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered. More information about SAM.gov registration can be found in Section 9, Other Information.

Applicant Types: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Cost Sharing: Yes

Contact: Denyse Watson
Grantor

Email: curt.alt@usda.gov

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from Grants.gov and was originally published on June 10, 2026. Last refreshed 14 days ago. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Foreign Agricultural Service

Foreign Agricultural Service has issued 12 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 8 currently open and 0 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Agriculture & Food Security and Trade & Commerce. All notices are published for United States. Notices are distributed via Grants.gov. Most recent publication: June 15, 2026.

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What type of contract is this?

This is a Grants contract in the Agriculture & Food Security sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.

Where will the contract be performed?

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When does this tender close?

The submission deadline is August 14, 2026. You have 45 days left to prepare and submit your proposal to the contracting authority.

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