PAPA with the US Forest Service - Promoting Food Security and Trade Integration through Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Other Agriculture-Related Capacity Building

$17.91M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture
Country	El Salvador
Start Date	Oct 07, 2011
End Date	Aug 08, 2015
Duration	1,401 days
Number of Grantees	268
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`195259-76`

Grant Description

This mechanism aims to enhance food security and promote regional agricultural trade in Central America and the Dominican Republic.

It will help: 1) build public and private sector SPS capacity; 2) improve access to markets; 3) improve food security statistical systems; and 4) enhance laboratories' capabilities to diagnose chemical and biological pathogens and residues. The U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) will assist the Ministry of Agriculture to implement an effective public-private SPS inspection system.

Training will be provided to producers to increase compliance with international SPS standards, and to assist them in exporting agricultural products to the U.S.

Technical assistance and training will also be provided to small-scale farmers for the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.

The mechanism will support trilateral cooperation between the U.S., Chile and Guatemala to transfer knowledge from the Chilean experience to Guatemala.