U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, both Minnesota Democrats, have announced funding from the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP) to help grow export markets for American farm and food products around the world.
The additional $300 million investment will go to organizations across the U.S. to implement market development projects focusing on a wide range of products and agricultural markets.
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tom Vilsack announced in October 2023 that USDA would establish the RAPP to help U.S. exporters expand their customer base beyond markets such as China, Mexico and Canada, which account for nearly half of all current exports. In this round of funding, The USDA is allocating $25 million specifically for Africa, which has the some of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
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