Embassy Sections
Foreign Agricultural Service
The Foreign Agricultural Service mission is to promote U.S. agriculture by expanding export opportunities and world food security.
Major Activities:
Commodity Reporting:
| | Scheduled reports as part of a world-wide network monitoring world-wide supply of major commodities |
| | Agricultural Situation Report for Guatemala |
| | Market Briefs on Select Products |
| | Special Requests |
Trade Servicing:
| | Business Counseling |
| | Information on local food laws and trade restrictions |
| | Buyer lists |
| | Assistance in trade problems |
| | Removal of trade barriers |
Promotion Activities:
| | Trade Shows |
| | Supermarket & Restaurant Promotions |
| | Technical Assistance in food product specifications and handling |
| | Educational Programs on food and human and animal nutrition |
| | Administer Market Promotion Program and Foreign Market Development Program |
Credit programs:
| | GSM-102/103 |
| | Supplier Credit |
| | P.L.-480 |
| | Facilities Guarantee Program |
Technical Assistance:
| | P.L.-480 Title I |
| | Cochran Fellowship Program |
| | Emerging Democracies Programs |
| | Food for Progress through local Non -governmental Organizations (CARE, CRS etc.) |
Support for other USDA and Food Related Agencies and Programs:
| | Administer Sugar Quota |
| | Food Safety Inspection Service |
| | Agricultural Marketing Service |
| | Forest Service |
| | Food and Drug Administration |