PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The Federal Seed Program prevents mislabeled seed
from moving in interstate commerce by providing for random sampling of
seeds to insure accurate labeling of seed characteristics. The Plant
Variety Protection Program offers legal protection to developers of new
varieties of plants which reproduce by providing the equivalent of a
patent to the plant's developer. The Research and Promotion Programs
provide for the collection of an assessment for each commodity covered
by statutes to enable the commodity industries to carry out research and
promotion activities. It is the responsibility of the Agricultural
Marketing Service to assure responsible use of these assessments in
meeting the research and promotion objective. The Dairy and Tobacco
Adjustment Act authorized the establishment of a National dairy
promotion research and nutrition education program. To eliminate
deceptive, unfair and fraudulent trade practices in the processing and
marketing of food and agricultural products; provide assistance to those
striving to achieve this objective. The Pesticide Data Program works
with participating States to collect and analyze data on pesticide use
and residue levels for selected commodities in the nation's food supply.
This program provides statistically based data to Federal agencies for
use in making policy decisions for regulatory and educational purposes.
ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. AGRICULTURE;
- Marketing;
- Technical Assistance, Information and Services;
2. CONSUMER PROTECTION;
- Regulation, Inspection, Enforcement;
- Complaint Investigation;
3. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Legal and Advocacy Services;
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Other public institution/organization;
- Individual/Family;
- Small business;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Quasi-public non-profit organization;
- Other private institution/organization;
- Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer;
WHO CAN APPLY:
- Anyone/general public;
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