The Faculty Exchange Program (FEP) was created in 1995 to bring qualified agricultural educators from progressive agricultural institutions of higher learning in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine to the United States. The goal was to increase knowledge and ability to teach Agricultural Economics (AgE) marketing, agribusiness, and agrarian law in a market-based economy. All activities supported in the Freedom Support Act.

Since then, FEP has expanded to include faculty from Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, and Armenia.

In 2003, the Agricultural Sciences (AgS) program was started with research professors from Bulgaria and Serbia.

In 2006, Armenia, Afghanistan, and Romania joined the AgS.

AgS began in Africa in 2007 to support the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

Then, in 2008 AgS expanded to Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras and Peru thanks to the Central/North America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-NAFTA).

AgS includes emphasis on research methods and techniques, in the areas of animal health, food quality, food inspection, phytosanitary measures, and grades and standards.

In 2009, FEP hosted seven agricultural science participants from Africa, three from Central/South America, four from Ukraine, two from Uzbekistan, one from Kazakhstan and 3 from Afghanistan.

Funding for 2010 is secured for six agricultural economics participants from Ukraine and Kazakhstan, four from Africa, three from South America.

There is possibility of expanding the program to Egypt and Turkmenistan. Expansion will depend on candidate eligibility and/or funding.