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Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC)

Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that address sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. Examples of activities these grants may cover include seminars and workshops, study tours, field surveys, pest and disease research, and pre-clearance programs.

  TASC Fact Sheet
  USDA Announces Funding Allocations To Promote Food and Agricultural Products Overseas (11/18/09)
  Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops: Final Rule (05/12/09)
  Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program (04/29/09)
  USDA Accepting Additional Applications For The Technical Assistance For Specialty Crops (TASC) Program (04/02/09)
  Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection for TASC Program (03/05/09)
  Comments Requested on Proposed Rule Changes to Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program (12/03/08)
  Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops - Proposed Rule (12/03/08)
  Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program (07/16/08)
  Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Regulations (.pdf)
  Program Notices
  OMB Program Notice on Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (March 2007)
  2007 TASC Announcement of Availability of Funds (03/30/07)
  2007 TASC Announcement of Availability of Funds (01/11/07)
— Press Release (01/19/07)
  Instructions for Submitting Proposals (sample format)
  Implementation of OMB Circular A-133 Delayed
  OMB Circular A-133
  Collection and Retention of Cancelled Checks
  Historical TASC Allocations
  TASC Compliance Review Guide
This guide provides instructions and FAS staff information for the financial and compliance review of a Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) participant.
  Study of Selected Export Market Promotion and Export Subsidy Activities of Major U.S. Competitors in 2002   
  Search for U.S. Market Development Program Participants/Cooperators (U.S. Headquarters and Foreign Offices)