UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD FOR PEACE, TITLE II PROGRAM
This USDA grant funds emergency food aid using 100% U.S.-grown commodities to support American agriculture, prevent fraud, and reduce long-term foreign aid dependency in select countries.
Funder: Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA) (https://fas.usda.gov)
Due Dates: June 3, 2026 (Questions) | June 12, 2026 (Concept Paper/Application)
Funding Amounts: Total program funding: $357M; individual awards range $20M–$200M; 18–24 month projects.
Summary: Supports immediate emergency food assistance using 100% U.S. agricultural commodities in select countries facing acute food insecurity.
Key Information: At least 50% of the budget must be allocated to U.S. commodity and ocean freight costs.
Description
This program, administered by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, provides large-scale funding to deliver emergency food assistance in response to acute food insecurity and crises in select countries. The program aims to address famine and food emergencies by distributing U.S.-grown agricultural commodities to affected populations, ensuring strict accountability, and reducing long-term dependency on foreign aid. Eligible interventions include general and targeted food distributions, food-for-work/assets, emergency school feeding (limited to refugee camps), food-assisted social protection, management of acute malnutrition, and complementary recovery activities. The program is limited to the following countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, and Rwanda.
