The USAID-funded John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program provides technical assistance to farmers, farm groups, agribusinesses and other agriculture sector institutions in developing and transitional countries to promote sustainable improvements in food security and agricultural processing, production, and marketing. The main goal of the program is to generate sustainable, broad-based economic growth in the agricultural sector through voluntary technical assistance. A secondary goal is to increase the U.S. public’s understanding of international development issues and programs and international understanding of the U.S. and U.S. development programs.

The main objectives of the program are to:

1. Increase agricultural sector productivity and profitability;

2. Improve conservation and sustainable use of environmental and natural resources;

3. Expand agricultural sector access to financial services; and

4. Strengthen agricultural sector institutions.