USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Strategic Plan FY 2015-2018

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Strategic Plan FY 2015-2018 is a national sectoral strategic plan of the United States of America. Its main mission is to increase U.S. food and agricultural exports by $10 billion by end-year 2018.
More specifically, the Plain aims to increase effectiveness of FAS market development programs and outreach activities; manage FAS credit guarantee programs to yield the greatest benefit to U.S. agriculture; maintain a global market intelligence information system that supports policy and program objectives; negotiate and enforce market-expanding trade agreements for U.S. exporters of food and agricultural products; prevent or resolve foreign Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) or Sanitary/Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) measures that hinder U.S. food and agricultural exports; pursue the development of rules-based international systems that facilitate global trade; promote global food security by strengthening agricultural productivity and markets and reducing hunger and malnutrition through food assistance programs; and enhance partner countries’ capacity for agricultural development and participation in international trade through USDA-led technical assistance and training.