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Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative - The program assists producers in implementing activities to improve water quality and quantity, and restore, enhance and preserve soil, air, and related resources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Functions moved to the Regional Conservation Partnerships Program by the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Agriculture Conservation Easements Program (ACEP) - Combines the functions of the former Wetlands Reserve Program, the Grassland Reserve Program (easement portion), and the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. The program provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits. Authorized by the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Regional Conservation Partnerships Program (RCPP) - Combines the authorities of four former conservation programs—the Agricultural Water Enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative, and the Great Lakes Basin Program. Promotes coordination between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation assistance to producers and landowners on a regional or watershed scale. NRCS provides assistance to producers through partnership agreements and through program farmer cooperatives, water districts, municipal waste or wastewater treatments entities, higher education institutions, and organizations with a history of working cooperatively with producers, including nonprofit organizations. Assistance is coordinated through RCPP but provided largely through other NRCS programs. Authorized by the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Environmental programmes: Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS): National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program - Assists certified organic operations in defraying the costs associated with organic certification. Organic operations may receive up to 75%of their certification costs up to a maximum of USD 750 annually per certification scope.

Non-Product-Specific AMS: Biomass crop assistance program: Provides financial assistance to producers or entities that deliver eligible biomass material to designated biomass conversion facilities for use as heat, power, biobased products or biofuels. Assistance is for costs of collection, harvest, storage and transportation associated with delivery of eligible materials. Reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Non-Product-Specific AMS: Rural Energy for America Program (formerly Renewable Energy Program)

Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(III) of the Decision: The principal source of U.S. financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing countries is the U.S. Department of State. (...)
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture (Total: USD 992,381,000: includes expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, infrastructure, policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit).

Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(III) of the Decision: The principal source of U.S. financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing countries is the U.S. Department of State. (...)
b. Millennium Challenge Corporation (Total: USD 333,858,000)
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has been actively investing in sustainable, market-based solutions to food security since 2005. MCC funds country-led solutions for reducing poverty through sustainable economic growth (...) MCC investments in agriculture and rural development include rural roads and other infrastructure; irrigation and water management; (...)

Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(III) of the Decision: The principal source of U.S. financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing countries is the U.S. Department of State. (...)
f. Value of food assistance used in development programs (Total: USD 663,649,704)
This figure represents the U.S. dollar value of the commodities donated under Title II (...) Typically, the proceeds are used for water management/irrigation programs, farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local foods that will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.

Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(III) of the Decision: The principal source of U.S. financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing countries is the U.S. Department of State. (...)
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture (Total: USD 992,381,000: includes expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, infrastructure, policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit).