Rolnictwo i rynki · 1.07.1996

Methodology for Evaluating Applications for Participation in the Market Access Program

In an effort to improve administration of the Market Access Program (MAP), formerly the Market Promotion Program, authorized by section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) invites suggestions regarding the methodology to be used by CCC to evaluate and allocate funding among applicants. Criteria for the approval of MAP applications and for allocating MAP resources appears at 7 CFR 1485.14. Specifically, CCC is interested in suggestions as to weights or scores that should be assigned to the individual criteria or other ways to effectively assess the individual criteria. CCC does not intend at this time to change the actual approval criteria or allocation factors it considers when evaluating applications and, therefore, any comment should be limited to methods to evaluate existing criteria.