El Salvador project 519-0327 · 1987–1996 · agriculture

Project to provide TA and credit to private enterprises in El Salvador that produce and/or export nontraditional agricultural products. The Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES) will implement the project. FUSADES will direct project assistance to two target groups: (1) private domestic companies, including those engaging in joint ventures with eligible foreign investors and (2) private sector producer and agrarian reform co-ops. These enterprises may be new or expanded, large or small, producers, processors/packers of products grown by others, or export brokers. All agricultural/aquacultural products will be eligible except the traditional crops of coffee, cotton, and sugar and crops whose export would notably affect U.S. exports. While priority attention will not be on small producers, they will benefit from project assistance to the producer groups, co-ops, and enterprises they work with. Assistance by FUSADES -- through its Agricultural Diversification (DIVAGRO), Export Development Finance (FIDEX), and Export and Investment Promotion (PRIDEX) units -- will be of two types. (1) FUSADES will provide a variety of technical/technological assistanc

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAY-590 (1987). The source's own text.