Final Performance Report Agreement # 12-25-B-1237 Submitted 12-28-2014Final Performance Report • July 19th, 2011
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) was awarded $269,262.99 in funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-FB (SCBGP-FB) in September 2011. MDAC partnered with seven organizations to implement eight projects to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops throughout the state. The project report for “Public Relations Campaign to Promote Buying Local Specialty Crops” was submitted and approved in the first annual report in 2012. The final reports for the projects, “Tell It Like It Is-Speakers for the MFVGA Conference,” “Eat Healthy Mississippi,” and “Everything Local Expo,” where approved in the second annual report in 2013. The remaining final reports are included in this document.
Final Performance Report Agreement No. 12-256-B-0851 November 24, 2010Final Performance Report • May 5th, 2020
Final Performance Report Agreement # 12-25-B-1470 Submitted 12-18-2015Final Performance Report • December 18th, 2015
$282,041.69 in funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-FB (SCBGP-FB) in September 2012. MDAC has partnered with five organizations to implement 11 projects to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops throughout the state. The final project report for “Public Relations Campaign to Promote Buying Local Specialty Crops” was approved in the First Annual Report. The final reports for, “Reniform Nematode Implicated in Sweet Potato End Rot: the key to economic losses?”, “Mississippi Sweet Potato Promotion/Marketing Campaign,” and, “Developing Targeted Direct Marketing Strategies for Mississippi Specialty Crop Producers Using Regional Consumer Market Research,” were approved in the second annual report. The remaining final reports are located at the beginning of this document for review.
Final Performance Report Agreement # 12-25-B-1077 Submitted 1-28-2014Final Performance Report • May 5th, 2020
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) was awarded $293,555.29 in funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) in November 2010. MDAC has partnered with six organizations to implement twelve projects to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops throughout the state. The Final Report for the projects, “Conducting High Tunnel Construction Workshops in Mississippi,” implemented by Mississippi State University was completed in addition to “Educational Beekeeping Programs 2011-2013” implemented by the Mississippi Beekeepers Association; these final reports were submitted and approved in the Second Annual Report. The project “Public Relations Campaign to Promote Buying Local Specialty Crops” implemented by Farm Families of Mississippi was previously submitted and approved in the First Annual Report.
