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The '''Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program''' ('''FMDP''' or '''Cooperator Program''') is one of the agricultural [[export promotion]] programs operated by the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) [[Foreign Agricultural Service]].  This program is a joint government-agri-industry effort to develop markets by acquainting potential foreign customers with U.S. farm products.  Activities under this program include providing technical assistance to prospective foreign buyers, overseas food exhibits, [[product demonstration]]s and advertising aimed at foreign consumers.  FAS shares the financing of these projects with the cooperators, which are nonprofit commodity trade associations primarily composed of producer-based farm groups.

== References ==

*{{CRS|article = Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition|url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810044532/http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf|author= Jasper Womach}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite web | title=Congressional Research Service, ''Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs'', April 15, 2008 | url=http://opencrs.com/document/RL33553/2008-04-15 | access-date=2009-03-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807120842/http://opencrs.com/document/RL33553/2008-04-15/ | archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}
* {{cite web | title=Congressional Research Service, ''Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill'', October 31, 2007 | url=http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34227_20071031.pdf | access-date=2009-03-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719173823/http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34227_20071031.pdf | archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/agriculture/ag-41.cfm#_1_11|work=CRS Issue Brief for Congress|title=IB98006: Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs|first=Charles E.|last=Hanrahan|date=May 30, 2001|publisher=Congressional Research Service|access-date=June 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109052107/http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/agriculture/ag-41.cfm#_1_11|archive-date=January 9, 2009|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book
  | last =Ulvog
  | first =Alfred D.
  |author2=Wills, Cletis L. |author3=Capone, Ralph A. |author4= Martin, Richard A. 
  | title =A study of the supervision of the Foreign Market Development Program, Foreign Agricultural Service
  | publisher =Office of Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
  | date =September 1982
  | location =Washington, D.C.
  | pages =102
  }}            

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