---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 2500.102"
title: "7"
number: "2500.102"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/2500.102"
---

# §2500.102. Purpose.

- (a) The purpose of the OASDFR Program is to make competitive awards to provide outreach and technical assistance to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in:
  - (1) Owning and operating farms, ranches and non-industrial forest lands; and
  - (2) **In participating equitably in the full range of agricultural programs offered by the Department.**
- (b) The OASDFR Program awards shall be used exclusively to:
  - (1) Enhance coordination of the outreach, technical assistance, and education efforts authorized under agriculture programs;
  - (2) Assist in reaching current and prospective socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers or forest landowners in a linguistically appropriate manner; and
  - (3) **Improve the participation of those farmers and ranchers in agricultural programs.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6934, 7 U.S.C. 2279.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 66170, Oct. 26, 2011, unless otherwise noted.