---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3430.401"
title: "7"
number: "3430.401"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3430.401"
---

# §3430.401. Purpose.

- (a) The purpose of this program is to make competitive grants, in consultation with the Advisory Board, to support research, education and extension activities regarding organically grown and processed agricultural commodities.
- (b) Grants may be made for the following purposes:
  - (1) Facilitating the development and improvement of organic agriculture production, breeding, and processing methods;
  - (2) Evaluating the potential economic benefits of organic agricultural production and methods to producers, processors, and rural communities;
  - (3) Exploring international trade opportunities for organically grown and processed agricultural commodities;
  - (4) Determining desirable traits for organic commodities;
  - (5) Identifying marketing and policy constraints on the expansion of organic agriculture;
  - (6) Conducting advanced on-farm research and development that emphasizes observation of, experimentation with, and innovation for working organic farms, including research relating to production, marketing, food safety, socioeconomic conditions, and farm business management;
  - (7) Examining optimal conservation and environmental outcomes relating to organically produced agricultural products; and
  - (8) **Developing new and improved seed varieties that are particularly suited for organic agriculture.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 54761, Sept. 9, 2010, as amended at 81 FR 6415, Feb. 8, 2016]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 54761, Sept. 9, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3316; Pub. L. 106-107 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)

### Source

Source: 74 FR 45740, Sept. 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 54761, Sept. 9, 2010, as amended at 81 FR 6415, Feb. 8, 2016]