These activities are targeted to developing sectors of the Southern United States (Delta States – AR, MS, LA, and Selected Southern States – AL, GA, FL &SC) and emerging markets of selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Central Eastern Europe.
The clients served are:
- African American
- Latino and Hispanics
- Immigrants: Caribbean/West Indian, Latino and Hispanics, and Asians (Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean and Philippino) African
- Native Americans
- Creole
- Women
- Youth
- Caucasians (rural poor farmers transitioning from row crop production)
- Veterans
- Orphan
NSI Targets:
- Rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Small Family Farms
- Marginalized Women, Youth and the Elderly
- New American Farmers
- Women in Business
- Veterans in Small Business
- Farmers-in-the Middle
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