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 116 STAT. 288 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 carried out under this section in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries shall be— "(A) to expand small agricultural operations in those countries into agribusiness enterprises by increasing access to credit for agricultural producers through— "(i) the development and use of village banking systems; and "(ii) the use of agricultural risk insurance pilot products; "(B) to provide training to agricultural producers in those countries that will— "(i) enhance local food security; and "(ii) help mitigate and alleviate himger; "(C) to provide training to agricultural producers in those countries in groups to encourage participants to share and pass on to other agricultural producers in the home communities of the participants, the information and skills obtained from the training, rather than merely retaining the information and skills for the personal enrichment of the participants; and "(D) to maximize the number of beneficiaries of the programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries. "(d) MINIMUM FUNDING.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any funds that may be specifically appropriated to carry out this section, not less than 0.5 percent of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007 to carry out this Act shall be used to carry out programs under this section, with— "(1) not less than 0.2 percent to be used for programs in developing countries; and "(2) not less than 0.1 percent to be used for programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries. "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— T here is authorized to be appropriated to carry out programs under this section in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007. "(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— Not more than 5 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries.". Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 SEC. 3101. EXPORTER ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. Title I of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 7 USC 5607. "SEC. 107. EXPORTER ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. "To provide a comprehensive source of information to facilitate exports of United States agricultural commodities, the Secretary shall maintain on a website on the Internet information to assist exporters and potential exporters of United States agricultural commodities.".

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