FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is made up of 29 agencies and offices with nearly 100, 000 employees who serve the American people at more than 4, 500 locations across the country and abroad.

Detailed explanation-2: -Farm Service Agency (FSA) The Farm Service Agency implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan programs, and manages conservation, commodity, disaster and farm marketing programs through a national network of offices.

Detailed explanation-3: -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in South Asia is represented by the Foreign Agricultural Service’s Office of Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Agriculture and its related industries provide 10.5 percent of U.S. employment. In 2021, 21.1 million full-and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors-10.5 percent of total U.S. employment.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the most recent survey, there were 2.00 million U.S. farms in 2022, down from 2.20 million in 2007. Similarly, the acres of land in farms continue its downward trend with 893 million acres in 2022, down from 915 million acres ten years earlier.