Cooperative Agreement 72051419CA00006

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $615,700 Project Grant to Asociacion Para El Desarrollo Campesino (ADC) through the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support environmental conservation and diversified livelihoods initiatives in rural Colombia from April 2022 to April 2024. ADC will establish natural reserves and sustainable food production and local market systems to provide rural communities in Colombia's Narino Department with alternatives to deforestation...

This Cooperative Agreement (CA) award of $150,000 from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service under the Technical Agricultural Assistance program (CFDA 10.960) will establish a national sensory panel for cacao quality and flavor evaluation in Colombia that follows global standards. The award will also support the coordination of cacao research. The primary beneficiaries will be cacao farmers and processors in Colombia. The awardee is the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), a...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to Corporacion Buen Ambiente (Corambiente) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750). This regional project in Colombia aims to give farmers a voice in policy discussions and support them in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data to improve the sustainability of their agricultural operations. Corambiente is working with over 70 organizations in the departments of Santander and Valle del Cauca to...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), through its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program, awarded $125,000 to Asociacion De LOS Mercados Comunitarios Campesinos De Valledupar (APROMECCV), a non-profit organization in Colombia. The grant, awarded on September 20, 2024, with a completion date of September 20, 2026, will support APROMECCV in enhancing its administrative capacity to manage a farmers' market, upgrading and expanding its collection center and market...

The U.S. Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $226,935 Project Grant under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Fundacion Red Agroecologica La Canasta, a non-profit organization in Colombia. The grant aims to strengthen food security and promote sustainable livelihoods by supporting La Canasta's community-supported agriculture program. Key products and services funded include: Implementing a participatory guarantee system, a peer-to-peer organic certification process...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

This $4,031,567 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to strengthen productivity, quality, incomes, and well-being of existing production clusters and their communities in Colombia. The funding will be used to introduce abundant and low-cost renewable energy and strengthen markets for goods and services produced by these communities. The award, with a performance...

Corporacion Colombia Joven (CCJ) received a $331,310 project grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) to reduce violence and promote sustainable development among Afro-Colombian youth in Northern Cauca Province, Colombia. Funded under IAF's Assistance for Overseas Programs, the grant will support CCJ's work with youth-led organizations from September 2023 to September 2025. Key activities include programs to decrease family and gender violence, increase food security, and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), through its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program, awarded $125,000 to Corporacion Consorcio Para El Desarrollo Comunitario, a non-profit organization based in Bogotá, Colombia. The award date was August 23, 2024, with a planned completion date of February 23, 2026. The grant supports the Sistema de Iniciativas de Paz (SIP) network, which consists of current and former IAF grantees promoting peace-building practices in Colombia....

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $385,895 Project Grant to Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres De Guapi Rios Unidos under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. The grant will support the grantee's efforts to consolidate the production and marketing of local products while strengthening local agricultural and economic initiatives for Afro-Colombian women's associations in Colombia through January 2025. Specifically, Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres...