Cooperative Agreement AID532LA1500002

This Cooperative Agreement award of $587,344.96 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs under the Secretary's Office of the Global Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.301) will establish a dedicated climate entrepreneurship hub in Kingston, Jamaica. The hub, operated by the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship - Caribbean LIMITED, will build technical capacity and skills among sustainability-focused founders and startups. This aligns with the program's focus on...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program provides $267,438 to the University of Hawaii to demonstrate afforestation approaches in dry, grass-dominated landscapes in Hawaii. The key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing and monitoring 16 trial plots at two sites to test the efficacy of science-driven afforestation methods in semi-arid, fire-prone areas...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431), aims to enhance equitable access and use of climate services among vulnerable farming populations in Guatemala and Mexico. The $299,670 project, awarded to Columbia University, will take a mixed methods case study approach to examine participation in Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs) and use of...

The Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc., doing business as CRCd, received a $130,009 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur. The award will fund CRCd's "INTEGRATING URBAN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS WITHIN THE RIO HONDO COMMMUNITY FOREST" project from September 16, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The project aims to plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, green spaces...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $1,489,000 project grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Migrant Clinicians Network, Inc. to increase agricultural communities' ability to adapt to climate change and improve health outcomes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands over three years. Specifically, the grantee will partner with the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub to build the capacity of eight Federally...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $154,600 Project Grant to the Abilities Foundation, a non-profit organization in Jamaica. The award period is from September 1, 2023 to September 1, 2025. Through this grant, the Abilities Foundation will work to increase food security among people with disabilities in Jamaica through sustainable agriculture training, strengthen the organization's social enterprise, and increase public...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded Ecojiva LLC, a minority-owned limited liability company, a $137,600 Project Grant under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868). The grant supports the provision of technical assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, such as solar panel installations, wind turbines, geothermal systems, and HVAC upgrades. The two-year award...

This $201,047 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will support the University of Hawaii at Manoa in advancing the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network (Pacific RISCC). The key activities and deliverables under this 1-year award include: Synthesizing and translating relevant science on climate change impacts to invasive species prevention and...

The U.S. Geological Survey is providing a $235,604 Cooperative Agreement award under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program (CFDA 15.820) to the University of Hawaii to assess the success and vulnerability of rare plant introductions in Hawaii. This 2-year project will leverage 20 years of rare plant population data to: Identify the effects of management interventions and climate variability on reintroduced rare plant populations in Hawaii through modeling...

This $1,999,988 Cooperative Agreement award, made on September 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), aims to facilitate reforestation education, stewardship transitions, and the development of green economies in Puerto Rico. The recipient, Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd), is a non-profit organization and community development corporation focused on environmental...