Cooperative Agreement AID663A1500004

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) was awarded a $3,128,973 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 10.185) to purchase local food for distribution to schools in Alabama from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The award will support ADAI's purchase of food directly from more than 42 farmers, with a focus on small businesses and socially...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $628,814 Project Grant through the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program to Afrithrive Inc., a non-profit organization located in Silver Spring, MD. The grant funding will support the "The Pathways to Sustainability: Alliance for Community Food Access (ACFA)" project, which aims to create a sustainable, community-focused food system in the Essex/Middle River region to enhance food...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $386,000 project grant under its Assistance for Overseas Programs to strengthen agricultural production and marketing in El Salvador. The grant to Asociacion De Desarrollo Economico Local De Morazan supports efforts to increase and diversify vegetable and honey production for 16 municipalities in the Department of Morazán. The grantee organization will work with producers to improve organizational capacity, access to direct markets, access to capital,...

The World Food Program will collaborate with the Agency for International Development Cooperation of Israel and USAID El Salvador to address sustainability challenges relating to water resources and agriculture in El Salvador under a $150,000 project grant awarded through August 31, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, which aims to promote long-term economic growth and advance US foreign policy goals through...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food for Education program (CFDA 10.608) provides $27,225,000 to Lutheran World Relief Inc. to introduce and expand food resources in Tanzania. The key objectives are to improve food security, reduce hunger, and boost primary education, with a focus on supporting girls' educational opportunities. The project will provide agricultural commodities, financial assistance, and technical support to implement school...

The Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs' Activities League Inc. (DSAL) received a $946,156.25 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to implement the Building Collective Strength: Alameda County Small Farm Collective project. The project aims to increase access to regionally produced fruits and vegetables for the approximately 180,930 residents of Alameda County,...

This $241,250 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.225 Community Food Projects) will enable the Salamatof Native Association, Inc. to expand the Salamatof Traditional Foods Program to improve food security for community members in the rural Kenai Peninsula region of Alaska. The project will develop new methods for harvesting, processing, and distributing locally-sourced traditional and wild-harvested foods. Key...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $2.1 million Project Grant to the Centro Internacional De La Papa (CIP) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (FAPO) program. The two-year grant will support CIP's efforts to provide agriculture and food security interventions in conflict, drought, and locust-affected regions of Ethiopia from April 2021 through March 2023. As the primary implementer, CIP will leverage its expertise to deliver technical assistance...

The US Agency for International Development awarded $3.4 million under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The two-year project grant will support efforts to improve community engagement in anticipatory action and assess short- and medium-term risks to agricultural supplies in Ethiopia through July 2024. The grant aims to advance the agency's goals of supporting global food security...

Action Against Hunger - USA (AAH-USA) received a $2.5 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001). The award period is from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. Through this award, AAH-USA will deliver quality emergency response services in Ethiopia's Somali and Oromiya regions to prevent nutrition-related mortality and morbidity among internally displaced persons and...