The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded Tuskegee University a $153,874 cooperative agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support Tuskegee University conducting a Pan African conference and training in science-based risk analysis and regulatory standards for food safety to African government officials and university scientists from September 30, 2021 to September...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $199,999.80 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) supports a training program on sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) measures and science-based risk analysis for increasing African involvement in agricultural trade. The program, conducted by Tuskegee University, aims to improve African SPS capacity and promote agricultural trade. This award aligns with APHIS's broader Plant and Animal Disease, Pest...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $444,667.12 Cooperative Agreement on August 14, 2023 to Akademiya2063 (A2063), a non-profit organization, under the Technical Agricultural Assistance (CFDA 10.960) program. Through this award, A2063 will collaborate with the African Union Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Environment and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Secretariat to support the implementation of the...
This $1,199,971 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports a range of activities to address African Swine Fever. Key products and services to be delivered include: Rapid risk assessment using epidemiological methodologies, raising awareness and preparedness for African Swine Fever, training for emergency first responders,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $827,200 Cooperative Agreement to Tuskegee University under the USDA CFDA Program 10.025 "Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care". The purpose of this award is to support the APHIS NBAF Laboratorian Training Program (NLTP), which aims to develop a growing workforce with the technical expertise required to fill critical roles at the new National Bio- and Agro-Defense...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $4,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Tuskegee University under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.184). The agreement, effective May 17, 2023 through December 31, 2027, tasks Tuskegee University with providing technical assistance to support the applicants and awardees of USDA grant programs focused on expanding domestic meat and poultry...
The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to the African Union Interafrican Bureau For Animal Resources from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023 under the Technical Agricultural Assistance program (CFDA 10.960). The award will support the African Union's efforts to strengthen animal health systems and facilitate regional trade within the continent. Specifically, the African Union will implement capacity building projects to help...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $4,957,340.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is for a Sanitary/Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and Science-Based Risk Analysis Training Program to Increase African Involvement in Trade. The award, which runs from February 22, 2024 to February 21, 2026, is funded under CFDA 10.025 - Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care. The program aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically damaging...
This $378,982 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports the further development of the Spatial Analytic Framework for Advanced Risk Information Systems (SAFARIS). This framework integrates a vast amount of abiotic and biotic data to produce forecast and analysis models that support APHIS's mission and needs. The...
This federal Project Grant award under the Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.523), administered by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), provides $1,680,000.00 to Tuskegee University to advance research, education, and extension services in the areas of agricultural systems, rural prosperity, and environmental sustainability. The project, titled "The Center for Food Systems, Rural Prosperity, and...