Cooperative Agreement FCC6962024012

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (CFDA 10.608 - McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program) will provide $24,800,000 to Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), a non-profit international development organization, to introduce and expand food resources in Rwanda. The funding will support school feeding programs, literacy initiatives, and maternal and child nutrition interventions to address food insecurity and improve educational outcomes, especially for girls, in the target country. CNFA has extensive experience implementing international agricultural development and food security projects for the U.S. government, including previous McGovern-Dole program awards in other African nations.