Cooperative Agreement FX21TA10960J001

This five-year Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $1,000,000, was issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The purpose is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of global coffee breeding programs to generate disease-resistant, high-quality coffee varieties for smallholder farmers. Cornell University, the prime awardee, will lead this effort in collaboration with World Coffee Research, a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award: Food for Progress Program (CFDA 10.606) Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency – Kansas City Commodity Office Awardee: Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) Award Amount: $32.665 million Award Date: September 23, 2025 Performance Period: September 23, 2025 – September 30, 2030 Place of Performance: Ethiopia RTI International will provide comprehensive research, technical assistance, capacity building, and program...

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) awarded a $27,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food assistance and educational support in Ethiopia. The goal of the program is to reduce hunger, improve literacy, and enhance primary education in low-income, food-deficit countries. Through this 4-year...

Global Communities, Inc. (doing business as Cooperative Housing Foundation) received a $35.32 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Agriculture's Kansas City Commodity Office under the Food for Progress Program (CFDA 10.606) awarded on September 23, 2025, for implementation in Ethiopia through September 30, 2030. Under this award, Global Communities will deliver agricultural development and economic strengthening services utilizing U.S. agricultural commodity donations. The...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $748,000 through its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Cooperativa Agropecuaria Nuevo Edén Limitada (Coarene) to support organic coffee farming and alternative livelihoods in Honduras from April 15, 2022 to April 15, 2025. Coarene assists small-scale coffee farmers in Honduras' Lempira and Intibuca departments through training and technical assistance to adopt organic practices and obtain certification. It also provides financial...

Cooperativa Cafetalera Olancho Limitada (Cocaol) will receive $332,375 from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program to support coffee farming in Honduras. Cocaol will provide training and financial assistance to coffee farmers in Olancho, Honduras to produce high-quality shade-grown organic coffee for export. Additionally, Cocaol will improve methods for on-site income generation such as organic fertilizer...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (CSO) awarded a $1,400,832.80 Cooperative Agreement to UN Women to support the sustainable and inclusive reintegration of women ex-combatants and other vulnerable women and girls affected by the conflict in northern Ethiopia. The federal grant award, under CSO's Conflict and Stabilization Operations program (CFDA 19.121), will fund activities to provide essential services, support women-led civil society organizations,...

Cooperative Agreement Summary On September 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service, through its Kansas City Commodity Office, awarded Counterpart International, Inc., a cooperative agreement valued at $39.645 million under the Food for Progress Program (CFDA 10.606). The agreement, effective through September 30, 2030, supports agricultural development initiatives in Kenya through the donation and monetization of U.S. agricultural commodities. Proceeds...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded $7 million under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program to Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference Of Catholic Bishops for a project grant providing agricultural assistance in Ethiopia. The grant aims to improve agricultural production through September 2021 to January 2023 by providing $3 million worth of agricultural inputs, training in good agricultural practices, and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Waimea Coffee Farm LLC received a $125,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 14, 2027. The grant supports development and implementation of the Specialty Coffee Optimal Results Environment (SCORE), a mobile post-harvest coffee processing system designed to serve...