Cooperative Agreement SNEAAC23CA0037

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $167,600 Project Grant to Helen's Daughters (HD), a non-profit organization, to strengthen the resilience of women farmers in St. Lucia. This grant is part of the IAF's Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) and the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership, as well as the IAF's Women Investing in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative. The grant funding will enable HD to provide training to women farmers in sustainable agriculture techniques,...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $710,000 cooperative agreement to the National Women In Agriculture Association through the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 10.902) on September 7, 2022 to be completed by September 29, 2024. Under this cooperative agreement, the National Women In Agriculture Association will provide a unique pilot program using greenhouse gas sequestration technologies to address climate change. The program aims to test approaches...

The Integrated Health Outreach Inc. received a $125,000 two-year Project Grant from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs to support community-led approaches to strengthen resilience among women farmers in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. Specifically, the grantee will train women farmers in agroforestry techniques for planting disease-resistant coconuts to expand economic opportunities and support adoption of sustainable...

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

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $206,205 Project Grant to Finca Triunfo Verde, SC (FTV) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support community-led solutions expanding women's leadership and economic opportunities in southern Mexico. Specifically, the February 11, 2022 to February 11, 2025 grant will fund FTV, a Chiapas coffee farmer cooperative, to improve financial sustainability and members' access to credit while also supporting a women-led savings...

This $125,000 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation's IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs will support the Asociacion Cooperativa De Produccion Agropecuaria De Usulutan De R.L. cooperative in El Salvador. The cooperative, led by youth and women, will expand sustainable honey production and sale of value-added honey products like candles and shampoo. This aims to increase incomes for cooperative members, who are among the poorest producers in Usulutan Department, El Salvador. The...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $222,360 under its Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (CFDA 85.750) to Fundacion Ecuatoriana De Mujeres Rurales De Latinoamerica Y El Caribe - Funmujerural-E to support community-led solutions empowering rural women in Latin America as the region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through September 2024, Funmujerural-E will work with women's groups in Chile, Ecuador and Panama to improve and expand existing businesses...

This $13,540,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable cooperatives and individual entrepreneurs in Morocco to adapt to climate change impacts or succeed in their green transition. The award, which runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will support market-based strategies that increase incomes, foster sustainability,...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $998,444 from the U.S. Agency for International Development will fund efforts to reduce post-harvest loss and raise income for farmers in Nepal through May 2024. The award is part of USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), which supports global development objectives. The recipient, International Development Enterprises, will work with sub-awardees Social Development Forum and Rural Women's Development Centre to implement a...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $65,068,000.00 and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, supports the recipient, DAI Global LLC, to implement a program that demonstrates how enhancing gender equality and women's equal access to, and control over, resources, opportunities, and decision-making authority are key to achieving environmental sustainability and creating resilient supply...