Project Grant 20DG11132544055

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), through its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $110,000 project grant to the non-profit organization Asociacion Vivamos Mejor (AVM) to promote sustainable agricultural practices and improve food security in rural, indigenous communities in the Guatemalan highlands. Over 2 years, AVM will coordinate a regional effort with the University of British Columbia to give farmers a voice in data collection, analysis, and reporting on...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Agrofocal Technologies, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding supports the development of Agrofocal's real-time crop monitoring system that can be mounted on any vehicle to provide high-resolution, under-the-canopy images of crops. This system enables farmers to monitor crop health,...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Global Development Alliance (CFDA 98.011) program to Pathway Technologies & Services Pvt. LTD., a for-profit technology firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The "Feed the Future Nepal USAID Digital Agriculture" initiative aims to enhance climate-smart farming practices in Nepal through the development and deployment of digital tools. The project will focus on improving crop...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $225,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to Technology Matters (TECH Matters), a nonprofit strategic technology organization. The funding supports the development of technologies for sustainable land management, monitoring, and research over the period of Aug 15, 2023 to Mar 31, 2027. Key project activities include developing sustainable...

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) federal Project Grant award of $300,000 is provided by the National Science Foundation through its Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079). The goal of this 2-year project is to develop and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability worldwide. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) Developing hybrid machine learning...

This $324,213 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the development of a novel AI infrastructure to integrate multi-scale sensing data and 3D modeling for enhanced crop monitoring and assessment. The key products to be delivered include: An AI system that integrates satellite, drone, and in-situ sensor data to accurately model 3D crop structures, including both above- and below-ground...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) is providing $300,000 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to advance innovations in digital agriculture and optimization through an international research network. The "AI4OPT-AG" project will leverage controlled-environment agriculture and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced data analytics to enhance global food...

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...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $200,000 Food for Progress Project Grant to Partners of the Americas, Inc. to implement agricultural development activities in developing countries. The grant, awarded on January 16, 2024, will support technical assistance, training, research, and capacity building initiatives focused on improving agricultural productivity and expanding agricultural trade. Key activities include those related to climate-smart agriculture, trade-enabling...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $349,632 to the University of California, Santa Barbara for collaborative research exploring how emerging digital technologies are transforming occupations and organizations in the dairy farming industry. Specifically, the research will investigate evolving relationships between people,...