The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Zimbabwe office under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The funding supports ICRISAT's research on the impact of different agricultural technologies on soil fertility and crop yields in Zimbabwe over a 2-year period from July 2023 to July 2025. As part of this project, ICRISAT is...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $2.2M, 15-month project grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for agriculture interventions to mitigate the impact of livestock diseases in Zimbabwe. This award will fund FAO's delivery of critical products and services to strengthen resilience in Zimbabwe's food system, including emergency humanitarian assistance,...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $2.1 million Project Grant to the Centro Internacional De La Papa (CIP) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (FAPO) program. The two-year grant will support CIP's efforts to provide agriculture and food security interventions in conflict, drought, and locust-affected regions of Ethiopia from April 2021 through March 2023. As the primary implementer, CIP will leverage its expertise to deliver technical assistance...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $25,000,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to deliver a range of goods and services in Somalia. The grant, titled "TRANSFORM PIO GRANT," will support FAO's work to combat hunger, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture worldwide. Key activities funded through this 3-year grant...
This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to strengthen the vegetable seed sector and improve agricultural resilience in the Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. The award, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, will enhance the capacity of local farmers and cooperatives to produce quality vegetable seeds at low...
The US Agency for International Development awarded $3.4 million under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The two-year project grant will support efforts to improve community engagement in anticipatory action and assess short- and medium-term risks to agricultural supplies in Ethiopia through July 2024. The grant aims to advance the agency's goals of supporting global food security...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant (CFDA 98.001) to UNICEF to develop an Integrated Outbreak Analytics (IOA) framework and toolkit to support public health emergency responses in humanitarian settings and crises. The funding will be used to create an open-source IOA guidance, standard operating procedures, tools, and case studies to be hosted in a repository. This award, with a period of performance from July 2023 to July 2024, is part of...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The purpose of this grant is to strengthen disease surveillance, emergency outbreak prevention, detection, and response activities, while concurrently initiating or sustaining relevant health system programming related to population mobility, transportation networks, border...
This $420,391 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) funds research to develop and validate integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for protecting post-harvest bagged commodities during transportation in shipping containers. The interdisciplinary research team from Arkansas State University and Kansas State University aims to optimize phosphine-based fumigant application methods,...
This $5,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program is intended to restore agricultural production, support production of quality seeds, diversify food and income sources, and improve early warning actions for drought-affected communities in southern Madagascar. The grant recipient is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which will execute the...