Closed · USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-22-0027 · CFDA 10.960 · Discretionary
Kenya Solar Cold Storage
Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 18, 2022
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Kenya Solar Cold Storage is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered $1 -- $100,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $1-$100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 10.960
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Kenya Solar Cold Storage - is cataloged under number USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-22-0027 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 10.960, posted by Foreign Agricultural Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on June 16, 2022. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a other.
Award economics. The award range on file is $1 -- $100,000. The agency has projected $300,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $300,000 estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $300,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 18, 2022. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$1 -- $100,000
Close Date
July 18, 2022
Posted
June 16, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$300,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Other
Description
OFSP is the most widely disseminated vitamin-A rich biofortified crop. A consistent, year-round supply of quality roots is critical to expanding availability of OFSP and derived products, especially to urban consumers. USDA is seeking to support identifying a sustainable, economically advantageous, solar powered, cold storage system to handle two commodities that can be used for OFSP roots (for processing into puree and fresh root use), and onions. The cold storage should be flexible to handle both local and imported agricultural products. The intention is to determine and establish the economic viability of small solar-powered containers to facilitate a year-round supply of root crops.The recipient will work in collaboration with the USDA/FAS, the International Potato Center (CIP) and other Kenyan partners, such as the Kenyan government and other stakeholders in the Kenya Home Grown School Meals Program (HGSMP). It is anticipated that the recipient will obtain, install, and instruct Kenyan partners (i.e. the Ministry of Agriculture and a farmers organization) in their operation, analysis of pertinent value chains, and interpretation of findings. The solar cold storage containers are expected to help strengthen local market systems (including producers, processors and traders) for root crops by reducing losses from decay, reducing energy costs, and improving nutrition by increasing access to and the use of various high quality, nutritious, and culturally appropriate foods in school meals.Program ObjectivesAnticipated products from this project are:1. Two solar cold storage units manufactured in Kenya or elsewhere, and installed in Kenya, one with the Government of Kenya, and the other with a farmer organization2. Train the Kenyan operators of the two facilities on how to store root and pureed sweet potatoes, and onions, and how to properly manage the facility using digital and airflow technology3. Align this pilot project to complement other work in Kenya on OFSP and Onion value chains
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 06, 20, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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