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. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service.
- $1-$100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 10.960
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Kenya Solar Cold Storage is closed (last close July 18, 2022). The parent program page for CFDA 10.960 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Foreign Agricultural Service still indexes 138 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 18, 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
Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for Kenya Solar Cold Storage (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). Only 5 other Foreign Agricultural Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (4% of 139).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Schools and Roads — Grants to States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agency Contact
Clemen G. Gehlhar Phone Number: 202-720-1891 Hours of Operation: 7:00am-3:30pm
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What to do next
Kenya Solar Cold Storage is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 10.960 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Schools and Roads — Grants to States indexes 3 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Foreign Agricultural Service lists 138 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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