Closed · USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-23-0011 · CFDA 10.960 · Discretionary
CADI: Extension Capacity Strengthening in the Country of Georgia
Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$1M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 10, 2023
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
CADI: Extension Capacity Strengthening in the Country of Georgia is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered $1 -- $1,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $1-$1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 10.960
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - CADI: Extension Capacity Strengthening in the Country of Georgia - is cataloged under number USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-23-0011 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 10.960, posted by Foreign Agricultural Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 8, 2023 and last updated on May 10, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $1 -- $1,000,000. The agency has projected $1.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $1.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $1.0 million. 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 10, 2023. 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 -- $1,000,000
Close Date
July 10, 2023
Posted
May 8, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$1,000,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Caucasus Agricultural Development Initiative (CADI) promotes broad-based economic growth in former soviet republics through enhanced agricultural extension, increased market intelligence, improved trade readiness through sanitary and phytosanitary capacity strengthening, and two-way exchanges of experts. Agriculture employs nearly 40% of the workforce in the country of Georgia, yet productivity and profitability remain low. This results in food insecurity, rural poverty, youth seeking employment elsewhere, and limited capacity to engage in international markets. To address these issues, under CADI, USDA/FAS is working with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (BSU), and producers to anchor research, education, and extension at BSU. BSU will serve as a hub through which stakeholders will coordinate research, education and extension-capacity strengthening within the Adjara Region. Complimenting this effort, USDA/FAS is also supporting, through extent collaborations, the Ministry and BSU to establish a youth-in-agriculture program analogous to 4-H in the United States; and, building institutional capacity of BSU by conducting research, education and extension benefiting trout farmers within region. This activity will complement these efforts using the latest research to analyze proposed strategies for the government of Georgia, Georgian universities and other stakeholders how to sustainably strengthen agricultural extension to achieve these outcomes and advance climate smart agricultural practices. Areas USDA/FAS anticipates working within include youth-in-agriculture programming, trout aquaculture, and institutional capacity strengthening. Approaches may include short- and longterm exchanges between subject matter experts in the United States and Georgia, helping institutions conducting training and retraining courses, having courses officially approved by the Government of Georgia, providing capacity strengthening to Georgian universities, ministries, and private sector, working closely with USDA/FAS and U.S. Land Grant Universities (LGUs). USDA/FAS expects to increase agricultural productivity in the Trout aquaculture by developing and disseminating farm management best practices and expanding private sector and extension models through catalytic capital and business development support, and expand trade of agricultural products in the trout value chain by improving food safety and quality, product innovation and marketing across both the public and private sectors. USDA/FAS intends to build the capacity of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, local farmers, and Ministry of Agriculture to provide independent, objective food safety technical assistance to trout business operations across the supply chain.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 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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Parent Grant Program
Schools and Roads — Grants to States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agency Contact
Benjamin Kairn Benjamin.Kairn@USDA.GOV 202-720-0430
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