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SFOP0009781: Galvanizing Climate Advocacy and Peacebuilding with Herders in the Sahel

Closed Closed August 8, 2023 Opportunity SFOP0009781 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$370,312
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Foreign Public Entities and Public International Organizations (PIOs)

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Conflict and Stabilization Operations awards averaged $1.5 million; this notice allows up to $370,312 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of farmer-herder conflict in target communities spanning the border of Niger and Benin, and to specifically address the risk posed by climate change, which has been identified in new research as a direct driver of conflict in these communities. This research has yielded two key results that are fundamental to this program: (1) that early migration of herders occur when there are climate-driven interruptions to rainfall during the wet season, which drives transhumant herders south in search of pasture, and directly into areas under cultivation by farmers, in many cases leading to conflict; and (2) when transhumant herder communities have political representation, the risk of conflict is reduced, likely because of the ability to resolve disputes through non-violent means.

Category: Other.

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