# CADI: Extension Capacity Strengthening in the Country of Georgia

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fas-10960-0700-10-23-0011-cadi-extension-capacity-strengthening-in-the-country-of/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/348008

> Foreign Agricultural Service offered grants of up to $1.0 million (at least $1) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $1.0 million in total. Applications closed on July 10, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-23-0011 |
| Agency | Foreign Agricultural Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 10, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $1.0 million |
| Award floor | $1 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $1.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.960 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Threshold Criteria: The applicant must be registered and incorporated in the Republic of Georgia, or clearly demonstrate a permanent presence in the Republic of Georgia, with ongoing activities in the agriculture sector.

## What the grant funds

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).

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-23-0011 still open?

No. It closed on July 10, 2023.

### Who can apply for CADI: Extension Capacity Strengthening in the Country of Georgia?

Foreign Agricultural Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for CADI: Extension Capacity Strengthening in the Country of Georgia?

Closed July 10, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.0 million each. About $1.0 million in total for one award.

### Who has won Technical Agricultural Assistance grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Tanzania Horticultural Association Limited, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. The program made 119 awards worth $50.6 million in that time.