# Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) to enable America First Trade Wins in Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fas-10960-0700-109-26-0003-coordinating-agricultural-development-innovation-cadi-to/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363359

> Foreign Agricultural Service offered grants of up to $332,500 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $997,500 in total. Applications closed on September 28, 2026.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FAS-10960-0700-109-26-0003 |
| Agency | Foreign Agricultural Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 28, 2026 |
| Award ceiling | $332,500 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $997,500 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.960 |

## Who can apply

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

State cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States, as defined at 7 U.S.C. § 3103.All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) before the application submission deadline of the announcement. Applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible. Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered. More information about SAM.gov registration can be found in Section 9, Other Information.

## What the grant funds

The CADI, funded through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) and the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, supports a portfolio of projects in Eastern Europe (non-E.U.), the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. These projects are designed to make American agriculture safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Specifically, the portfolio seeks to prevent and remove trade barriers for U.S. agricultural exports and support U.S. exporters and trading partners. Collectively, the portfolio is working to: • Add over $622 million to the U.S. economy by removing trade barriers. • Contribute an additional $312 million to the U.S. economy through direct support to American exporters and trading partners. • Avoid over $50 billion in potential economic harm to the U.S. economy by preventing lost market access due to the spread of livestock contagions to the United States and new trade barriers. The awardee will conduct original basic and applied research that will focus on advancing a trade agenda that benefits America’s ranchers, farmers, and producers. Through this applied research, the awardee will: • Provide throughout the period of performance actionable recommendations to help achieve the CADI portfolio’s targets. • Track the portfolio’s attributable accomplishments toward these trade outcomes, including the development of U.S. county-level impact estimates. DELIVERABLES 1. Final report on the recipient’s research to quantify the CADI portfolio’s direct economic impact on American farmers; 2. Annual economic impact report that quantifies the CADI portfolio’s direct economic impact on American farmers. This report will specifically analyze the CADI’s portfolio of projects’ progress toward achieving the following targets: a. Armenia: i. Add $92,851,795 to the U.S. economy by increasing the sale of 200,000 MT U.S. wheat (40k MT sold once per year, for 5 years) through technical assistance to trading partners. ii. Add $2,197,937 to the U.S. economy by increasing U.S. exports to Armenia by 5% using short-term training and technical assistance to remove food safety-related technical barriers to trade. b. Georgia: i. Add $92,851,795 to the U.S. economy by facilitating the sale of 200,000 MT U.S. wheat (40k MT sold once per year, for 5 years) through technical assistance to trading partners. ii. Add $15,443,458 to the U.S. economy by increasing the U.S.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FAS-10960-0700-109-26-0003 still open?

No. It closed on September 28, 2026.

### Who can apply for Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) to enable America First Trade Wins in Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia?

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 Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) to enable America First Trade Wins in Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia?

Closed September 28, 2026. 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 $332,500 each. About $997,500 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.