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USDA-FAS-10960-0700-109-26-0003: Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) to enable America First Trade Wins in Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia

Closed Closed September 28, 2026 Opportunity USDA-FAS-10960-0700-109-26-0003 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$332,500
• Total funding$997,500
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• 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.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Technical Agricultural Assistance awards averaged $424,902; this notice allows up to $332,500 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

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.

Category: Agriculture.

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