Assistance program
Scientific Cooperation and Research
$3.2 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Foreign Agricultural Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 10.961
- What it does
- The projects address specific issues related to agricultural trade and market access, climate-smart agriculture, animal and plant health, biotechnology, food safety and security, and sustainable natural resource management. Topics are broadly consistent with the Global Food Security Act of 2016, i.e.: 1. Accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led economic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, particularly among women and children. 2. Increase the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of small-scale producers, especially women, by working across agricultural value chains, enhancing local capacity to manage agricultural resources effectively, and expanding producer access to local and international markets. 3. Build resilience to food shocks among vulnerable populations and households while reducing reliance upon emergency food assistance. 4. Create an enabling environment for agricultural growth and investment, including through the promotion of secure and transparent property rights. 5. Improve the nutritional status of women and children, with a focus on reducing child stunting, including through the promotion of highly nutritious foods, diet diversification, and nutritional behaviors that improve maternal and child health. 6. Align with and leverage broader United States strategies and investments in trade, economic growth, science and technology, agricultural research and extension, maternal and child health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene.
- Who benefits
- U.S. researchers and their foreign counterparts from selected emerging market economies who seek to create practical solutions to challenges faced by farmers and build regional or global trade capacities in target countries.
- Who applies
- State cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States, as defined by 7 USC 3103
- Authorized by
- National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$1.4M
45%
Other
$1.7M
55%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
Administering agencies
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
Every bar on this page splits by how the money moves:
Direct payments