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2011 Congreso Sociedad Iberoamericana de Epidemiologa Veterinaria y Medicina Preventiva (SIEVMP APHIS contributed funds to offset costs for the 2011 Congreso Sociedad Iberoamericana de Epidemiologa Veterinaria y Medicina Preventiva (SIEVMP), Avian Health session. The conference was an opportunity for SIEVMP attendees to share experiences on animal disease epidemiology, including sanitary status, prevention, control, and eradication techniques, and diagnostic tests. The conference was an opportunity to build capacity in the region, through training courses on state-of-the-art epidemiological techniques in spatial analysis, risk analysis, and data collection and analysis. The SIEVMP included an avian health session focusing on HPAI and the control and prevention of avian diseases. Participants were able to build ties and coordinate actions between researchers and decision makers from across the region. The objective of the SIEVMP is to provide a platform in Latin America to share animal health information in Spanish and Portuguese. This is the only professional society of its kind in the Americas.
Borlaug Fellowship Program - Food Processing The Borlaug Fellowship Program promotes food security and economic growth by providing training and collaborative research opportunities to fellows from developing and middle-income countries.
Strengthening Community Forestry While Conserving Vital Wintering Habitats To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
INITIATIVES IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN MEXICO To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
MANAGING GRASSLANDS IN THE JANOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE REGION To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN MEXICO - INCREASE LANDSCAPE To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
Understanding Genetic Variation of Parasites that cause Bovine Babesiosis to Develop Efficient Control Strategies 1) Understand the genetic variation of pathogens that cause bovine babesiosis by comparing genome sequences. 2) Determine the infection rates of cattle using molecular and serological assays. 3) Provide risk assessment for the spread of bovine babesiosis.
Initiatives for an integrated and inclusive ecosystem management in the Selva Zoque-Canon del Sumidero Complex. To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
LEADERSHIP & SUSTAINABILITY: EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
International Forestry Programs RESERVA TRAINING PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AND BETTERMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Increasing awareness of the relevance of bird conservation to broader conservation & sustainability developments efforts. To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
International Forestry Programs STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY FORESTRY IN THE SIERRA MADRE OF SOUTHERN MEXICO FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
Mexico - Bilateral Cooperation Meeting SENASICA - APHIS Both plant and animal health units within the SENASICA - Mexico strategic surveillance visited Riverdale for a meeting with APHIS personnel to learn about and discuss how APHIS Emergency Management in plant and animal health operates - with a view to share some of our experiences.
GE Cotton Meeting On April 12, 2012, APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS), participated in the GE Cotton meeting in Sonora, Mexico and made a presentation on how we prolong the useful life of the GE technology in the US? The trip was sponsored by USDA-FAS. Important information presented at the meeting included: Pink bollworm control and its eradication is also a complete success in northern Mexico. Boll weevil is still the number one pest in Mexico
International Forestry Programs LEADERSHIP & SUSTAINABILITY: EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH NATURAL RESOURC FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
Wildlife Disease Surveillance Wildlife Services is working on wildlife disease issues in Mexico. The primary lead is APHIS/IS in Mexico. WS sent one SME to participate in a bovine TB meeting. Wildlife Services did not have anyone in country during FY12 Q1; to save funds, WS has provided input via teleconference and email.
International Forestry Programs STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION THROUGH EFFECTIVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: OUTREA FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
International Forestry Programs GENDER EQUITY IN THE MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION OF FOREST RESOURCES IN THE L FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
Expanding Beekeeping And Forest Protection In The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
International Forestry Programs THE MIGRATORY SHOREBIRD PROJECT IN MEXICO FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AND BETTERMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
CORREO REAL: STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES OF TEACHERS AND KEY ACTORS To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
Case Studies Assessing the Readiness of Challenges for the Mexican Produce Industry in Relation to the Food Safety Modernization Act To develop case studies assessing the readiness of and challenges for the Mexican produce industry in relation to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
SHOREBIRD CONSERVATION, MONITORING, AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT IN FOUR NORTHWEST MEXICO STATES To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
Borlaug Fellowship Program - Global Research Alliance The Borlaug Fellowship Program promotes food security and economic growth by providing training and collaborative research opportunities to fellows from developing and middle-income countries.
International Forestry Programs EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT To extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and resources, and improve the lives of forest-dependent peoples by awarding grants to and entering into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, multilateral organizations, and other individuals, organizations, institutions, and governments engaged in forest conservation and management.
Minembwe Market Project (COOPABIM) This market project will provide for a permanent infrastructure as well as the necessary training and cooperative development to COOPABIM so that they can manage the market once built.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)- First Tech IT Training Center and Services First Tech wants to design the future of technology in Congo and Africa. We aims to bring digital transformation and IT Security across DR Congo through his services and trainings. We strive to improve and deliver better technologies in Congo in different sector like: Public sector, Private sector, Health, Education by offerings Cyber security solutions, Website development, Mobile and Desktop app design, Networking Connectivity, Videoconference, and IT Trainings.
CPNCK Coffee Laboratory Sector: Coffee.Beneficiaries: 2135 (420 women).Description: The project will provide the cooperative withpurchase funds/working capital for raw material purchases to ensure adequate supply of cherries for processing, and the installation of a modern coffee "laboratory" for roasting and cupping to promote improvements to overall coffee quality, marketing abilities, and operational sophistication. The group will also acquire fair trade/organic certifications that will also increase revenues.
COOPABU Potato Capacity Building Project The project will assist the Cooperative Agro-pastorale de Buhanga- COOPABU, consisting of 214 members, to increase potato production levels from 9 to 15 tons per hectare, per season, and thereby increasing revenues from approximately $259 to $1,440 per season, with improved agricultural inputs, enhanced infrastructure, and targeted training in Cooperative Management, bookkeeping, and marketing strategies.
Youlima 2: BYAMUNGU NAWEZA DORCAS The project seeks to increase local capacity to manufacture and sell washable, hygienic menstrual cloths for women. Producing reusable cotton pads will reduce the need to purchase large quantities of disposable alternatives and unsafely reuse them due to cost.
Serge Ibaka Foundation School Tournament The purpose of the Project is to facilitate institutionalization of the basketball tournament by all High Schools in Kinshasa as an annual event to inspire students to actively participate in both curricula and co-curricular activities as a platform to inspire them to pursue their goals.
DRC Partner Base Year 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreement for USADF DRC Partner Action Sociale et d'Organisation Paysanne (ASOP) to carry out the base year of their cooperative agreement.
Youth- Echoing Green- Kadiwaku Family Foundation This grant represents the first contribution of USADF towards its MOU with Echoing Green signed in June 2018. The Kadiwaku Family Foundation (KFF) and its founder John Ntonta are winners of the prestigious 2018 Echoing Green Global Fellowship. Mr. Ntonta, himself disabled, is the CEO and Founder of KFF, an organization that seeks to work to include disabled Congolese into society through literacy and entrepreneurship programs. KFF wishes to expand its programming to all provinces of DRC in the coming years.
DRC Cooperative Agreement 2018-2019 This is the second year of USADF's Partner Cooperative Agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
YALI - Zita J.Mokoto Quality shoes have been an unaffordable luxury for young professionals in Kinshasa. Steve employs and trains disadvantaged young men; who are designing; manufacturing and marketing shoes handmade from recycled leather and animal skins. J. Mokotois expanding its production and testing the children's shoe market.
Youlima 1: Salomon Byamungu BALEKEMBAKA The project seeks to increase local production of pigs for breeding and meat in South Kivu by setting up a modern livestock farm with stalls to raise pigs and a butchery to sell pork meat. The project seeks to purchase pigs to begin breeding activities, and to create jobs and train employees in pig husbandry and marketing of agricultural and livestock products.
Echoing Green (EG) COVID 19 - CIYOTA The purpose of this project is to provide funding to Benson Wereje to strengthen the agribusiness project to sustain the food supply for refugees who are in desperate need like women and elderly. This project will also generate income to cover employee costs, and empower and educate the underprivileged to grow food indoors. In addition, this project will enhance the entrepreneurial leadership and education online content to educate 2551 students who are unable to attend physical courses due to lockdown measures. To raise awareness on safety measures concerning COVID-19, CIYOTA will send out messages in local languages to residents of Uganda and the DRC. Overall, CIYOTA aims improve the lives of refugees affected by this pandemic by training for sustainability, educating and raising awareness.
Youlima 1: Michael Akonkwa SAFARI The project seeks to make sugarcane a profitable crop that creates jobs for women and men by promoting the product throughout processing and all stages of the value chain. With this grant, the company will introduce new varieties of sugarcane, promote local producers, and produce juice and other products such as compost, construction material, and briquettes, which utilize the molasses and bagasse of sugarcane.
Youlima 1: Grace Rubabura NABINTU The group seeks to establish a chalk production unit in South and North Kivu. Additionally, they aim to create employment in rural areas and work with the government to provide rural school with access to chalk, an essential product in the education sector.
RAEK Arabica Coffee Washing Station Project Sector: Coffee Beneficiaries: 2108 (631 women) Description: The project will reinforce the reconstruction of the group's management and strengthen its production and processing activities.
ECI - Poultry Production and Capacity Building The group seeks to expand its poultry production through the expansion of a poultry feed production, and production and marketing of chickens and eggs. The group also aims to increase its capacity through various trainings.
Youlima 1: Judith Nyakasane BALEZI The project seeks to manufacture ready to wear clothing for men, women and children through purchasing equipment and renting space to set up a factory. In addition to making and selling clothing, the project also seeks to train and employ individuals, especially women living with disabilities, in cutting and sewing.
ECI - Chicken Egg Incubator Production The group seeks to expand it's egg incubator production through the procurement and sale of automatic incubators and will increase its capacity through training on solar energy to manage these incubators.
Citi - Youlima Youth Incubator Cohorts 3 & 4 In Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, USADF and Citi will hold a business plan competition that feeds into an incubator program for at least 30 youth-led business ventures. After completing the Program, 20 of these youth entrepreneurs will receive $5,000 in seed capital to start or expand their ventures.
Youlima 1: Sandra Borauzima BASIKA The project seeks to make and sell ready-to-wear quality clothing at an affordable price for women and girls in the city of Bukavu. The project also seeks to train women and girls in sewing and garment-making.
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) - Entrepreneurship Program FY2023 Year #1 Action Sociale et d'Organisation Paysanne will act as the point of contact with the selected entrepreneurs of the USADF partnership with the Tony Elumelu Foundation to support project implementation of selected entrepreneurs and Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in D.R Congo.
Youlima 1: Josu Christophe ALIMASI The project seeks to buy equipment and input materials to process cowhides into leather. The business seeks to sell the leather to other local businesses and use the leather to manufacture shoes, sandals, hand bags for men and women, and other leather products.
Youlima 1: Josu ASSUMANI KISHIBAGAYA The group seeks to expand fish and meat production through South Kivu through the purchase of working capital and input, and the procurement of processing equipment.
Rubaya Mini-Grid Project Tech Power is going to implement a 40kW smart microgrid in the rural community of Rubaya, with an economically active community of more than 50 agribusinesses requiring electricity to provide reliable services. Micro-grids have been identified as a cost-effective solution to bring power to unserved, rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa due to their ability to function independently from the main grid in addition of the ability to power economically productive uses that go above and beyond supporting basic life needs. A major anchor customer would be COOPAGRI-Kivu. Their member will be using our energy produced to reduce post-harvest losses via the introduction of renewable energy-powered cold storage technology and agro-processing activities.
ECI - Maize Production and Capacity Building Project The group seeks to expand maize production and improved quality of products along with increasing the capacity of the groups members.
Youlima 1: Bienfait MULUMEODERHWA The group seeks to expand it's mushroom business by purchasing processing equipment and working capital to produce organic cultivated mushrooms.
Cooperative Agreement This is the first (base) year of USADF's Partner Cooperative Agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Coffee Expansion Production- CA MUUNGANO Sector: Coffee.Beneficiaries: 4230 (1736 women).Description: The group seeks to consolidate its investment in its washing station and establish a working capital fund to ensure a more consistent supply chain to members. They will also invest in transport capacity to better serve 9 of their 16 production groups that are currently underserved..
YALI - Munzengu - Creditech Sector: IT / Education .Beneficiaries: YALI Youth 105 of whom 53 are women. ..The grant will be used to help Congolese teachers to access the digital world and improve the quality education through awareness workshops with teachers and free training programs on basic computer literacy for teachers. Teachers will pay an affordable price in 6 monthly installments over the course of 6 months. The grant will fund Connect the Teacher pilot project which will impact 100 teachers of Minzoto primary school located at Lemba town in Kinshasa. ..The grant funds will be used to: (a) projector and materials needed to conduct trainings, (b) purchase of additional tablets and data bundles to increase stock for teachers; and (c) administrative support. .
Youlima 1: Aime ZIGABE NZIGIRE Terre nouriciere is an agrifood enterprise working in food production, processing and marketing . the company intends to improve the quantity of products on the market by introducing new production techniques, reducing the cost of production and post-harvest losses and also creating jobs for women and young people in the area.
DRC Cooperative Agreement 2019-2020 This is the third year of USADF's Partner Cooperative Agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Funds disbursed to provide liquidity in light of unanticipated shocks impacting project activities and grantee enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds to assist with project needs in light of fund shortage due to COVID-19.
Youlima 1: Felista Biluge KAHASHA The group seeks to transform waste to produce organic fertilizer to combat soil infertility and to increase farmer yields.
Youlima Cohorts 2 and 3 Grantees The Recipient under this Agreement, Action Sociale et d'Organisation Paysanne (ASOP), is a legally recognized non-governmental organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has demonstrated expertise in grassroots development and serves as USADFs local technical assistance Partner in the DRC. Youlima, formed in 2015, is an organization that promotes entrepreneurship to dismantle youth unemployment. Youlima is dedicated to giving youth the tools and opportunities needed to create successful business models through dissemination of information, trainings, and seed capital to start their businesses. Through this Program, ASOP, working with the Youlima team, will act as the point of contact with the selected Entrepreneurs and Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) of Cohorts 2 and 3 of the Youlima Youth Incubator program in South Kivu, DRC. .ASOP will facilitate (a) the validation of 38 entrepreneurs and their owned, managed, and duly registered MSMEs in DRC, (b) validation of the selected entrepreneurs banking details and documentation, (c) confirmation of receipt of the investment toolkits by the entrepreneurs, and (d) collection of the outcome reports, financial reports, and project stories. This Cooperative Agreement grant is part of a broader collaboration with USADFs strategic partner the Citi Foundation, which is providing the funding for this grant. ASOP will coordinate with 38 entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to confirm the existence of their enterprises and facilitate funds transfer for investment toolkits in the form of non-repayable capital of US$5,000 (Five Thousand United States Dollars).
Youlima 1: Rachel BARHAMBULIRA The project seeks to put in place a garage for repairing vehicles to the satisfaction of customers and selling spare parts. The enterprise aims to be a reference unit that assures the proper function of vehicles to avoid traffic accidents which cause significant material and human damage. REPARE VITE also aims to assist women to embrace the profession of mechanic by employing and training them.
Youlima 1: Clmence ZAGABE The group seeks to produce automatic egg incubators and provide chicks to local farmers by using USADF funds to procure processing equipment.