Call for Grant Applications – Invited IFAD for Grant Agri Connect
Organisation Name:
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Application Deadline:
Aug 10, 2024
About Organisation
A large proportion of the agriculture sector’s poorest population resides in rural regions within developing countries. A majority of those people depend upon agriculture as a primary source of livelihood.
IFAD is a global monetary institution and a specialized organization of the United Nations founded in Rome, the global hub for meals and agriculture. Since its inception in 1978, the Fund has distributed a total of US$23.2 billion in grants and coffee hobby loans.
- Rural populations,
- Empowering them to enhance meal security,
- Enhance the dietary fame in their households,
- Augment their incomes.
About the Grant
A name for proposals is issued to discover an appropriate recipient or consortium of recipients eligible for IFAD furnish financing to execute the assignment entitled “Agri Connect: Enabling Private Sector Investment and Access to Services for Smallholder Farmers through Digital Farmer Registry.”
The total supply quantity to be had is as much as US$1.5 million. The decided-on entity may be a consulting organization, a personal quarter enterprise, an alliance of service companies, a specialized non-governmental corporation, or an intergovernmental organization (which includes United Nations companies).
Applicants are required to suggest a commensurate level of cash and in-type co-financing. Private zone candidates have to contribute the very least 25% of the entire venture value, whilst a 20% contribution is suggested for other candidates.
- coverage and investments
- partnerships
- knowledge
- Increased ambition in mainstreaming and other precedence issues, coupled with improved concentrated on of the most susceptible rural populations.
- Strategic cognizance on fragility, struggle, and resilience building.
- Strategic partnerships to increase effect.
- Enhanced performance and efficiency.
- Sustainability and scaling of effects.
Who can Apply?
- In the event that the applicant is a United Nations entity, Template 7 have to be applied for the self-certification of eligibility in lieu of this Template.
- If the applicant is a non-public quarter employer or a privately controlled Multi-Donor Trust Fund, both Part II.A and Part II.B need to be completed.
- For candidates which are privately controlled Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs), Part II.C must additionally be completed to supply specific info pertaining to the MDTF itself.
How to Apply?
Send the following documents mail with “Agri-Connect Proposal” in the subject. All are mandatory for the proposal to be evaluated by IFAD.
- Project proposal using the Project Proposal Template (item 2).
- The proposal must be aligned with the Grant Proposal Identification Form (item 1), specifying the objectives, scope of work, deliverables and indicative financial envelope.
- Detailed budget using the activity-based budget template (item 6).
- Bidders’ self-certification of eligibility for IFAD grant financing using the template in (item 3).
- Brief institutional profile, detailing experience in the priority area and specific theme outlined in the (Grant Concept Note).
- The selected bidder will be required to fill in the (Financial Management Self-Assessment Questionnaire).
Application Deadline
Project Proposals (in pdf format) can be sent to Digital_Advisory@ifad.org. The deadline to receive proposals is 10th August 2024, at 12:00pm (CET).
Last Date To Apply
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