Applications Invited for IFAD grant Agri Connect

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Three quarters of the poorest people in the world live in the rural areas of developing countries. Most of them depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

Climate change, a growing global population, and volatile food and energy prices have the potential to push millions more vulnerable people into extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.

At the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) we invest in rural people, empowering them to increase their food security, improve the nutrition of their families and increase their incomes. We help them build resilience, expand their businesses and take charge of their own development.

IFAD is an international financial institution and specialized United Nations agency based in Rome, the UN’s food and agriculture hub. Since 1978, we have provided US$23.2 billion in grants and low-interest loans.

About the Grant

This call for proposals is to select a recipient or consortium of recipients to receive IFAD grant financing to implement the project ‘Agri Connect: Enabling Private Sector Investment and Access to Services for Smallholder Farmers through Digital Farmer Registry for a total amount of up to US$1.5 million

The competitively selected recipient can be a consulting organization, private sector, alliance of partner service providers, specialized NGO, or an inter-governmental organization (including UN agencies). The applicant should propose some level of cash and in-kind co-financing. The recipient’s contribution must be at least 25% for private sector applicants. For other applicants, it is recommended that the recipient’s contribution is at least 20%.

Main Strategic Objective:

• SO1: Leverage better impact on the ground for IFAD’s programme of work, including through improvement of in-country capacity for greater sustainability of benefits
• SO2: foster a more conducive policy and investment environment for smallholder agriculture and rural development, including at the regional and global level

Main pathway supported by the grant:

• Policy and investments
• Partnerships
• Knowledge

Main Priority Area:

• PA1: Increased ambition on mainstreaming and other priority issues, and enhanced targeting of the most vulnerable rural people
• PA 2:  Strategic focus on fragility, conflict and building resilience
• PA 3: Strategic partnerships to enhance impacts
• PA 4: Enhancing performance and efficiency
• PA 5: Sustainability and scaling-up results

How to Apply

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).

Send the following documents to Digital_Advisory@ifad.org. 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.

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