CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator
The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator aims to support agribusiness with a climate-smart innovation that tackles food insecurity and increases resilience in the East and Southern Africa region under the four priority innovation themes:
- Mechanization and irrigation;
- Conservation agriculture;
- Nutrition-sensitive climate smart agriculture;
- and Agricultural Risk Management.
The program offers:
- Provision of Climate-smart agriculture Technical Assistance
- Provision of Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) Technical Assistance:
- Provision of Investment Readiness Technical Assistance
- De-risking Grant- four companies will receive USD 20,000 each according to their business scaling plans.
- Access to investors and corporate partners to attract follow-on funding and potential business opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The business should be officially registered and compliant with regulatory authorities. Please provide the following:
- A Certificate of Incorporation for a Limited Company or Partnership Deed for a Partnership Business.
- 2 years audited accounts.
- Contact details of company’s references.
- Team composition.
- Curriculum Vitae for management team.
- Tax Compliance Certificate.
- A clear inclusive strategy for smallholder farmers, women, and youth within the business model in at least one of the following dimensions: ownership, management team, workforce and policies, supply chain and customers.
- Applicants must be a for-profit company and demonstrate commercial viability and either be profitable or on the path to profitability. NGOs, corporate companies, and consultants will not be considered.
- Operating in the following countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia.
For more information: https://vc4a.com/cgiar/food-systems-accelerator/
Deadline 22nd December 2022
