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SUBJECT:
[web2icm] Apply for Agri-tech Catalyst Round 9: Agriculture and Food
Systems Innovation (early stage)
DATE:
2019-10-31 17:19
FROM:
Robert Kibaya <robkib@gmail.com>
TO:
web2icm@googlegroups.com
REPLY-TO:
web2icm@googlegroups.com
Deadline: 8 January 2020
UK organisations are inviting to apply for a share of up to £5 million
from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global
Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for projects with partners in eligible
African countries.
The aim of this competition is to increase the pace of innovation in the
development of agricultural and food systems in Africa. Applicants
project must result in more use of innovations by farmers and food
systems organisations such as manufacturers, processors, retailers,
distributors and wholesalers.
Applicants proposal must show the potential to have a positive impact on
poverty through the uptake of agricultural and food systems technology
and innovation.
Focus Areas
Applicants can choose from one or more of the following areas:
* Primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture
* Non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals
* Challenges in food processing, distribution or storage, and value
addition (such as through a change in the physical state or form of the
product)
* Improving the availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and
nutritious foods
Project's innovations must:
* Be sustainable in the context of environmental challenges such as
climate change and resource scarcity
* Minimise negative effects such as pollution, food loss and waste
* Promote safe, healthy and nutritious diets
Outcomes
Applicant's application must demonstrate how the primary benefit from
their project will be a contribution to international development
outcomes, specifically:
* Enhanced food and nutrition security and
* Welfare of the poor in urban and rural areas in developing countries
Specific themes
Applicant's project can focus on one or more of the following:
* Integrating smallholders into global and local supply chains
* Increasing the value of production to smallholders
* Control of crop pests, weeds and diseases
* Meeting quality standards and improving productivity
* Reducing food losses 'post-farm gate' and through the value chain
* Addressing food safety issues through the value chain
* New food technologies and data-driven food systems, including for
urban areas
* Addressing challenges in downstream food processing, distribution,
or storage and value addition
* Innovation that supports food systems to deliver nutritious, healthy
and safe food
Funding Information
* For early stage feasibility studies, applicants total eligible
project costs must be between £100,000 and £500,000.
* Projects must start by 1 July 2020 and last between 12 and 18
months.
Eligibility Criteria
All projects must:
* Include a UK registered administrative lead
* Include a technical lead from any country
* Include at least one business (UK or African)
* Be collaborative
* Include a partner from an eligible African country (Angola, Benin,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo
(Brazzaville), Congo, Democratic Republic of, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome
and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan,
Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
* Implement significant activity in the eligible African country
Projects will not fund
* Forestry or ornamentals
* Wild-capture fisheries
* Equine
* Crops for energy production
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/447/over...
[1]
-------------------------
Kibaya Robert
Executive Director/ Founder
Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization - KIRUCODO,
Organization in Special status with the Economic and Social Council of
the UN since 2011 [2]
P.O.BOX 705, Kikandwa Village, Mukono, Uganda.
Phone: +256-712-848448, +256-414-670686
NPO Reg. No. 109960
www.kruralcommunities.org [3] web2icm Blog [4] Bees [5] Who I am
[6] Rural [7]Blog [7] Organization Twitter [8] NetSquared-Uganda
[9] Personal Twitter [10] Organization Facebook [11]
LinkedIn [12]
Chairman
Mukono District NGO Network/Forum
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mudinfo [13]
2015 NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa [14] &
NetSquared-Mukono Lead Tech Meetups [15] Local Organizer
Director; Youths In Technology and Development Uganda [16]
Join our WEB2ICM [17] Group for Opportunities
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[2]
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[3] http://www.kruralcommunities.org
[4] http://web2icm.wordpress.com/
[5] http://www.nzac.co.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145823827
[6] http://kevan.org/johari?name=rob_kib
[7] http://ruralafricafacts.wordpress.com/
[8]
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[9]
http://www.netsquared.org/local/africa/netsquared-uganda#.UlCTsNKnp2I
[10] https://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/rob_kib
[11] http://www.facebook.com/kruralcommunitiesdevorg
[12] http://ug.linkedin.com/pub/kikandwa-rural/29/513/622
[13] http://www.facebook.com/mudinfo
[14]
http://www.netsquared.org/blog/presenting-2015-netsquared-regional-ambas...
[15] https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Mukono/
[16] http://yitedev.org
[17] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/web2icm
[18]
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Please respond directly to the contact provided through the announcement
link below. Please dont reply to all.
Thanks,
Baitsi
-------- Original Message --------
SUBJECT:
[web2icm] Apply for Agri-tech Catalyst Round 9: Agriculture and Food
Systems Innovation (early stage)
DATE:
2019-10-31 17:19
FROM:
Robert Kibaya <robkib@gmail.com>
TO:
web2icm@googlegroups.com
REPLY-TO:
web2icm@googlegroups.com
Deadline: 8 January 2020
UK organisations are inviting to apply for a share of up to £5 million
from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global
Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for projects with partners in eligible
African countries.
The aim of this competition is to increase the pace of innovation in the
development of agricultural and food systems in Africa. Applicants
project must result in more use of innovations by farmers and food
systems organisations such as manufacturers, processors, retailers,
distributors and wholesalers.
Applicants proposal must show the potential to have a positive impact on
poverty through the uptake of agricultural and food systems technology
and innovation.
Focus Areas
Applicants can choose from one or more of the following areas:
* Primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture
* Non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals
* Challenges in food processing, distribution or storage, and value
addition (such as through a change in the physical state or form of the
product)
* Improving the availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and
nutritious foods
Project's innovations must:
* Be sustainable in the context of environmental challenges such as
climate change and resource scarcity
* Minimise negative effects such as pollution, food loss and waste
* Promote safe, healthy and nutritious diets
Outcomes
Applicant's application must demonstrate how the primary benefit from
their project will be a contribution to international development
outcomes, specifically:
* Enhanced food and nutrition security and
* Welfare of the poor in urban and rural areas in developing countries
Specific themes
Applicant's project can focus on one or more of the following:
* Integrating smallholders into global and local supply chains
* Increasing the value of production to smallholders
* Control of crop pests, weeds and diseases
* Meeting quality standards and improving productivity
* Reducing food losses 'post-farm gate' and through the value chain
* Addressing food safety issues through the value chain
* New food technologies and data-driven food systems, including for
urban areas
* Addressing challenges in downstream food processing, distribution,
or storage and value addition
* Innovation that supports food systems to deliver nutritious, healthy
and safe food
Funding Information
* For early stage feasibility studies, applicants total eligible
project costs must be between £100,000 and £500,000.
* Projects must start by 1 July 2020 and last between 12 and 18
months.
Eligibility Criteria
All projects must:
* Include a UK registered administrative lead
* Include a technical lead from any country
* Include at least one business (UK or African)
* Be collaborative
* Include a partner from an eligible African country (Angola, Benin,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo
(Brazzaville), Congo, Democratic Republic of, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome
and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan,
Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
* Implement significant activity in the eligible African country
Projects will not fund
* Forestry or ornamentals
* Wild-capture fisheries
* Equine
* Crops for energy production
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/447/over...
[1]
-------------------------
Kibaya Robert
Executive Director/ Founder
Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization - KIRUCODO,
Organization in Special status with the Economic and Social Council of
the UN since 2011 [2]
P.O.BOX 705, Kikandwa Village, Mukono, Uganda.
Phone: +256-712-848448, +256-414-670686
NPO Reg. No. 109960
www.kruralcommunities.org [3] web2icm Blog [4] Bees [5] Who I am
[6] Rural [7]Blog [7] Organization Twitter [8] NetSquared-Uganda
[9] Personal Twitter [10] Organization Facebook [11]
LinkedIn [12]
Chairman
Mukono District NGO Network/Forum
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mudinfo [13]
2015 NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa [14] &
NetSquared-Mukono Lead Tech Meetups [15] Local Organizer
Director; Youths In Technology and Development Uganda [16]
Join our WEB2ICM [17] Group for Opportunities
--
Follow Blog: www.web2icm.wordpress.com
Follow us on Twitter: @web2icm; @Youthsintechug
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Links:
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[1]
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/447/over...
[2]
http://esango.un.org/paperless/reports/report%202011reg%20sess%20(E).pdf
[3] http://www.kruralcommunities.org
[4] http://web2icm.wordpress.com/
[5] http://www.nzac.co.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145823827
[6] http://kevan.org/johari?name=rob_kib
[7] http://ruralafricafacts.wordpress.com/
[8]
https://twitter.com/?iid=am-136815635413228141704961025&nid=23+sende...
[9]
http://www.netsquared.org/local/africa/netsquared-uganda#.UlCTsNKnp2I
[10] https://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/rob_kib
[11] http://www.facebook.com/kruralcommunitiesdevorg
[12] http://ug.linkedin.com/pub/kikandwa-rural/29/513/622
[13] http://www.facebook.com/mudinfo
[14]
http://www.netsquared.org/blog/presenting-2015-netsquared-regional-ambas...
[15] https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Mukono/
[16] http://yitedev.org
[17] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/web2icm
[18]
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2icm/CANz9x3Vj8VEowNUJo86em%2BsuTQU...
