Sectors and Areas of Specialization

• Cross Sectoral Areas
  • Gender equality and women empowerment
  • Training, capacity building and capacity development
  • Youth leadership and participation
• Livelihoods
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Forestry production
  • Smallholder agricultural market support
• Nutrition
  • Nutrition - general

Geographic Focus

• Zambia
  • Muchinga
  • Lusaka
  • Southern
  • Eastern
  • Muchinga
  • Central

Expected Results

• Outcomes
  • To increase the adoption of climate-sensitive and sustainable agroecological intensification practices, including regenerative agriculture practices and innovative production technologies and systems among targeted smallholder farmers using agribusiness approaches to build resilience, reduce environmental degradation, and protect biodiversity.
  • To increase financial inclusion among smallholder farmers, especially women and youth, to enhance access to affordable financing, productive inputs and services, and participation in agribusiness along the agri-food value chains, contributing to diversified livelihoods and decent jobs.
  • To enhance access to predictable and equitable markets for smallholder farmers, leveraging innovative and transformative tools and systems such as digital platforms and private sector-led aggregation networks, as well as networks and market systems targeting nutrition-sensitive value chains.
  • To increase knowledge and adoption of transformative and innovative technologies for agro-processing, value addition, food preservation, and post-harvest management for locally produced foods, and promote optimal nutrition knowledge and dietary practices.

Selection Criteria

• Relevance of proposal to achieving expected results
• Sector expertise and experience
• Other
• Cost effectiveness
• Accountability to communities and community relations

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