Deadline- 20 September 2013
Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) Fund has been announced by IDRC, together with the Australian International Food Security Centre (AIFSC). The purpose of announcing this call is to support applied research in areas vital to achieving long-term food security in 10 Eastern and Southern African countries, with a focus on post-harvest systems, the agriculture-nutrition nexus, and sustainable water use.
The Fund is looking to harness the best minds in the private, public, and non-governmental sectors to expand its research portfolio and lay the groundwork for scaling-up research results and innovations — within a country or across the region. The mission of this program is to improve food security in Eastern and Southern Africa by funding applied research in agricultural development.
Objectives-
- Support innovative and complementary applied research on post-harvest systems, nutrition and sustainable water use.
- Identify innovations and mechanisms for scaling-up in use of the most promising research results.
- Support and underpin national and regional agriculture and food security policies and programmes.
Thematic areas-
- Sustainable water use
- Agriculture-nutrition nexus
- Post-harvest systems
Eligibility & Criteria-
- This Call is open to applicant organizations that will work individually or in partnership with others to carry out research in one (or more) of the eligible countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Applicant organizations must be based in one of the eligible countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. They may work in partnership with Canadian or Australian organizations but this is not a requirement.
- Eligible organizations are considered to be those that have legal corporate registration in an eligible country. Applications must include an official letter of endorsement, signed by an authorized officer from each applicant organist (more details about this letter can be found in the instructions document). Applicant organizations and teams will require considerable experience in both research for development and project management. The Fund actively encourages applications from a wide variety of research for development partnerships that are end-user driven, including public-private partnerships. Potential research users include a wide variety of private sector and non-academic entities such as small and medium enterprises, producer groups, and business associations.
- International organizations (except United Nations organizations and members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR centres]) are eligible to apply as applicant organizations provided that they have regional chapters or offices with appropriate legal status to operate and manage funds in the eligible countries where the research will take place.
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