Call for Proposals are invited for AFR-Brazil Ag Innovation Marketplace. The main aim of the Marketplace is to provide assistance to primarily smallholder producers.
The foremost objective of this initiative is to enhance agricultural innovation for development on the African continent through the establishment along with strengthening of partnerships between Brazilian and African organizations.
The Marketplace emphasize on agricultural innovation engaging the full range of actors involved in the generation of agricultural knowledge (research, academia, NGOs, producers, extension, private sector and policy makers).
This initiative results in the generation of actual and productive partnerships between agricultural research and development organizations in Africa and Brazil, initially through Embrapa, supporting smallholders. Ultimately, it will maintain the development of a mutually agreed framework for sustainable Africa-Brazil collaborations. The Marketplace will also open a new source of expertise to Africa which will help in identify and target pro-poor, smallholder-based projects utilizing Brazilian innovation research.
Deadlines:
Dec 12th 2011 – Feb 29th 2012 – Call for pre-proposals
Mar 01st 2012 – Mar 12th 2012 – Pre-proposal evaluation and selection
Mar 12th 2012 – Mar 15th 2012 – Announcement and invitation of selected pre-proposals for submission of full proposals
Mar 15th 2012 – Apr 09th 2012 – Submission of full proposals
Apr 09th 2012 – Apr 16th 2012 – Full proposal evaluation and selection
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