{"id":32672,"date":"2023-01-21T11:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-partnerships-facility-applications-closing-soon-2"},"modified":"2023-01-21T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:51:20","slug":"mozambique-partnerships-facility-applications-closing-soon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-partnerships-facility-applications-closing-soon-2","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique Partnerships Facility \u2013 Applications Closing Soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity (MSP) is pleased to invite for-profit businesses to apply for funding in Mozambique. MSP\u2019s Mozambique Partnerships Facility offers firms operating in the country the opportunity to co-invest with USAID to address the food crisis resulting from shortages of food, fuel, and fertilizer due to Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Through the Partnership Facility, MSP seeks to channel business resources, expertise, technology, and influence to contribute to one or more of the following objectives:<\/p>\n

1. Encouraging and incentivizing innovations and investments in agriculture food systems by agribusinesses Linked with smallholder farmers and\/or farmer associations\/cooperatives.<\/p>\n

2. Expanding fertilizer investment and finance across fertilizer supply chains.<\/p>\n

3. Building systems capacity to manage future shocks and stressors.<\/p>\n

4. Reducing food loss and waste.<\/p>\n

5. Increasing investments in agriculture capacity and resilience (i.e., promoting increased agribusiness efficiency, last-mile distribution of local products, digital applications, etc.).<\/p>\n

Illustrative partnership activities that could meet these objectives by introducing or scaling technologies and improving management practices include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n

1. Warehousing, storage, cold chain, logistics\/transportation, and other technologies that prolong shelf-life, improve food safety, and reduce product losses from damage or spoilage in agriculture market systems.<\/p>\n

2. Practices that create circular economy opportunities where unsafe or inedible foods are safely recycled back into the food system for human, animal, or fish consumption.<\/p>\n

3. Technologies that improve sanitary and phytosanitary food safety standards.<\/p>\n

4. Agro-processing that generates additional income for smallholder farming households and expanded opportunities for farmer groups (e.g., value addition, washing, grading, sorting, and packaging).<\/p>\n

5. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices (e.g., climate-smart agriculture including crop management practices, agriculture water management, salt-tolerant and other resilient seed varieties, net houses, CSA mechanization technologies and services, and carbon credit programs from the reduction of GHG emissions in agriculture).<\/p>\n

6. Other practices or services that promote value addition and prevent food loss or waste, support fertilizer finance\/supply chain, or agricultural resilience.<\/p>\n

7. Innovations in agriculture food systems, including digital technologies and digital financing.<\/p>\n

To apply, please register on this platform HERE<\/b>. Then download the Request for Application (RFA) document, review the award and eligibility information, and follow the application instructions.<\/p>\n

Applications due by: January 27, 2023 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5)<\/p>\n

Questions regarding this opportunity are accepted through January 20, 2023<\/b>. Questions must be submitted submitted to [email protected] before 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) on January 20, 2023<\/p>\n

Every Tuesday, answers will be posted weekly from November 1, 2022 \u2013 January 24, 2023.<\/p>\n

Partners are selected through an open and competitive process.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity (MSP) is pleased to invite for-profit businesses to apply for funding in Mozambique. 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