The Horticultural Advancement Activity (THAzA)
Request for Applications (RFA) # OPHBF-KP-016/2021 In-Kind Grant Support for On-farm Pack House Business Facility for Women
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Posted date 16th August, 2021 Last date to apply 20th September, 2021
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The Horticulture Advancement Activity (THAzA)

Request for Applications (RFA) # OPHBF-KP-016/2021 

In-Kind Grant Support for On-farm Pack House Business Facility for Women

‘The Horticulture Advancement Activity’ (THAzA) is a 5-year project awarded by USAID and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. THAzA focuses on selected horticultural value chains in Balochistan and in selected Newly Merged Districts (KP - NMDs) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Kurram, North and South Waziristan and Orakzai). The objectives of THAzA are to create jobs and generate income through increased productivity and quality, improved marketing and access to services and to promote investments in horticultural value chains.

To achieve these objectives FAO intends to extend in-kind grant support to female entrepreneurs in the KP-NMDs, for the establishment of pack house business facility using simple technology and modern practices. FAO will directly procure and provide the grantee with complete pack house structure along with other tools & equipment, whereas the grantee will be required to bear the remaining activity cost including land acquisition, construction of room, solar system, and operational costs. Through this RFA FAO/THAzA invite applications from eligible female applicants, who:

  • Should not be more than 45 years of age.
  • Have an existing farm on at least 5 acres, owned by close family members, with a minimum annual production of 40 tons of apple and tomato.
  • Have a legitimate right to use 2 kanal of land on the farm, for the proposed business for at least 5 years.
  • Want to invest in establishing on-farm pack house business facility within one of the selected districts of KP i.e. Kurram, North and South Waziristan and Orakzai.
  • Have the agricultural / entrepreneurial capacity to successfully run the business.
  • Have the financial resources to cost share investments with FAO in their businesses.

Apart from this in-kind grant, FAO will also provide technical assistance and training in good post- harvest & packaging practices and facilitate/support grantees with marketing of their products.

For further details regarding this RFA, including the grants application form, interested applicants may either download the complete RFA from https://www.brightspyre.com/jobs/jid/0000 or obtain RFA copies from the FAO THAzA Provincial office in Peshawar. For ease of access, RFA and grants application form will also be made available through the relevant District Agricultural Extension Offices.

Apply By:

Applications should be submitted on the prescribed forms through any trackable courier/postal service or hand delivered at the address below, on or before September 20, 2021.

The Grants Associate (THAzA)

FAO Office, WFP Compound, House # 10, Sahibzada Abdul Qayum Road,

University Town, Peshawar

Contact #: 091-5702231

Email: [email protected]

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