The United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) is advancing undisclosed grant to the Africa Lead II and the CAADP Non-State
Actors Coalition (CNC) in support of initial CAADP four countries including
Nigeria, reports NaijaAgroNet.
This was a key resolution from the just ended meeting of Africa
Lead II and the CAADP Non-State Actors Coalition (CNC) in Ghana.
The grant is to support CAADP in Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda,
and Kenya in the first phase.
The official communique from the meeting made available to NaijaAgroNet
invited interested organizations to submit a brief concept paper in order to
earn the chance to apply for resources and support, build relationships and
networks with key actors in CAADP, and put their idea into action.
The grant activities, NaijaAgroNet
reports, would help to create and effectively bring about approaches towards
improving citizen engagement in national food security investment priorities as
outlined by the CAADP themes.
NaijaAgroNet equally reports that
interested non-state actors should submit proposals with focus on aligning Non-State Actors (NSA) programme
design and development to the CAADP agenda to support relevant National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP)
priorities.
Also, NaijaAgroNet reports that proposal should include on how to
make use of agricultural performance data relevant to specific CAADP themes for
advocacy and strategic communication purposes; and ready to generate relevant
data sets to support the ongoing monitoring of CAADP progress.
“Applicants may propose new projects or scale up small
projects that have demonstrated success. Awardees will be expected to share
evaluation results and key lessons, and periodically disseminate activities and
outcomes with the broader community. If
your organization is working towards creative solutions for these objectives in
Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, or Senegal, please review the application and submit
your idea,” our source told NaijaAgroNet.
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