Deadline: 22-Aug-2025
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kampala (EKN) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a new project within its Food Security portfolio.
The goal of the project is to enhance resilience and increase of smallholder farmers agricultural productivity and income through the availability and use of quality seed.
Objective
- The overarching objective is that quality seed of new, improved, and adapted varieties are available and accessible to and utilized by SHFs in Uganda.
- Increased quality, availability, affordability and use of QDS and other farmer managed seeds by SHF.
- Increased quality, affordability, availability and use of commercialized seed.
- Enhanced enabling environment leading to strengthened regulation, coordination, and investment in the seed sector through the development and strengthened capacity of institutions in the implementation of policy, regulation, and research and development in the seed sector that is vibrant, dynamic, pluralistic, and demand oriented.
Funding Information
- The maximum budget allocated for this five-year program is EUR 8 million.
Expected Outcomes
- In accordance with the project goal and objectives, desirable outcomes of the project include, but are not limited to:
- Increased number of SHFs whose livelihood became more resilient to climate shocks and stresses
- Increased use of improved seeds by SHFs
- Efficient and effective farmer-managed seed systems including the registration of farmer varieties i.e. enable seed farmers to produce QDS
- Reliable quality control along the value chain for QDS
- Strengthened capacity of seed sector institutions and agencies (for example local seed businesses (LSBs)/local seed (growers) cooperatives, seed certification agency, seed inspectors etc.) leading to professional management and operations in the production, storage and marketing of quality seed
Eligibility Criteria
- EKN invites qualified organizations to submit comprehensive project proposals for its implementation.
- Geographic coverage includes but is not limited to Kigezi, Rwenzori, Busoga, Lango, and Elgon, where Dutch-funded food security projects are active. There, synergies need to be sought. The programme should also seek synergies with other Dutch funded programmes, such as interventions for refugees or the CBI programme for oil-seeds in Uganda.
- Only one proposal will ultimately be selected for this project.
For more information, visit EKN.