(March 2020)
Agriculture is one important medium to gather nutritious food, and is practiced in every part of the world. It is a most useful way of eradication of hunger through the production of healthy food. Therefore, to guide NGOs better, we have compiled a list of new grant opportunities in the field of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition.
Nominations Open for 2020 World Agriculture Prize (100,000 USD)
The World Agriculture Prize is offered by the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) with the support of Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) to academicians for outstanding lifetime achievement…[more]
Nominations Open for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research
Nominations are now open for the $10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, presented every October in Des Moines, Iowa, by the World Food Prize Foundation. This award will recognize exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina, and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty…[more]
Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers 2020
Applications are now open for the 2020 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers. This annual award, which began in 2007, is organized and presented by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan and supported by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)…[more]
Submissions Open for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2021
The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced that its submissions process for the 2021 edition is now open. The Prize fund comes from the Abu Dhabi Government as a way to honour and continue the sustainability and humanitarian legacy of the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 13: Climate Action and Sustainable Agriculture
Asahi is proud to support the Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 13. The Challenge aims to find and support solutions that will contribute to the future of sustainable agriculture by supporting and enabling farmers to reduce their emissions and/or help adaptation and resilience against the climate challenges of this decade and beyond…[more]
SOLVE 2020 Sustainable Food Systems Challenge
The MIT Solve community has announced the 2020 Global Challenge on the topic of “Sustainable Food Systems”. Agriculture occupies more than 40 percent of the Earth’s land and is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Farming, fishing, transporting, processing, and distributing food supports 28 percent of human livelihood, including 470 million smallholder farmers who often depend on less than 2 hectares for both income and sustenance…[more]
$100,000 Grant for New NGO Startups for providing Solutions to disrupt hunger worldwide (Cohort II)
The World Food Programme is seeking applications for its Innovation Accelerator Programme. The WFP Innovation Accelerator sources, supports and scales high-potential solutions to hunger worldwide. They provide WFP staff, entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies and non-governmental organizations with access to funding, mentorship, hands-on support and WFP operations…[more]
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation inviting NGOs from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems…[more]
Apply for The Liveability Challenge and Win up to S$1 million in Funding
The Liveability Challenge is welcoming proposals to make cities in the tropics sustainable and future-ready. Started in 2018, The Liveability Challenge is a global call for viable, groundbreaking solutions to some of the greatest problems facing cities in the tropics in the 21st century…[more]
Common Fund for Commodities: Funding Innovation to Support Commodity Development Activities
The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is inviting applicants for support of commodity development activities in its member countries. The CFC provides a range of financial and technical instruments in support or business activities contributing to commodity sector development in Developing Countries…[more]
GCRF Networking Grants inviting Applicants from UK and Developing Countries
The Academy of Medical Sciences in partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, is launching the sixth round of Networking Grants, funded through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). The GCRF Networking Grants will be delivered as part of the Joint Academies Resilient Futures programme…[more]
Nominations Open for Africa Food Prize 2020 (US $100,000)
The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award recognizing an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa—from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. The Africa Food Prize will honor outstanding contributions within every aspect of agriculture and food production that is clearly related to combating hunger and reducing poverty in Africa…[more]
SEARCA Travel Grants Program 2020
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is seeking applications for its Travel Grants Program to reinforce the Center’s efforts and resources in the promotion of inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) toward food security and poverty alleviation in the region…[more]
PRIMA announces Call for Applications for Farming Systems 2020 (Alternative Animal Feeds)
PRIMA is seeking applications for Farming Systems 2020 under the topic of “Genetic conservation and animal feeds” and sub-topic of “Alternative animal feeds”. The Mediterranean’s population will reach 560 million people in 2030; the demand for meat as animal products is set to climb steeply as the population increases…[more]
PRIMA announces Call for Applications for Farming Systems 2020 (Conservation and Valorization of local Animal Genetic Resources)
PRIMA is seeking applications for Farming Systems 2020 under the topic of “Genetic conservation and animal feeds” and sub-topic of “Conservation and Valorization of local Animal Genetic Resources (RIA)”. The Mediterranean’s population will reach 560 million people in 2030; the demand for meat as animal products is set to climb steeply as the population increases…[more]
PRIMA announces Call for Applications for Agro-Food Value Chain 2020
PRIMA is seeking applications for Agro-food Value Chain 2020 on Valorising the health benefits of the Traditional Mediterranean food products. The Mediterranean diet is considered by the UNESCO as one “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” identifying several Mediterranean countries. Together with appropriate techniques of food processing and the correct life-style historically associated to the Mediterranean societies, a balanced diet has been recognized for having multiple health benefits…[more]
IFAD Call for Proposals: Scaling up Renewable Energy Technologies in Agriculture
The purpose of this Call for Proposals is to identify the recipient of a three-year grant financed by IFAD of a total of US$2 million to implement the Scaling up Renewable Energy Technologies in Agriculture project. The main goal of this project is to promote the inclusion of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in existing IFAD projects and programmes in the Latin America and Caribbean…[more]
European Union seeking Proposals to strengthen Resilience, Food and Nutrition Security in Angola
The European Union (EU) has announced a Call for Proposals for operational research on the effectiveness of nutrition actions towards reducing undernutrition in Angola (FRESAN-Component IV). The global objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to evidence and knowledge transfer on the effectiveness of different nutrition-related actions…[more]
ERBACHER Foundation accepting Applications to Sponsor Charitable Projects
The ERBACHER Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant program to sponsor charitable projects that make life in the country possible, worth living and future-oriented…[more]
Australia Awards Scholarships in Vanuatu
Applications are now open for the Australia Awards Scholarships in Vanuatu. Australia Awards scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders for development. Through study and research, recipients develop the skills and knowledge to drive change and help build enduring people-to-people links with Australia…[more]
UK-Canada: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability
The UK and Canada are running a joint funding competition to support collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects, to develop new products, processes and services. Projects must target improvement to the productivity and sustainability of crop, livestock and aquaculture systems…[more]
U.S.Embassy in Banjul, Gambia seeking Applications for Ambassador’s Small Grants Program 2020
U.S.Embassy in Banjul, Gambia is seeking applications to provide one-time small grants to improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community by funding the expansion of an existing project or activity. The ASG Program is designed to support high-impact, quick-implementation activities which benefit a large number of people within one year without requiring further assistance…[more]
Clif Bar Family Foundation seeking Applications for Small Grants Program 2020 – United States
The Clif Bar Family Foundation is seeking applications for its small grants program to support innovative small and mid-sized groups working to strengthen food system and communities, enhance public health, and safeguard environment and natural resources…[more]
USDA Borlaug Fellowship Program World Food Prize Event – United States
The Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program (Borlaug Fellowship Program) advances the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) agricultural research goals of promoting collaborative programs among agricultural professionals of eligible countries, agricultural professionals of the United States, the international agricultural research system, and United States entities conducting research by providing fellowships to individuals from eligible countries who specialize or have experience in agricultural education, research, extension, or other related fields…[more]
USDA seeking Applications for improving the Measurement of Market Systems Resilience in Kenya
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Global Programs (GP) seeks the provision of technical assistance to improve its understanding of market system resilience. Specifically, USDA/FAS and USAID/Kenya and East Africa (KEA) seek to support exploratory research to develop, field test, refine hypotheses, and draft indicators and tools for measuring critical factors that enable market systems to adapt and transform in the face of shocks and stresses…[more]
NIFA: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Education and Workforce Development (United States)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA ), the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking applications for “Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Education and Workforce Development”. The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences…[more]
USDA announces Agriculture Innovation Center Grant Program in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Business and Cooperative Programs is seeking applications to provide grants for “Agriculture Innovation Centers” that will provide technical assistance to agricultural producers to market value-added agricultural products…[more]
Submit Expressions of Interest for CBARD-AIM In-kind Matching Grants – Afghanistan
Roots of Peace (ROP) implements the 36-month, UNDP-funded Community-Based Agricultural Rural Development – Access to International Markets (CBARD-AIM) Project. CBARD projects support the production of fruits and vegetables as an alternative to poppy cultivation, and trade in three high cultivating provinces of Afghanistan…[more]
Embassy of Slovak Republic announces Call for Proposals for 2020 Small Grants (Georgia)
The Embassy of Slovak Republic in Tbilisi, announces a call for proposals for 2020 Small Grant program. This aid modality of the Slovak Official Development Assistance is funded from SlovakAid and is aimed directly at small-scale projects which represent a more flexible, operative and effective financial support for developing countries…[more]
Hivos seeking Nominations for Producer of the Year Award
Hivos in collaboration with the Kenya Flower Council, Uganda Flowers Exporters Association and other stakeholders will convene the first ever “Producer of the Year Award” (POYA) as a platform to demonstrate the role of front runner farms (in horticulture) and the impact of better engendered workplace policies on business and changing the state of women workers…[more]
LASC’s International Grants Program: Food Security, Poverty Relief, Social Entrepreneurship
Light A Single Candle Foundation (LASC) is seeking applications for its International Grants Program. LASC is currently partnering with their partners on projects designed to provide food support and economic development to a number of Central American and Caribbean countries…[more]
USDA announces Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program in United States
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking applications for Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program that will complement and expand the national infrastructure of the National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Competitive Grants Program…[more]
Call for Proposals: Rural Innovation and Development Fund (Ireland)
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has provided support under the Rural Innovation Development Fund for organisations and economic operators involved in Food Waste Reduction to promote reducing food waste generated by food businesses, retailer/wholesalers or suppliers in rural areas…[more]
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