Funding Opportunities in Smallholder Farmers Inclusive Projects in
Fruit and Vegetable Sector

Background

SNV Ethiopia in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture is implementing Horticulture Livelihood Innovation and Food safety in Ethiopia (Horti-LIFE) project with funding from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN). The project aims in increasing smallholder farmers’ production and productivity in a climate smart and gender balanced way. The project is implemented in 165 woredas in 14 Horticultural Zones of Amhara, Central Ethiopia, Oromia, Tigray, Sidama, Southwest Ethiopia and South Ethiopia regions.

The Smallholder Chain Integration Fund (SCIF), component of the project, aims to integrate smallholder farmers in fruit and vegetable value chains with private companies. SCIF will co-finance project proposals of private companies, farmer cooperatives or unions.

SNV Ethiopia is inviting eligible organisations that are working in fruit and vegetable sector and interested in integrating smallholder farmers in their business model for this funding competition.

Area of focus

The main area of focus of this Call for Proposal funding is for business ideas which will make improvements at specific points of the value chain in fruit and vegetable sector to include smallholder farmers.

The following are area of the eligible activities.

• Fruit Nursery (mango, avocado, papaya and banana)
• Vegetable Nursery (tomato, hot pepper, and cabbage)
• Vegetable seed multiplication (onion, potato, garlic, and hot pepper)
• Tissue culture
• Production of biological products (bio-fertilizer or bio-pesticides like BT (Bacillus thuringiensis), Trichoderma, Rhizobium, Azotobacter)

Eligibility criteria

Applicants should be a legally registered organisations or Start-ups who can get registration license and currently operating in Ethiopia.

Eligible organisations

The following organisations are eligible to apply.

• Farmer cooperatives and unions
• Input suppliers/importers
• Fruit or vegetable nurseries
• Commercial farms

Funding amount and matching requirements

The maximum amount of funding is Euro 100,000 for a single applicant/project. The matching fund from the applicant should be 50% or more.

Application Process

Interested applicants can request Application Guideline, Project Concept Note, and Budget Format by e-mail from the contact address given below. Applicants should understand the guideline first, prepare the application and submit the application using the format.
If applicants require clarification or wish to discuss further, they can contact us through the following address:

Telegram channel at Horti-LIFE   SCIF or

Eyerusalem Getahun

Email: et-grantapplication@snv.org

Tel: +251-11-6166232

Mobile: +251-912185658

Application Submission

Applicants are required to submit the following package of documents for consideration:

1. Project Concept Note (in word format)
2. Project Budget (in excel format)
3. Copy of company registration or license certificate (for the current fiscal year)

The full application packages must be submitted in English to SNV Horti-LIFE project via the following email address:

To: et-grantapplication@snv.org  
CC: tdagnew@snv.org, or ghabte@snv.org

In the Subject line of the email, applicants should include: “Application to Horti-LIFE Call for Project Concept Note Proposal“.
Scanned copies of original documents will be acceptable. Original documents will be required upon necessity.

Submission Deadline

The deadline for submitting applications to the SNV Horti-LIFE project is 5 April 2024, at 6:00 PM (local time).