AGriDI Grants for Digital Innovations in West Africa

icipe under its European Union, ACP Innovation Funded project on “Accelerating inclusive green growth through agri-based digital innovation in West Africa” (AGriDI) invites  proposals on innovative digital solutions that promote adoption of digital technologies for improved agricultural productivity for farmers and agroprocessors in West Africa.

AGriDI Grants for Digital Innovations in West Africa will increase identification, adaptation, and use of agri-based digital technologies by farmers, especially women and youth. The grants will enhance agricultural production and marketing though strengthened linkages between research communities, industry, and policy actors, and improved policy environment.

Grants

EUR 2.7 million is available for three grant categories:

Category 1- To support co-development and adaptation of digital innovations to enhance agricultural Productivity.

Category 2- To support digital innovative solutions to establish market linkages for farmer’s produce

Category 3- To support development of policies to support digital innovations

Target applicants

Universities, research institutes, legally registered small and medium enterprises, farmer cooperatives, private sector corporations, technology hubs, innovation labs, start-ups, Community Based Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, government ministries, departments and agencies

Eligible countries 

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

AGriDI will provide competitive grants to support the development of tangible digital solutions that address real challenges for smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in the ECOWAS region of West Africa.

Grant Size per project: EUR 150,000 – 300,000

For more information read the Call for Proposal in English or French.