USAID Bangladesh is offering the Agro-Inputs Project Grant to enhance agricultural development, increase productivity, reduce rural poverty, and improve food security in the southern delta of Bangladesh over a five-year period. This grant aims to support private sector initiatives that improve the availability, quality, and safe use of agricultural inputs like fertilizer, seed, and pesticides to boost yields, prevent environmental degradation, enhance product quality, and increase export opportunities. By providing improved access and knowledge of agricultural inputs, this project empowers both male and female farmers to make informed purchasing decisions from reliable suppliers.
Opportunity ID: 142513
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | RFA-388-12-000004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | USAID’s Agro-Inputs Project in Bangladesh |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Agriculture |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 5 |
| Posted Date:: | Feb 05, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Apr 03, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Sep 30, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $12,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka |
| Description:: | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) for a five-year Cooperative Agreement titled USAIDÂ’s Agro-Inputs Project in Bangladesh to stimulate agricultural development to increase production and productivity, to reduce rural poverty and to improve food security in the southern delta of Bangladesh. The project will achieve this goal by directly supporting private sector activities that result in the improved availability, quality and safe usage of agricultural inputs, such as: fertilizer, seed, pesticides which improve yields, mitigate environmental degradation at the farm level and improve product quality and export opportunities. Additionally, this project will provide enhanced access to and knowledge of agricultural inputs so that both male and female farmers can become educated consumers and can purchase appropriate quality inputs from trusted supply sources. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 5 | USAID/Bangladesh is pleased to announce that a Cooperative Agreement under Request for Application (RFA) No. RFA-388-12-000004 has been awarded to CNFA on September 17, 2012. | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Synopsis 4 | USAID/Bangladesh is pleased to announce that a Cooperative Agreement under Request for Application (RFA) No. RFA-388-12-000004 has been awarded to CNFA on September 17, 2012. | |
| Synopsis 3 | USAID/Bangladesh is pleased to announce that a Cooperative Agreement under Request for Application (RFA) No. RFA-388-12-000004 has been awarded to CNFA on September 17, 2012. | |
| Synopsis 2 | Extension of application submission due date from March 20, 2012 to April 3, 2012. | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00096110 |
| Opening Date: | Feb 05, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | M. Sirajam Munir |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization and Individual Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Attachments [V1.1] Assurances for Construction Programs (SF-424D) [V1.1] Budget Information for Construction Programs (SF-424C) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] |
| optional_forms | Faith Based EEO Survey [V1.2] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98.001 | PKG00096110 | Feb 05, 2012 | Mar 20, 2012 | View | M. Sirajam Munir | Organization and Individual Applicants |