The Horticultural Advancement Activity (THAzA)
Request for Applications (RFA) # SPP-KP-02/2019
Seed Potato Production in Kurram and Orakzai Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
‘The Horticultural Advancement Activity’ (THAzA) is a 5-year project awarded by USAID and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. THAzA focuses on selected horticultural value chains in Balochistan and in the Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (previously called FATA). The objective of THAzA is to create jobs and generate income, through increased productivity and quality, improved marketing and access to services and investments in horticultural value chains.
To achieve these objectives THAzA promotes Seed Potato production as a sustainable and profitable agribusiness in KP. Therefore FAO will extend in-kind grants to male and female farmers as well as business entities, for Seed Potato production in District Kurram and Upper Orakzai.
Through this Request for Applications THAzA invites eligible applicants, who:
- Want to invest in seed potato production business in district Kurram and Upper Orakzai of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Have the agricultural and entrepreneurial capacities to successfully produce and market the commodity.
- Have sufficient financial resources to cost share investments with THAzA in their business.
Apart from in-kind grants, THAzA will also provide training on high quality seed potato production and facilitate and support farmers with the marketing of their produce.
For further details regarding this RFA, including the small grants application form, interested applicants may either download the complete RFA from www.brightspyre.com or obtain RFA copies from the FAO THAzA Provincial office at Peshawar. For ease of access, RFA and the small grants application form will also be made available through the relevant District Agricultural Extension Offices.