The Horticultural Advancement Activity (THAzA)
Request for Applications (RFA) # E&IGV-003/2019
Establishment and Improvement of Grape Vineyards
in Balochistan and 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 selected Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (previously called FATA). The objectives of THAzA are 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 intends to support grape production as a sustainable and profitable agribusiness in KP and Balochistan. Therefore FAO intends to extend in-kind grants to business entities, including male and female farmers, for the establishment of new grape vineyards as well as improvement of existing grape vineyards using modern technology and practices.
Through this RFA THAzA invites eligible applicants, who:
- Want to invest in establishing new grape vineyards (on 1 acre) OR in improving their existing grape vineyards (on 1 acre) in the selected districts of Balochistan (Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, Zhob, Mastung and Washak) OR;
- Want to invest in establishing new grape vineyards (on 1 acre) in district North Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Have the agricultural and entrepreneurial capacities to successfully produce and market grape.
- Have the financial resources to cost share investments with THAzA in their businesses.
Apart from in-kind grants for establishment of new and improvement of existing grape vineyards, THAzA will also provide training on high quality grape production and drip irrigation equipment and facilitate/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 https://www.brightspyre.com/jobs/jid/35677 or obtain RFA copies from the FAO THAzA Provincial offices in Quetta and Peshawar. For ease of access, RFA and the small grants application form will also be made available through the relevant District Agricultural Extension Offices.