Agricultural Extension Capacity Building Activity

Post Date

February 26th 2012

Application Due Date

April 30th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-388-12-000006

CFDA Number(s)

98.001

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

To be eligible to receive this Cooperative Agreement, applicants must be legally recognized local Bangladeshi entities under applicable law such as private, non-profit organizations (or for-profit companies willing to forego profits), including private voluntary organizations (PVOs), universities, research organizations, professional associations, and relevant special interest associations.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $22000000 - $25000000

Grant Description

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Bangladesh is seeking applications from qualified Bangladeshi entities for a Cooperative Agreement to implement a five-year project entitled рAgricultural Extension Capacity Building Activityс, in Bangladesh. This five-year project will promote a demand-driven, commercially-oriented agricultural extension system that involves farmers in a much closer feedback loop with research and extension. All interested parties are encouraged to carefully read this RFA in its entirety. USAID/Bangladesh will hold a pre-application conference to review the requirements of this RFA and to answer questions. Interested applicants should register for the pre-application conference as specified in Section IV.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka

• Agency Contact:

  Maychin Ho
  A & A Specialist
  Phone 0088 885-5500

• Agency Mailing Address:

  AgExt_RFA_Dhaka@usaid.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  AgExt_RFA_Dhaka@usaid.gov