Afghanistan Value Chains - Crops

Added: Dec 13, 2017 5:18 am The purpose of this amendment number 01 is to update points of contacts as follows:

Primary Point of Contact
Dennis E. Foster, Jr
Contracting Officer
kblaidoaaoagteam@usaid

Secondary Point of Contact
Galina N. Ponkratova
Contract Specialist
kblaidoaaoagteam@usaid.gov

Added: Nov 26, 2017 8:05 am Afghanistan Value Chains - Crops At A Glance

Purpose: Strengthen the private sector's capacity to effectively link Afghan producers to domestic and international markets, and to grow the agriculture sector through interventions at all levels of High Value Crop (HVC) value chains.

Scope: A five-year contract (a three-year base period plus a two-year option period).

Place of Performance: The Activity must work in all of the economic zones listed: North, South, East, and West.

Goal and Purpose: The Goal of the Afghanistan Value Chains - Crops activity is to strengthen the private sector's capacity to effectively link Afghan producers to domestic and international markets, and to grow the agriculture sector through interventions at all levels of high value crop (HVC) value chains-a process which will naturally be led by the private sector.

The activity's Sub-Purposes are:

•Productivity of Key Agricultural Crops Increased;
•Commercial Viability of Agribusinesses Increased; and
•Public and Private Agricultural Service Delivery Strengthened.

It also has cross-cutting objectives of:

•Women's Equality and Empowerment Increased; and
•Youth Participation in the Agribusiness Sector Increased.