USAID/Tanzania Horticulture Activity RFI

USAID/Tanzania seeks input on a draft concept note for a new horticulture activity through a Request for Information. The activity aims to increase commercialization, inclusiveness and competitiveness in Tanzania's horticulture market systems through four sub-purposes over five years with a target funding range of $25-39 million. Responses to the RFI are requested by March 20th and should include comments on the draft concept note, development hypothesis, opportunities for youth inclusion, best practices for private sector engagement in horticultural value chains, and relevant past performance.

The concept note outlines goals of sustainably reducing poverty and hunger through strengthening market system organization, increasing nutrition-sensitive productivity and technology commercialization, strengthening the enabling environment, and increasing collaborative learning and adaptation in the regions of Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya, Njombe, and Zanzibar. There is no set-aside designated for this opportunity. The draft concept note provides details on the activity's scope, objectives and implementation approach over a five year period to develop horticulture value chains in the target regions of Tanzania.