AgDevCo

SDU objectives

Recognising that there are high set-up costs and economies of scale in smallholder outgrower schemes, the SDU provides up to $800,000 matching funding per project to support key systems and processes, enabling catalytic relationships between agribusinesses and smallholder farmers. Funds can be used to:

• Conduct feasibility studies and define core components of an outgrower scheme
• Implement and scale outgrower schemes, funding initial set-up and operational costs
• Establish demonstration plots and training programmes to promote adoption of good agricultural practices
• Develop information technology systems to manage smallholder schemes and track their impacts
• Gain certifications (GlobalG.A.P., Fair for Life, Organic) to access new and premium markets for both business and farmer
• Input credit schemes and link smallholder farmers to micro-finance institutions
• Improve farming systems, income diversification, farmer resilience and environmental sustainability

AgDevCo’s Smallholder Development Unit is no longer accepting unsolicited proposals for new funding partnerships.