EU and UNDP announce grant competition to support collaborative undertakings in Lankaran-Astara Economic Region

The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a grant competition to support collaborative undertakings in the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region.

The grant competition is being held as part of the project ‘Promoting Competitiveness, Collaboration and Modernisation in Fruit and Vegetable Sector in Lankaran-Astara Economic Region (EU4Lankaran)’, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The grant aims to support fruit and vegetable value chain participants by providing non-cash assistance in the amount of €10,000 to €200,000.

The call is open to a variety of collaborative, including informally associated, Fruit and Vegetable value chain actors (minimum 10 members), farmer unions, members of which own maximum 10 ha land plots, cooperatives and associations; Fruit and Vegetable aggregators associated with minimum 20 Fruit and Vegetable producers/growers; women groups (minimum 10 members); youth (18-29 years old) groups (minimum 10 members); etc.

The deadline for applications is 12 September 2024.

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