Up to 270 million UAH co-financing for the development of grain processing, drying, and storage capacities

Description

Due to complicated exports, micro, small, and medium agro-producers (MSMEs) in Ukraine need additional elevator capacities for drying and storing grain.
The USAID AGRO Activity will provide up to 270 million UAH co-financing to Ukrainian enterprises that provide grain and technical crop drying, storage, and processing services. The program includes 10-15 co-financing projects, with budgets ranging from 18 to 36 million UAH each.

Projects will increase the volume and duration of grain and technical crop storage, enhancing business resilience and improving food security in Ukraine.

The USAID AGRO Activity encourages applications from Ukrainian companies and enterprises that provide agricultural product processing and storage services, have elevator capacities, and have developed or started developing project documentation.

Expected results within a single project:

At least 70 additional MSMEs will receive processing, drying, and/or storage services.
The provision of storage services for MSMEs will increase by at least 20,000 tons per year, and drying services by at least 50,000 tons per year.
At least 50% of the total number of processing, drying, and/or storage services will be provided to MSMEs that manage (rent) land plots of less than 500 hectares.

Additional benefits will include:

Increasing the elevator capacities of processing enterprises.
Focusing the project on implementing energy-efficient technologies.

Download the full technical assignment description at the link: https://shorturl.at/ghyRU

Requirements

Applicants must meet the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises according to the following criteria:

small enterprise — 10-49 employees, $100,000 to $3 million annual turnover and total annual assets;
medium enterprise — 50-300 employees, $3 million to $15 million annual turnover and total annual assets.

Important

By January 19, 2024 — register to participate in the pre-application online seminar (email: [email protected]);
On January 23, 2024, from 11:00 to 13:00, the USAID AGRO Activity will hold a pre-application online seminar;
No later than 18:00 on January 30, 2024 — submit questions regarding participation in this competition to [email protected];
No later than 18:00 on February 14, 2024 — deadline for submitting applications for consideration in the first round (technical proposal, budget, and supporting documents) to [email protected]. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The USAID AGRO Activity will continue to accept applications until 18:00 on July 3, 2024, or until funds are exhausted.

https://www.usaidagro.org/bezoplatna-biznes-akseleratsiyna-prohrama