Tenders Are Invited For Digital Financing Solution Innovation Challenge

Request For Proposals Are Invited For Digital Financing Solution Innovation Challenge. The Usaid Feed The Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension And Advisory Services Activity Is Partnering With Micro, Small, And Medium Enterprises (Msmes) And Key Market Actors To Test, Replicate, And Scale Models Of Smallholder-Oriented Service Delivery That Will Rapidly, Effectively, And Sustainably Provide Access To Agro-Inputs And Services And Disseminate Extension Messaging To Two Million Smallholder Farmers In Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kebbi, And Niger States. The Main Objective Of The Extension Activity Is To: I. Build The Capacity Of Private Extension Service Providers, By Leveraging The Power Of Msmes, To Deliver Extension And Advisory Services To Value Chain Stakeholders, Small Holder Farmers (Shfs) To Increase Their Production And Productivity Due To The Increased Availability And Accessibility Of Private Extension Services Providers. It Targets To Increase The Availability Of And Accessibility To Quality Agricultural Inputs/ Services As Well As Pilot And Scale Up Use Of Ict-Enabled Extension Services Platforms To Reach Value Chain Stakeholders. It Also Aims To Increase Access To Financial Products And Services. Ii. Strengthen Linkages Between Agricultural Research Institutions, Agro-Allied Companies, The Public And Private Extension Services Providers, And Agricultural Value Chain Stakeholders.