Agriculture Research Competitive Grants Project (COMPETE)

$4.55M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	ARD, Inc.
Country	Mozambique
Start Date	Oct 07, 2006
End Date	Jun 26, 2009
Duration	993 days
Number of Grantees	46
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`174807-76`

Grant Description

The Agriculture Research Competitive Grants Project (COMPETE) developed a competitive grants system that contributed to strengthening the capacity of the Government of Mozambiques agricultural research system and to cost-effectively promote the adoption of improved agricultural technologies.

The project contributed to the country's poverty reduction plan and USAID/Mozambique Strategic Objective 6: Increase in Rural Incomes Sustained, which supported the U.S. Presidential Initiative to End Hunger in Africa.