Agriculture Competitiveness and Enterprise Development

$33.74M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	Development Alternatives, Inc.
Country	Moldova
Start Date	Nov 11, 2011
End Date	Mar 16, 2015
Duration	1,221 days
Number of Grantees	129
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`193840-76`

Grant Description

The Agricultural Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (ACED) will work on improving the competitiveness of Moldovan high value agriculture (HVA) by addressing binding constraints in targeted fruit and vegetable value chains at the marketing, production and policy levels.

Complementing the upcoming Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) investment in irrigation system rehabilitation, ACED will provide critical market development and technical assistance support needed by beneficiaries as they transition to irrigated HVA production.

ACED will also represent USAID's first substantial enterprise development effort in Transnistria and will focus on helping micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Transnistrian region grow and become more competitive.