Expanding Farm Advisory Services (formerly Farmer Innovations GDA)

$3.31M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	E-Collaborative for Civic Education
Country	Middle East and North Africa Region
Start Date	Jan 18, 2012
End Date	Nov 04, 2014
Duration	1,021 days
Number of Grantees	34
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`197357-76`

Grant Description

"Expanding Farm Advisory Services" is a sub-award under a Global Development Alliance (GDA) in partnership with the Skoll Foundation.

The local partner, Proximity Designs, will scale up its proven model for delivering farm advisory services to 28 townships over the next three years, reaching an estimated 250,000 farmers with increased incomes by $50 to $200 per farm household..The activity will reach townships in the Ayeyarwady and the Dry Zone, where 85 percent of farmers are located and will focus on the rice value chain.

Assistance will be used to develop new products and services such as farm business management, and weather and market information.

User-centered research will be conducted to apply innovative approaches to products, services and digital offerings, creating more opportunities to grow farm enterprises.

To achieve scale, the activity will move to a new multi-channel platform using mobile technology, agro-dealers, lead farmers, video, and radio.