Digital Agriculture Innovations Fund (DAI Fund)

Digital Agriculture Innovations Fund (DAI Fund) is sponsored by USAID. The Digital Agriculture Innovations Fund aims to fund, support, and scale novel solutions that use technology to equitably secure yields, food security, and livelihoods for smallholder farmers.

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gov Maintenance Calendar Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) - Second Global Innovation Call Agency for International Development Agency for International Development Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:AID-SOL-OAA-00005 Funding Opportunity Title:Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) - Second Global Innovation Call Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Other Category of Funding Activity:Science and Technology and other Research and Development Expected Number of Awards: Assistance Listings:98.

001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:Yes Original Closing Date for Applications:Feb 12, 2015 Current Closing Date for Applications:Feb 12, 2015 Archive Date:Mar 14, 2015 Estimated Total Program Funding: Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility:Applicants from any category of organization or institution, US or non-US , are welcome to respond to this solicitation.

Specific categories of organizations and institutions and entrepreneurs that are welcome to respond include, but are not limited to: educational, industrial, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, faith-based, foundations, academic institutions, civic groups, regional organizations, vendors, start-ups, and project developers. Government entities and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding.

For the purposes of this BAA, publicly-funded universities or universities with government affiliations are not considered government entities.

## Additional Information Agency Name:Agency for International Development Description:The objective of Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) is to support new and sustainable approaches to accelerate the development and deployment of Clean Energy Solutions (CES)for increasing agriculture productivity and/or value in developing countries.

Such solutions are those that integrate clean energy technologies and innovative business models to: (i) Enhance agricultural yields/productivity; (ii) Decrease post-harvest loss; (iii) Improve farmer and agribusiness income generating opportunities and revenues; and/or (iv) Increase energy efficiency and associated savings within the operations of farms and agribusinesses - while stimulating low carbon economic growth within the agriculture sector of developing countries.

Link to Additional Information:[](https://www. grants. gov/search-results-detail/269552) Grantor Contact Information:If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Prospective Applicants that are unable to retrieve the BAA from the Internet can request an electronic copy by email.

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