DEMAND DRIVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
ASF will extend its support on a matching grant basis for
demand-driven applied research to be conducted by private
or public institutions, leading to enhanced quality production
and improved production processes, or to meet an identified
market demand. The primary objectives of this category of
ASF grant are as follows:
To create linkages between farmers, agribusiness enterprises,
researchers and academia.
- To find effective solutions to constraints of agriculture
production, agri-processing, value addition and productivity
enhancement.
- To encourage a participatory approach, so as to ensure
that the research is client-oriented and demand-driven.
- To help transform research results into practical recommendations
for agriculture production and the agribusiness industry.
- To enhance the probability of research efforts addressing
the most relevant issues.
INVITATION
FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS
ASF is now inviting applications from individual
farmers, farmer or producer associations, agribusiness enterprises,
related associations and other relevant stakeholders to
outsource research from the private or public sector on
a matching grant basis. Conditions are as follows:
- The activity must be concerned with the Horticulture (fruits,
vegetable, floriculture etc.), Livestock & Dairy (does
not include poultry or fishery) sectors.
- The applicant must demonstrate that the research will
lead to better quality production and improved production
processes, or meet an identified market demand.
- The applicant should also demonstrate that the outcome
of the research would have significant potential for sector-wide
replication.
- The applicant should preferably have already identified
the research provider, who may be from the private sector
or the public sector (institutions or universities).
- Clients must be involved at all stages of the funding
process i.e. identification, dissemination and adoption.
- ASF will fund up to 50% of the research costs including
incremental overheads, consumables and research-specific
equipment, on a reimbursable basis. The balance 50% of the
research costs will be funded by the applicant.
- The average budgeted cost for such research projects is
Rs. 2,875,000 (Rupees Two Million Eight Hundred and Seventy
Five Thousand) of which 50% will be financed by ASF. Appropriate
research proposals with higher costs may also be considered
on a case to case basis.
- Since this is not a competitive bidding process, proposals
will be considered on a “first come first serve basis”.
