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Africa Agri-Food Development Progamme: How it works
From Department of Foreign Affairs
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From Department of Foreign Affairs
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The Programme provides grant funding of up to 50% of total project costs to Irish-registered agri-food companies who seek to conduct feasibility studies or full agri-food commercial projects with African partners. Funding is capped at €100,000 for feasibility studies and €250,000 for full projects.
The AADP requires that any investment of public funds will be at least matched by co-funding from the private sector. The AADP aims to serve as a catalyst for far greater private sector investment, which will deliver significant development impact and develop meaningful partnerships between Irish agri-food companies and locally owned and operated African companies.
Funding will only be approved for applicants who can clearly demonstrate financial and development additionality.
The fund is designed to strengthen expertise and investment from the agri-food sector.
Projects selected should demonstrate results with a long-term developmental impact that will ultimately
lead to sustainable benefits in African countries through investment by the private sector.
Irish agri-food expertise is wide-ranging and examples of suitable AADP projects include:
The AADP opens for applications every 6 months. Submissions can only be accepted through the official AADP application forms.
To request an Application Form for a Full Project or Feasibility Study please email: aadp@agriculture.gov.ie with the subject line ‘Application Form Request’.
You can also contact this email address for general queries about the AADP. Please monitor this website and the Departments’ social media accounts for updates.