The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) invites applications for financial support from qualifying projects.
CFC can offer a range of financial and technical instruments of support to meet specific needs of SMEs/enterprises, cooperatives, and institutions along the entire commodity value chain in its member countries.
Mission: To contribute to poverty alleviation by strengthening the income-generating capacity of commodity producers and mitigating vulnerability to their economic wellbeing.
Vision: To strengthen and diversify the commodity sector in developing countries and transform it to be a major contributor to poverty alleviation and sustained economic growth and development.
With poverty alleviation as the mission, CFC will support proposals investing in the poorest and most vulnerable people in the global value chains, which may concern production, processing, financing, marketing, research etc.
The CFC funds projects with loans and other debt instruments.
The maximum amount is USD 1.5 million for regular projects, and up to USD 300,000 under the Fast-Track procedure.
However, they show some flexibility when they have projects with higher impacts and a good case of finance.
Application Deadline: 15-Apr-2022
Donor Name: Common Fund for Commodities
HOW TO APPLY: Visit
https://www.common-fund.org/call-for-proposals
to apply.