GIZ-MOVE & CARI Project Call for Application: New Product Development in The Rice Value-Chain (Nigeria)

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GIZ-MOVE & CARI in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment (Nigeria) is accepting applications from interested and qualified Agri-SMEs/Food processors with experience in the fields of Rice processing, Rice pastry, Gastronomy, Agri-food, Cosmetics, Health, etc. Selected and qualified processors will be supported in developing New Products (using rice /rice by-products) and launching these products into the market through a market exhibition that the project will organise.

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Market-oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE) project and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment

GIZ-MOVE & CARI

The Market-Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE) project focuses on building resilient cashew and rice value chains to contribute to the creation of jobs and income in West Africa, with ECOWAS as its main political partner. MOVE represents the merger of two previously well-established regional projects: The Competitive Cashew Initiative (ComCashew) and the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI). Both respective brands (ComCashew and CARI) are kept under the umbrella of the MOVE project. Its goal is to ensure long-term, sustainable results and competitiveness in six (6) West African countries, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. As an entry point to the respective value chains, MOVE uses multi-stakeholder partnerships at the heart of its implementation and leverages its previous work in the region. The main partners are therefore rice processors, input suppliers, or mechanization service providers who are working in the up and down stream value chain.

GIZ-MOVE & CARI Program Focus Areas

The call for applications is specifically looking for processors interested in increasing the demand for their products, meeting the needs of their consumers, and increasing the income/profit from their businesses within the rice value chain.

The new products could be in the form of:

Products new to the Market
Products new to the firm/business
Minor modifications of existing product(s)
Completely innovative
Improvement/Revision of existing product(s)

The processor must be willing to develop and launch at least three (3) new products; share the recipes for these products and be available for future collaboration including monitoring and evaluation. Also, the selected processors will benefit from our Marketing Service Packages manual being developed by the project to assist processors in effectively marketing their products including the newly developed ones.

Eligibility Criteria for GIZ-MOVE & CARI

We are looking to partner with processors, who are agents of innovation in the rice value chain and are willing to increase the local consumption of the rice/and rice by-products in Nigeria.

Processors that are motivated & willing to change.
Must be operating in Nigeria
Must be a legally recognised business (valid business registration, business permits, etc.)
Have at least three (3) years of experience in the field of rice pastry and gastronomy. processing, Agri-food, cosmetics, health, etc
Prior plans to develop a new product (with Rice/Rice by-products)
Novel product (new to the business)
Reasonable Budget based on product type
Must have already existing marketing channels: social media, joints, direct orders, supermarkets, etc.
Not less than 3 Customer-oriented new products: Edible or not, Combustible or not
Willingness to share product recipe, available for future collaboration & M&E Reporting

Benefits

The project will support selected processors with funds to cover the cost associated with the development and launching of the products at a market exhibition to be organised by the MOVE project in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment. However, applicants with a reasonable budget will be given preference.

How To Apply?

The applicants are expected to submit a concept note/proposal for the planned new products to be developed including the financial proposal to get the product to the launching stage.
Kindly make use of the concept note/proposal as a guide in writing your detailed proposal and hand it to [email protected] via E-mail. They highly encourage female-led businesses to apply
They also encourage persons with disabilities to apply.
The deadline to apply is 2nd August 2024.

Click Here to Download Concept Note and for more details.

For further information, email us at the following email address: [email protected]