Call for Applications: Title II Development Food Assistance Activities in Nepal

Jun 16, 2014 | Agency for International Development

This Request for Applications (RFA) for Nepal provides information on funding opportunities for multi-year development (nonemergency) food assistance programs. Nonemergency programs are mandated in the Agricultural Act of 2014. The programs are designed to improve food access and incomes through agriculture and other livelihoods initiatives; enhance natural resource and environment management; combat under nutrition; especially for children under two and pregnant and lactating women; and mitigate disaster impact through early warning and community preparedness activities. They are increasingly associated with USAID’s efforts to promote resilience among populations facing chronic poverty and recurrent crises, and the Office of Food for Peace (FFP) continues to play an important role in the development and implementation of USAID’s resilience policy.

Category Explanation

The range of activities may include, but is not limited to, sustainable agriculture production and marketing, natural resource management, non-agricultural income generation, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education, emergency preparedness and mitigation, vulnerable group feeding, and social safety nets. Gender, governance and environmental safeguards should be cross-cutting themes integrated throughout the range of selected activities.