Deadline: July 3, 2026
Proposals are invited for the Power of Diversity Grants 2026. The Power of Diversity Grants program is calling for proposals to support targeted action in the following countries – Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda and Colombia – to improve production, processing and consumer awareness of opportunity crops.
The Power of Diversity Grants program will fund targeted projects that strengthen the value chains of selected opportunity crops – nutritious, climate-resilient crops that are well adapted to challenging environments but remain underutilized. Specific target crops for increased investments were identified through national stakeholder consultations in the six countries in 2025.
Each grant will fund a high-impact, scalable project that strengthens specific opportunity crop value chains. The project should address one or several of the intervention areas for each value chain and crop, as national stakeholders identified potential to:
- Increase productivity through seed system development and good agricultural practices
- Strengthen post-harvest and processing capacities
- Improve market access and enhance value chain efficiency
- Increase consumer awareness
Grant
- A EUR 2.2 million grant is available.
Eligibility
- Grant applicants should be organizations that demonstrate the experience, expertise and eligibility to perform all proposed activities.
- Technical eligibility must include in-country experience of at least three years.
- Applicants must be able to prove their annual average revenue turnover from 2023 to 2025 exceeds their proposed project budget, with the budget amounts specified in scope of activities and usually ranging from $100,000 to $200,000 USD.
- Proposals can be submitted for one or multiple project intervention areas.
Application
Submissions outside of the portal will not be accepted. Proposals, including all accompanying documentation, should be submitted in English.
For more information, visit Power of Diversity Grants.
