Opportunities

The CGIAR's program on Water, Land, and Ecosystems will fund research that addresses ecosystem services and agricultural development in the Volta and Niger Basins.  The Volta-Niger Program aims to restore and bolster opportunities for increased agricultural productivity through key ecosystem services, especially in the resource-poor and fragile northern part of the region (in Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Ghana, and Nigeria).  Agriculture in this call for proposals includes crop production, raising livestock, and agro-forestry. The maximum grant per project is US$700 thousand for two years.  The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is 03 October 2014.