OpportunityTitle: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) - Second Global Innovation Call
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants from any category of organization or institution, US or non-US , are welcome to respond to this solicitation. Specific categories of organizations and institutions and entrepreneurs that are welcome to respond include, but are not limited to:  educational, industrial, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, faith-based, foundations, academic institutions, civic groups, regional organizations, vendors, start-ups, and project developers.    Government entities and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding. For the purposes of this BAA, publicly-funded universities or universities with government affiliations are not considered government entities.
Description: The objective of Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) is to support new and sustainable approaches to accelerate the development and deployment of Clean Energy Solutions (CES)for increasing agriculture productivity and/or value in developing countries. Such solutions are those that integrate clean energy technologies and innovative business models to: (i) Enhance agricultural yields/productivity; (ii) Decrease post-harvest loss; (iii) Improve farmer and agribusiness income generating opportunities and revenues; and/or (iv) Increase energy efficiency and associated savings within the operations of farms and agribusinesses - while stimulating low carbon economic growth within the agriculture sector of developing countries.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: PAEGC Email Address
GrantorContactText: Prospective Applicants that are unable to retrieve the BAA from the Internet can request an electronic copy by email.