SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation that applies practical knowledge to make a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty. We use our extensive and long-term in-country presence to apply and adapt our top-notch expertise in agriculture, energy and WASH to local contexts. SNV has over 1250 staff in more than 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. We are proud to be a not-for-profit organisation that uses project financing to implement our mission. This requires us to work efficiently and to invest in operational excellence.

For more information on SNV, visit our website: www.snv.org

SNV implemented two 4-year projects targeting smallholder farmers, a biogas project, Energy for Agriculture (E4A); and a climate smart agricultural project, Sustainable Integrated Land Management Solutions (SILMS). SNV is now implementing a project inspired by concepts and lessons from SILMS and E4A projects, called INCREASE (Increasing Climate Resilience in Energy and Agricultural Systems and Entrepreneurship). The INCREASE project is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). The project aims to contribute to resilience in farming and agribusiness by working with the targeted private companies, to encourage the smallholder farmers to adopt climate smart agricultural practices and deploy decentralised energy systems to increase and stabilise production. The project works with private sector companies in dairy, cotton, and horticulture. The focus is Southern, Lusaka, Central and Eastern Provinces.

OYE is another SNV project that aims to improve the livelihoods and increase incomes for thousands of out-of-school youths (among whom at least 50% are young women) in "green" jobs, Agri-food systems, and energy. The Project has a target of 10,000 and works in 4 provinces (Eastern, Southern, Central and Northern). The INCREASE project will be working with OYE to set up demo projects to demonstrate applications of solar energy for food drying.

Solar food driers are an intervention for value addition to the INCREASE value chains. Depending on the technological set up, Solar food driers can prolong shelf life and enhance the value of vegetables, fruits, and other Argo forestry products. Recognizing this value, SNV intends to pilot Solar food driers in Eastern, Southern, Lusaka and Central Province. Some of the applications proposed include.

1. Solar drying for fruits and vegetables
2. Solar drying for folder crops such as Leucaena
3. Solar drying for medicinal and ornamental agro-forestry trees such Moringa

Community based solar driers are preferred as they have the capacity to benefit many small holder farmers as opposed to individual ones. Therefore, they are easy to scale up depending on the local context for the area. If the pilot works, it can be scaled up in other areas. Additional information is available on the following link - Advert for Solar Driers

Click on the link for the bidding process Request for Proposal Solar Driers

Application Process

• Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
• Submission should be made through [email protected] not later than 10:30hrs, 24th April 2023.
• For any clarifications, contact [email protected].

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NB: Only shortlisted will be contacted.