{"id":59245,"date":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=b558c95172a4b98906612184d1a262b5"},"modified":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","slug":"us-embassy-announces-opening-of-applications-for-1-5-nofo-for-women-working-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/us-embassy-announces-opening-of-applications-for-1-5-nofo-for-women-working-in-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"US embassy announces opening of applications for $1.5 NOFO for women working in agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.S. embassy has recently announced the opening of applications for a $1.5 million Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) dedicated to women working in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n
It said in a statement the grant aims to address the vulnerability of Tunisia’s agricultural sector to climate change, as well as increased food security threats, particularly for women’s economic security and empowerment.<\/p>\n
The first objective of the NOFO is to enable women-led cooperatives to optimise their use of natural resources to mitigate the challenges caused by climate change, it pointed out.<\/p>\n
The second is to help women-led cooperatives to improve business acumen and increase revenue throughout the value chain of their products, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The U.S. embassy has recently announced the opening of applications for a $1.5 million Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) dedicated to women working in the agricultural sector.It said in a statement the grant aims to address the vulnerability of Tun…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n