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Establish clear links to public health and nutrition, ensuring a comprehensive perspective across the local food supply chain."}, {"bbox": [81, 334, 1117, 390], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities relating to Output 2.2 – Partnerships among farmers, local agri-businesses, and financial institutions improve the production, processing, and marketing of drought-resistant crops.**"}, {"bbox": [119, 390, 1120, 497], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Facilitate the development of commercial partnerships between smallholders, local agri-businesses and possibly financial institutions in order to encourage the growth of sustainable and inclusive agribusiness models, based on circular economy principles, and that allow for farmer participation and attract investment by private sector partners;"}, {"bbox": [119, 499, 1120, 578], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support the establishment or expansion of agri-business hubs in selected areas offering the highest value-addition and commercial potential⁷ to provide essential services, aggregate production, and add value to selected value chains. The focus is on traditional grains and drought-resistant crops⁸;"}, {"bbox": [119, 580, 1120, 660], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support provided in key areas like water management, small scale irrigation, transport, power, communications, agro-processing capacity, market access and agricultural knowledge, technology and information systems."}, {"bbox": [119, 662, 1120, 742], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Boost the capabilities of local producers, including women and youth, for working together and for active and sustainable engagement in long-term agricultural business relationships. This involves facilitating farmer groups, coaching, and training sessions;"}, {"bbox": [81, 762, 1117, 816], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities relating to Output 2.3 – Women and youth have equal opportunities in agricultural activities and agri-business management.**"}, {"bbox": [119, 818, 1120, 871], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Enhance skills and capabilities of women and youth in sustainable agriculture production, aggregation, processing and marketing, digital skills, and access to information and trade opportunities;"}, {"bbox": [119, 873, 1120, 926], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Create equal opportunities for women and youth in targeted areas to participate as lead farmers, which will enable them to acquire new knowledge and skills on agro-business management and in leadership;"}, {"bbox": [119, 928, 997, 955], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Establish a quality and gender-balanced management system at the agro-processing centres;"}, {"bbox": [119, 957, 1120, 1010], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Ensure equal opportunities for inclusion of women, youth and people with disabilities as rights-holders in project activities implemented in targeted districts."}, {"bbox": [81, 1038, 1120, 1092], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities relating to Output 3.1 – Renewable energies investments enable the “greening” of targeted value chains development.**"}, {"bbox": [119, 1094, 1120, 1147], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Greening the commercialisation and export processes of the horticulture value chain through the provision of renewable energy backup power to the equipment and laboratories that are part of the logistical hub;"}, {"bbox": [119, 1149, 1120, 1229], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Greening the production and value addition processes of the drought resistant crops value chain through investments in renewable energies and equipment / facilities for the agri-business hubs to ensure efficient operations, aiming to reduce post-harvest losses."}, {"bbox": [81, 1247, 1117, 1300], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities relating to Output 3.2 – Facilitating investments in renewable energy generation projects enables access to clean and affordable energy mainly in but not limited to priority value chains development.**"}, {"bbox": [119, 1302, 1120, 1355], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Provide specialised advisory support to create a pipeline of investment ready projects. This includes coaching projects with potential to a point where they become viable and bankable;"}, {"bbox": [119, 1357, 1120, 1410], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Identify and provide relevant information on financing solutions i.e. available (European) instruments (e.g. EFSD+) to which Zimbabwe is eligible (mostly off-grid) renewable energies;"}, {"bbox": [119, 1411, 1120, 1464], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Build capacity for domestic financiers to increase availability of local financing and utilisation of EFSD+ related funding and guarantee mechanisms;"}, {"bbox": [119, 1465, 1120, 1517], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Organise match-making events/conferences for mobilisation and visibility of investment ready projects to potential funding partners;"}, {"bbox": [119, 1519, 1056, 1544], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Provision of data platform prospect accessible by financiers and viable renewable energy projects;"}, {"bbox": [119, 1545, 1120, 1593], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Supporting renewable energy businesses with key project documentation and studies required for investment."}, {"bbox": [597, 1639, 620, 1662], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "13"}]