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Power of Diversity Grants 2026
https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/news/power-of-diversity-grants/
Overview
| Donor: | Power of Diversity Funding Facility |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Germany |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 03.07.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | 2.200.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | - |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Agriculture & Rural Development
- Capacity Building
- Climate Change
- Economic Development
- Environment & Natural Resources
- Food Security
Project Locations
Africa
Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia
America
Colombia
Description
1) Objective
The Power of Diversity Grants program will fund targeted projects that strengthen the value chains of selected opportunity crops – nutritious, climate-resilient crops that are well adapted to challenging environments but remain underutilized. Specific target crops for increased investments were identified through national stakeholder consultations in the six countries in 2025.
Each grant will fund a high-impact, scalable project that strengthens specific opportunity crop value chains. The project should address one or several of the intervention areas for each value chain and crop, as national stakeholders identified potential to:
- Increase productivity through seed system development and good agricultural practices
- Strengthen post-harvest and processing capacities
- Improve market access and enhance value chain efficiency
- Increase consumer awareness
- Enhancing the value chains of opportunity crops holds great potential to provide better nutrition, open economic opportunities and improve lives and livelihoods for communities. The Power of Diversity Grants program marks a step forward for investment into these opportunity crops and for resilience and food security in these countries.
2) Eligibility
Applications may be submitted by individual legal entities or as a consortium of partners. If submitted as consortium, a consortium leader should be identified. Technical eligibility must include in-country experience of at least three years. Applicants must be able to prove their annual average revenue turnover from 2023 to 2025 exceeds their proposed project budget, with the budget amounts specified in scope of activities and usually ranging from 100,000 to 200,000 USD.
3) Location
Actions must take place in Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda and Colombia.
4) Budget
Total available funding is €2,200,000.
5) Application
The application deadline is 3 July 2026. A full proposal must be submitted online. All application templates can be downloaded at the given website.