Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ce1-e518-72b2-b09c-92ebfa91b483/zambia-rural-climate-resilience-programme-eme-event pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Zambia Rural Climate Resilience Programme EME event [Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tendernation.io/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office) Estimated value Not stated Published 24 Sept 2024 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender An EME event is scheduled for this Programme, outline details are below, Please note to register for this event please complete the registration form at [forms.office.com/e/20hK7KRm6h](https://forms.office.com/e/20hK7KRm6h) This programme is at Business Case development stage and the purpose of this EME is to inform the market about this programme and get views on the TOC and feasibility from a supply base perspective. ### Key Details - Name: Zambia Rural Climate Resilience Program - Location: Zambia - Value: £70,000,000 - Duration: 7 years ### Intended Impact \[Tentative\] A more sustainable agri-food system and improved natural resources base contributing to poverty reduction and climate resilience Through: better policy frameworks, markets, and access to finance to increase smallholder farmers' productivity, incomes, and resilience, while reducing pressure on natural resources and biodiversity ### Programme Summary Despite its economic potential, Zambia has stubbornly high poverty rates. Weak macroeconomic performance, policy failures, and successive negative shocks, including climate, have increased poverty rates and reduced incomes. Climate change, nature loss, and low agricultural productivity have created a negative feedback loop which is whitling down people's resilience and preventing escapes from poverty: - Climate change is ramping up the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, with smallholder farmers relying on rainfed agriculture being the most vulnerable - Nature Loss is driven by farmland expansion in response to declining yields and increasing rural population - Agricultural productivity is well below its potential and is declining. Crop yields are either stagnant or decreasing, despite widespread and increasing use of fertilizers and improved seeds. Taking a systems approach, the Rural Climate Resilience Program will focus on two impact areas: agri-food systems and natural resources management, delivered through three action areas: - Improved policy enabling environment - Improved market systems - Improved access to finance and information TOC: Increased investment in resilient agri-food systems and natural resources management, leads to increased productivity generating lasting livelihood benefits, thereby alleviating poverty, increasing resilience to climate change and shocks, and decreasing nature and biodiversity loss. Outcome 1: Strengthened policy environment to enable better natural resources management and more productive, diversified, sustainable and climate resilient agriculture Outcome 2: Improved climate resilient SME growth that enables greater participation of smallholder farmers in value chain Outcome 3: Improved access and use of climate finance and information to adapt to climate change and enable more resilient agricultural production systems ### Programme Activities Potential activities under consideration include: - Enabling Environment: Technical assistance and evidence support to gov Additional information: Please register for this EME using the link below Read full description ## CPV classification Foreign economic-aid-related services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5dc2a9f5-b78c-47d1-8518-51ef60a9b522) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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