Provision of Feasibility and Implementation of Agricultural Insurance in Uganda

Item Description:

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries.

IFAD seeks a Contractor to contribute to INSURED’s work in Uganda by providing technical assistance for the design and implementation of climate-related agricultural insurance (hereafter referred to as agricultural insurance) linked to IFAD’s portfolio in the country; and building the capacity of local public and private partner institutions.

Insurance for Rural Resilience & Economic Development (INSURED) is a four-year Technical Assistance Programme financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ending in October 2021.

INSURED’s goal is to increase resilience, the capacity to manage climate risks, and improve livelihoods of poor rural households. Its objective is to protect incomes and promote investments of smallholder agriculture.

This assignment is to seek a Contractor to contribute to INSURED’s work in Uganda. In order to protect smallholder farmers and their related value chain actors from climate-related calamities and improve agricultural productivity, IFAD intends to establish a sustainable system of agricultural insurance to support its in-country portfolio objectives, specifically for the National Oil Seeds Project which is under design.

Information on how to participate in this tender and how to download tender documents can be found in the document attached to this tender notice.

Contract Duration: 1 August 2019 – 31 October 2021

IFAD 2019 009 RFP Instructions on how to access documents.pdf