Grants & public programmes
You administer the grants, calls for proposals and public programmes that fund agricultural and agro-industrial projects without repayment.
Grants, calls for proposals, sector programmes, non-repayable funding and technical assistance from government, local authorities and development partners.
What this service covers
This service brings together the public and development-cooperation schemes that provide non-repayable funding or technical assistance to value-chain actors: equipment grants, sector calls for proposals, value-chain development programmes, matching funds, support for young people and women setting up, and technical assistance from development partners. From the beneficiary’s point of view, typical deliverables include a grant agreement, a conditional disbursement, implementation support and a monitoring report. It differs from bank credit and guarantee funds in that the support is not repaid, but it is conditional on eligibility criteria, a compliant application and strict accountability throughout the project.
- Design and management of calls for proposals and sector grant windows
- Appraisal of applications, selection committees and contracting with beneficiaries
- Monitoring and evaluation, accountability and audit of the use of funds
- Technical assistance and capacity building for project developers
- Coordination between ministries, local authorities and development partners
Benefits for producers, cooperatives, companies and institutions
Producers and cooperatives finance equipment or collective infrastructure that credit alone cannot reach.
Processing companies obtain co-financing that reduces the risk of their investment projects.
Exporters gain access to programmes for meeting standards and promoting their products on foreign markets.
Project developers receive technical support alongside the funding, which improves their chances of success.
Local authorities and institutions direct funds towards priority value chains and territories.
Why this service matters in Cameroon and Central Africa
In Cameroon, a substantial share of collective agricultural investment flows through public programmes and cooperation projects run by sector ministries, decentralised local authorities and development partners. These schemes cover needs that bank credit does not: rural infrastructure, equipment for producer organisations, upgrading of processing units, support for young entrepreneurs. Their effectiveness depends on the ability of project developers to know about them, understand their criteria and submit compliant applications. Clear referencing of these schemes steers applicants to the right windows, reduces wasted effort on both sides and strengthens the impact of public funds on the value chains they are meant to serve.
The types of actors concerned — and what the listing brings them
● delivers this service as a core activity — DADI.F1 · Sector line ministries
Listing your programmes and calls for proposals lets project developers identify them and prepare applications that match your criteria.
● delivers this service as a core activity — DADI.F3 · Decentralised local authorities
Your listing makes known the support your local authority gives to local value chains and directs producers to the right departments.
● delivers this service as a core activity — DADI.F4 · Donors & international cooperation
Listing your programmes and technical assistance makes your priorities legible to value-chain actors and implementing partners.
○ delivers this service as a secondary activity — DADI.F2 · Public agencies & boards
Your listing signals the windows and sector funds you administer and spares project developers poorly directed applications.
○ delivers this service as a secondary activity — DADI.F5 · Public development banks & funds
Listing your grant lines and matching funds completes the information available on your loan and guarantee products.
The headings a provider of this service should declare in its directory profile: they are reviewed at verification and read first by project promoters.
The strategic value of the XP-NOVA listing
Listing makes your grant schemes visible to the producers, cooperatives and businesses that do not always know where to turn for support.
You identify structured project developers and implementing partners for your programmes and calls for proposals more easily.
Your schemes become part of a network that links public funding, advisory services and technical providers around the same projects.
The XP-NOVA-verified presentation of your programmes limits unauthorised intermediaries and false information about public support.
Your listing in three steps
The path is the same for every provider of this service; choose above the type of actor that matches you to reach a pre-filled form.
- Submit your information
You enter your organisation, your position in the architecture (actor type pre-filled), the services you deliver, your area of operation and your contacts. The profile is created as pending and you receive your access.
- Verification and validation by XP-NOVA
The XP-NOVA team reviews the profile: consistency of the position, reality of the declared service, completeness of the headings above. If there is a reservation, the reason is sent to you and you complete it.
- Official publication in the directory
Once validated, your profile is published under your actor code, with the service listed. You keep it up to date from your area: contact details, logo, capacities, description.
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