Commissioned Strategic Studies

To provide:

1.  The necessary evidence and knowledge to support the formulation of policies and strategies that are supportive to market-led agricultural development
2. The basis for design of calls for proposals for funding by the Trust.

Prospecting Small and short term ( 1 - 3 years) projects
Developed through prescribed calls and restricted competition, these projects are designed t find solutions to issues identified by the Strategic studies and/or evaluations of on-going projects funded by the Trust or the African Agricultural Capital.

Focused Medium-term (3 - 5 years) projects
To ensure value-for-money in funding medium sized projects, the Trust invests deepening funding on the most promising of the prospecting short-term projects, selected through rigorous and business-driven evaluation. The Trust also uses a pool of short-term projects funded by other organizations to select promising projects to take forward.

Scaling-up (5 - 15 years) projects
On the basis of external evaluation and critical assessment of outcomes of the portfolio of medium-term projects, the Trust selects few of them for wider scaling-up through large and long-term projects. The Trust forms strong partnerships with governments, the private sector, and other donors in the implementation of such projects. Funds are raised from a multiple of sources including Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs).