Providing technical and financial support to small-scale farmers, farmers associations and manufacturers and exporters of agricultural products.
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The service offers beneficiaries the following
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- Value-chain and project development support: At an individual level, participating farmers will be assisted to improve their technical and practical skills, whilst at a sectoral level, an environment that encourages collaboration, association and group building to lower marketing costs and improve the value chain of their products will be fostered .
- Rural finance: financing requirements will be supported through the Development and Employment Fund and microfinance institutions, under the supervision of JEDCO.
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Responsible Directorate
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Rural Finance Development and Employment Unit
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Target segments
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Small-scale farmers
- Rural families without a stable source of income, employed members or any other economic activities.
- Rural families with employed members, but whose income is insufficient to meet their needs.
Farmers’ associations, manufacturers and exporters of agricultural products.
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Support Organizations
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- The National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension: agricultural development and consultancy services.
- The Development and Employment Fund: Rural finance provision.
- Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization: assistance in attaining the Global Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certificate
- The Jordan Exporters and Producers Association for Fruit and Vegetables: assistance in marketing beneficiaries’ products through study tours, trade fairs and contract farming arrangements.
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Eligibility requirements
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Small-scale farmers
- The project must be in operation.
- The project must be in the agricultural sector.
- The project must provide job opportunities for women and youth.
- The project must adhere to the conditions and requirements of the bodies responsible for the execution of the project.
- The project’s work and activities must be completed either on an individual or group basis.
- Agriculture must be the primary source of income for the family.
Farmers’ associations, and manufacturers and exporters of agricultural products:
- The project must be in operation
- The project must be in the agricultural sector.
- The project must provide job opportunities for women and youth.
- The project must adhere to the conditions and requirements of the bodies responsible for the execution of the project.
- The company must be registered at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Commercial record / Companies Control register)
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Required Documents
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- Proof of place of residence.
- Proof of ownership/rental of agricultural land.
- Proof of work in the agricultural sector.
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Application Deadline
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continuous on a rolling basis
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Service Delivery Procedures
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- Financing opportunities: provided subject to the conditions and requirements of the Development and Employment Fund.
- Agricultural extension and consultancy: provided based on the conditions and requirements of The National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension.
- Assistance in acquiring the Global Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certificate: provided subject to the conditions and requirements of Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization.
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