The GlobalHort call for project concept notes targets specific themes:

Theme 1: Nutrition and Human Health. Focus should be paid on indigenous crop species, on local knowledge for preparing, cooking, preserving nutrients, and on innovations to improve good practices in production, marketing and consumption by the largest population.

Theme 2: Protected Horticulture. Demonstration is expected for adaptation to climate change, management of risks and natural resources (soil and water), and access to market with quality standards.

Theme 3: Fruit Fly Management. An integrated innovation platform is sought to coordinate research, development and training on the most invasive, damaging pests of fruits in the tropics.

Theme 4: Linking farmers to markets including post-harvest treatments of fruits and vegetables. Technical and organizational innovations are expected in the outputs of the project on this theme. 

As mentioned in the terms of reference, GlobalHort program of grants is expecting inclusive projects and strongly encourages partners to get associated to submit one proposal per theme. GlobalHort staff is ready to help you find partners or give you some assistance as long as it is not involving us into the implementation or management of the future project. Our objective is to let produce the most relevant and impactful project to be funded. We will also facilitate co-funding as much as possible. 

Please download the guidelines for full proposal to be requested in the event your concept note is selected.

You are invited to disseminate widely this information, and to submit your concept note before the dead line: 27th February 2009.