Silver Spring, Maryland (December 16, 2010) - The ACDI/VOCA Support for Food Security Activities (SFSA) team, a consortium of nine food security and agricultural development organizations, today announced the launch of its Web site, www.sfsa.com, a resource for USAID missions working to reduce hunger and poverty in eastern and southern Africa.
The Web site (www.sfsa.com) offers a range of information and resources on the SFSA Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), a 5-year USAID mechanism to fund bilateral and regional agricultural development and food security programs in countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Tanzania.
“The SFSA or Support for Food Security Activities funding mechanism is both innovative and practical because it allows USAID missions to quickly access specialized services to achieve food security goals,” says ACDI/VOCA’s Bronwyn Irwin, who leads the SFSA team. “We are pleased to launch our team’s Web site, and as programs are implemented, look forward to it becoming a regional food security and agriculture resource.”
The ACDI/VOCA team has implemented more than $400 million of development and humanitarian interventions in the select African countries, including 15 long-term agribusiness and livelihoods programs in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
“We hope our team’s technical strengths, varied skills, and extensive footprint will support missions working with African governments to implement intergrated and effective food security and economic development programs,” Irwin says.
“We share a commitment to the people living in this region of Africa and to working with them as true partners in efforts to promote sustainable growth and economic opportunity.”
The SFSA contract ceiling is $500 million, and task orders under the IQC may be awarded through August 2015. ACDI/VOCA leads one of three prequalified IQC teams.
ACDI/VOCA SFSA Team and Technical Expertise
The ACDI/VOCA team includes:
SFSA team members provide expert technical assistance in agricultural productivity; market facilitation and value chain development; trade facilitation, regulatory and policy reform; humanitarian response; information and knowledge management; organizational development; and short-term tasks such as evaluations, analyses, workshops, and regional coordination meetings.
For the project, Danya will provide behavior change communications, innovative
technologies, and real-time monitoring and evaluation support services.
For more information, visit www.sfsa.com.
