USAID/Georgia's Restoring Efficiency to Agriculture Production (REAP) (AD-114-C-13-00002), is a five-year, $19.5 million program that is designed to increase income and employment in rural areas by delivering firm-level investment and technical assistance to expand the operation of existing smallholder farmers and rural enterprises. The project will facilitate the entry of new agribusinesses and input suppliers, including machinery service providers, storage facilities, sorting/grading centers, and small and medium scale processors to improve the availability of high-quality inputs and services, and strengthen markets for agricultural goods and services. Also, REAP will catalyze increased private investment and commercial finance to the sector, mitigate risk for rural small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs, and expand commercially sustainable linkages between service providers, producers, postharvest enterprises, and local consulting firms.

REAP is soliciting proposals from qualified, legally-registered local firms and educational institutions to provide a focused and market-driven assistance to REAP-supported agribusinesses to gradually match and incorporate the relevant EU standards in order to stimulate and increase Georgian exports to the EU.

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