New funding opportunity for the development of a consortium with both agricultural and nutrition expertise

The Agricultural Development and Nutrition teams at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new funding opportunity for the development of a consortium with both agricultural and nutrition expertise, with the mandate of“Improving Nutrition Outcomes through Optimized Agricultural Interventions” in Africa.

Through its members, the consortium must have strengths in program design, implementation, and rigorous monitoring and evaluation---with a strong focus on providing these services as technical assistance.

• This grant opportunity is open until 7 June 2013. 
• Full descriptions of the grant opportunity and application instructions are available at this link. Please note that the description of the grant opportunity is available in English and French, but applications will be accepted in English only.
• See also the brief blog on Impatient Optimists announcing this opportunity at this link.