Country: Madagascar
Closing date: 10 Sep 2016
Verde Ventures is an investment fund managed by Conservation International to provide support for businesses that deliver environmental, socioeconomic and financial benefits. Our business partners support human well-being by protecting the important services – like fresh water, food, energy and more – that communities receive from healthy ecosystems as well as the species and processes that make up these ecosystems.
CI’s Verde Ventures Fund invests directly in SMEs by providing debt financing to businesses that benefit healthy ecosystems and human well-being, such as businesses in the sectors of alternative energy, agroforestry, ecotourism, sustainable harvest of wild products and marine and fisheries initiatives. VV’s investments enable such business partners to advance the important role of small business in conservation and responsible development. They employ local people in jobs that give them and their communities a personal and economic stake in safeguarding their local natural resources.
In Madagascar, VV has invested funds with two businesses in vanilla and cacao value chain respectively. Our cacao partner works with 70 farmers organized into 3 producer organizations (approx. 70 members) in Ambanja district region. We aim to support this partner improve the postharvest handling of the cacao as well as achieve organic certification.
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How to apply:
Interested parties are requested to submit an Expression of Interest containing both technical and financial aspects to Amos Thiongo (athiongo@conservation.org) by the close of business 10th September 2016. Detailed Terms of Reference are available upon request.