Application Criteria
- Applicant on the pilot phase must be citizens or residents of Nigeria or Rwanda.
- Applicant must live in Uganda, Nigeria or Rwanda.
- Applicant’s business must be registered and operational in Uganda, Nigeria or Rwanda for at least one year.
- Applicants must be between age of 20-35 at the time of application
- Applicants must be an agricultural entrepreneur and business initiative must address the themes of the initiative.
- Application must address reduction of young women’s unemployment within their communities.
- Applicants in a partnership should apply together with their partners as one company.
- Applicants in partnership must provide consent letter from partner(s).
- Business of applicants must be sustainable, financially viable and must be their authentic idea.
- In a case where applicants have more than one business focus, only one of the business focuses should be presented
- Selected beneficiaries are not allowed to apply again in the future.
- Current employees or their families from JR Farms and affiliate/partner organizations are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be willing to share equity stake for a period of 4 years.
- Applications must be made in English or French
