Opportunity Information: Apply for 72065621 RFI RESINA
Resiliencia Integrada na Nutricao e Agricultura (RESINA) is a USAID/Mozambique Agriculture, Business, and Environment (AEB) Request for Information (RFI) tied to a planned five-year activity valued at about $29.5 million. The purpose of the RFI is not to fund projects right now, but to gather practical input and assess the capacity of potential local and locally established partners such as NGOs, cooperatives, and private-sector actors. USAID is using the responses to understand who can realistically carry out the kinds of technical and operational tasks envisioned under RESINA and to strengthen planning for a future program design.
The planned RESINA activity is structured as an integrated resilience effort that combines Agriculture ($20.5M), WASH or water, sanitation and hygiene ($5M), and Nutrition ($4M). Its central aim is to reduce chronic poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition by strengthening the resilience of vulnerable households and communities. The concept is to identify and prioritize the main drivers that keep people trapped in poverty and poor health, then address those drivers in a coordinated way so households can better withstand shocks and stresses and still move forward economically. In practice, RESINA is intended to support both adaptation and longer-term transformation through a systems-based approach, meaning it looks beyond single interventions and considers how markets, services, institutions, and community capacities interact to shape outcomes.
Geographically, RESINA is designed to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and rural households in selected districts of Zambezia and Nampula provinces. While agriculture is the primary emphasis, the nutrition and WASH components are included to close key gaps that often limit agricultural and livelihood gains. This includes improving dietary outcomes and expanding access to clean water, including water for productive uses where relevant. The idea is that farmers cannot fully benefit from improved production or market opportunities if households are constrained by unsafe water, poor sanitation, and undernutrition, especially among children and women.
RESINA is also framed to fit within USAID's broader Resilience Focus Zone (RFZ) approach, which emphasizes layering, sequencing, and integrating interventions across multiple USAID-funded mechanisms. Rather than operating as a stand-alone project, it is meant to coordinate with other USAID efforts such as the Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) being designed with USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Transform Nutrition in Nampula, the LOGOS Local Government activity, the forthcoming Market Systems Development agriculture activity (PREMIER), Transform WASH, and other related programs. This coordination is meant to reduce duplication, fill programmatic gaps, and ensure interventions reinforce each other over time.
The opportunity itself is explicitly an RFI for information and planning purposes only. It is not a Request for Applications (RFA) or Request for Proposals (RFP), and responses cannot be treated as proposals or used to form any binding agreement with the U.S. Government. USAID is not committing to issue a future solicitation, make an award, or pay any costs incurred by organizations responding to the RFI. Importantly, USAID notes that responding to the RFI does not provide any competitive advantage in later procurement, and the USAID/Mozambique Office will not answer questions submitted in response to the RFI.
Submission guidance is straightforward and focused on brevity and usefulness. Respondents are asked to provide a one-page cover sheet listing the organization name and address and a point of contact with phone number and email. The main response, limited to four pages, should address the technical and contractual questions referenced in the RFI and include comments and suggestions on the draft program description. USAID emphasizes concise, issue-specific feedback, ideally referencing page and section numbers in the draft design document. Basic opportunity details include Funding Opportunity Number 72065621 RFI RESINA, CFDA 98.001, eligibility listed as unrestricted, and an original closing date of April 15, 2021.Apply for 72065621 RFI RESINA
- The Mozambique USAID-Maputo in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Resiliência Integrada na Nutrição e Agricultura (RESINA)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-03-30.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-04-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $29,500,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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RESINA (USAID/Mozambique AEB) RFI - Frequently Asked Questions
1) What is RESINA?
Resiliencia Integrada na Nutricao e Agricultura (RESINA) is a planned USAID/Mozambique Agriculture, Business, and Environment (AEB) resilience activity envisioned as a five-year program valued at about $29.5 million. The planned design integrates Agriculture, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), and Nutrition to reduce chronic poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition by strengthening the resilience of vulnerable households and communities.
2) What is this opportunity right now: a grant competition or something else?
This is a Request for Information (RFI). It is for information-gathering and planning purposes only, not a Request for Applications (RFA) or Request for Proposals (RFP), and it is not accepting proposals for funding at this time.
3) What is the purpose of the RFI?
The RFI is intended to gather practical input and assess the capacity of potential local and locally established partners. USAID is using responses to understand who can realistically carry out the technical and operational tasks envisioned under RESINA and to strengthen planning for a future program design.
4) Does responding to the RFI result in funding now?
No. USAID states the RFI is not to fund projects right now. Responses are for planning only.
5) Is USAID required to issue a future solicitation after the RFI?
No. USAID is not committing to issue a future solicitation, make an award, or pay any costs incurred by organizations responding to the RFI.
6) Can an RFI response be treated as a proposal or create a binding agreement?
No. USAID specifies that responses cannot be treated as proposals or used to form any binding agreement with the U.S. Government.
7) Will USAID pay organizations for the time or costs of preparing an RFI response?
No. USAID notes it will not pay any costs incurred by organizations responding to the RFI.
8) Does responding to the RFI give an organization a competitive advantage later?
No. USAID explicitly states that responding to the RFI does not provide any competitive advantage in later procurement.
9) Will USAID answer questions submitted in response to the RFI?
No. USAID notes that the USAID/Mozambique Office will not answer questions submitted in response to the RFI.
10) Who is USAID interested in hearing from?
USAID is seeking input from potential local and locally established partners, including NGOs, cooperatives, and private-sector actors, to assess capacity and gather practical feedback relevant to the planned RESINA design.
11) Where is RESINA expected to operate?
RESINA is designed to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and rural households in selected districts of Zambezia and Nampula provinces in Mozambique.
12) What are the main program components and indicative budgets?
The planned activity is structured as an integrated effort that combines Agriculture (about $20.5M), WASH (about $5M), and Nutrition (about $4M), for a total planned value of roughly $29.5M.
13) What is the overall goal of the planned RESINA activity?
The central aim is to reduce chronic poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition by strengthening the resilience of vulnerable households and communities. The concept is to identify and prioritize key drivers that keep people trapped in poverty and poor health, then address those drivers in a coordinated way so households can better withstand shocks and stresses while improving economically.
14) How does RESINA approach resilience in practice?
RESINA is intended to support both adaptation and longer-term transformation through a systems-based approach. This means the design looks beyond single interventions and considers how markets, services, institutions, and community capacities interact to shape outcomes.
15) Why are Nutrition and WASH included if Agriculture is the main emphasis?
Nutrition and WASH are included to close key gaps that often limit agricultural and livelihood gains. The design recognizes that households may not fully benefit from improved production or market opportunities if they are constrained by unsafe water, poor sanitation, and undernutrition, especially among children and women. The WASH component also includes expanding access to clean water, including water for productive uses where relevant.
16) How is RESINA expected to coordinate with other USAID programs?
RESINA is framed to fit within USAID's Resilience Focus Zone (RFZ) approach, emphasizing layering, sequencing, and integrating interventions across multiple USAID-funded mechanisms. It is intended to coordinate with other USAID efforts to reduce duplication, fill gaps, and ensure interventions reinforce each other over time.
17) Which related USAID efforts are specifically mentioned for coordination?
The opportunity description references coordination with the Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) being designed with USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Transform Nutrition in Nampula, the LOGOS Local Government activity, the forthcoming Market Systems Development agriculture activity (PREMIER), Transform WASH, and other related programs.
18) What should an RFI response include?
Respondents are asked to submit (1) a one-page cover sheet listing the organization name and address and a point of contact with phone number and email, and (2) a main response limited to four pages that addresses the technical and contractual questions referenced in the RFI and includes comments and suggestions on the draft program description.
19) How long can the main RFI response be?
The main response is limited to four pages, in addition to the one-page cover sheet.
20) What kind of feedback is USAID looking for in the narrative response?
USAID emphasizes concise, issue-specific feedback and requests that comments ideally reference page and section numbers in the draft design document.
21) What opportunity identifiers are provided for this RFI?
Basic details include Funding Opportunity Number 72065621 RFI RESINA, CFDA 98.001, and eligibility listed as unrestricted.
22) What was the closing date listed for the RFI?
The original closing date provided is April 15, 2021.
23) Is eligibility restricted?
The eligibility field is listed as unrestricted in the opportunity details provided.
24) Is RESINA intended to be a stand-alone project?
No. The design intent described is that RESINA would not operate as a stand-alone project; it is meant to coordinate with other USAID-funded mechanisms under the Resilience Focus Zone approach.
25) What types of outcomes is RESINA trying to improve?
Based on the description, the planned activity targets improved resilience for smallholder farmers and rural households, with the broader objectives of reducing chronic poverty, strengthening food security, and improving nutrition and WASH-related constraints that affect household well-being and economic progress.
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