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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">Warm Greetings from the FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">A few months from now,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.fao.org/home/en"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222"> will host
a regional agrifood accelerator in the Pacific region, Maldives and Timor-Leste. T</span><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">he
<b>Agrifood accelerator 2022</b> aims to support and scale up existing agrifood businesses and startups in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">In line with this, FAO is requesting your support by
<b>sharing this initiative within your network</b>. We hope to reach out to as many local agrifood champions, communities and innovators who could benefit from this opportunity. We have
<b>prepared a social media kit containing publicity materials and captions</b> you could use for your post in your social media platforms. Click
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://bit.ly/AFA_Kit"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black"> for the social media kit.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#036DB8">Who can apply</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">The
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">Agrifood accelerator 2022
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">is open to businesses, startups, and local innovators from the
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Maldives, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu
and Vanuatu</span></b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222"> who are looking to improve and scale up their innovative agrifood solutions in the agrifood industry that helps any of the following key areas: </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Better production: ensures sustainable consumption and production patterns<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Better nutrition: end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Better environment: protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial and marine ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Better life: promote inclusive economic growth by reducing inequalities<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#036DB8">How to apply</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Interested teams may send in their applications by
<b>15 October 2022</b> at <b>11:59pm</b> (<b>GMT+13</b>) through the link below:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://bit.ly/AFA2022AppForm"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">https://bit.ly/AFA2022AppForm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#036DB8">What will participants receive?</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">The 16 teams selected to join the
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">Agrifood accelerator 2022
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">will receive the following benefits:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Receive a financial seed package<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Learn new key skills and approaches to scale up your startup or business’ impact solution<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Chance to be flown to the in-person training in Apia, Samoa<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Receive hands-on mentoring and coaching from innovation experts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Networking opportunities to help you broaden your reach<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you very much and we look forward to your positive response. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#222222">Best, </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#036DB8">Paolo Garcia</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Project Manager</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Tandemic, Inc. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="624" height="117" style="width:6.5in;height:1.2152in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD0005.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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