Consultant – Agri-Business Expert at International Potato Center (CIP)

Position: Consultant – Agri-business Expert TANZANIA

Job Information

Resource Type Consultant

Closing date 02/21/2020

City Dar-es-Salam 

 

Job Description

The position requires a Consultant to work in collaboration with public and private sector research, seed producers, development agents, CIP’s agronomist, agricultural economist and other on- going CIP sweetpotato initiatives to design and implement a rapid assessment of the sweetpotato seed systems in Bukombe, Butiama and Urambo District, Tanzania

Objectives: To design, conduct and validate rapid assessment of sweetpotato seed systems (including measuring the marketing efficiency of existing seed distribution models) in bukombe, Butiama and Urambo districts, Tanzania.

Key responsibilities:

In collaboration with TaRI and CIP develop study protocol and methodology to conduct gender sensitive rapid assessment of seed system in target areas to:

• Characterize (formal and informal). sweetpotato seed system actors (including trades, transporters)

o Roles of different stakeholders.

o Current business models for key nodes in seed value chain.

o Current and future market preferred varieties (and relative market share) for different market segments

• Map existing seed distribution models 9or channels)/ and business models in target geographies and document with data available for Impact Network Analysis (INA).

• Identify push and pull strategies for strengthening the relationship among seed system actors.

• Identify opportunities for upgrading enhancing integration between formal and informal commercial seed producers.

• Measure marketing efficiency of existing seed distribution models: Measurable indicators:

o Net profit for typical seed enterprise at different nodes in seed value chain 9basic, certified, QDS, informal);

o Input/output ratio;

o Wastage;

o Seed security indicators;

• Present report and findings to stakeholder meeting for validation and follow up action plan.

• Prepare a final report after the review and submit to the supervisor.

Requirements
• PHd. in Agricultural Economics or related field.
• Knowledge and/or experience in agribusiness (MBA an advantage), gender-based value chain analysis and market linkages.
• At least 10 years’ experience working with TARI and district councils.
• Fluent in Kiswahili.
• Knowledge of sweetpotato seed in Tanzania.
• Knowledge and/or experience working with smallholder farmers and private companies (agribusinesses), as well as smallholder farmers’ networks and agribusiness in Africa.
• Quantitative and statistics skills.

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