Consultants for Feasibility Study of Maize Drying Hub for Potential Supply Chain Development to De Heus Animal Feeds
- Career Category: Consultancy
- Location: Phnom Penh, Kandal Province, Kampong Cham Province, Tboung Khmum Province
Start Date: 15 July 2025
End Date: 15 September 2025
Number Days (estimated): 24 days
Location of Assignment: Phnom Penh for GIS consultant, Selected communes in Kandal, Kampong Cham and Thboung Khmum provinces field work for the other consultants.
Report to Agrifood Sector leader
Consultancy Objective (max 300 words):
Analyse the potential to establish a maize drying hub to comply with the specifications of dried maize kernels to De Heus animal feed.
Activity and level of effort:
The study will have 3 components, a geographical information analysis, a technical/financial analysis and a social/farming analysis with 3 consultants who will work together to reach the objective of the study. The consultants will also work closely with field team of FNN, SNV and the sourcing staff of DeHeus.
GIS analysis.
- Analyse past satellite data of the last year to identify maize areas and distinguish if from rice using field verification by FNN staff
- Identify with the farming consultant and FNN maize production clusters and map the road infrastructure.
- Map existing maize dryers, and (based on key informant information) establish transport costs prices for maize to each.
- Calculate the optimal potential geographical location of a maize drying hub
The proposed /estimated LoE for this work would be 5 days.
Technical / Financial analysis.
- Provide a recommendation on the infrastructure needed and the type of machinery, engineering and other works needed to establish the maize drying hub.
- Calculate the needed capex and opex (based on similar drying hub infrastructure elsewhere)
The proposed/estimated LoE for this work would be 10 days including travel.
Farmer organisation/Aggregation analysis.
- Support the identification of production clusters and identify potential aggregators (entrepreneurs, farmer organisations)
- Provide a recommended business model and needed agreements between farmers and aggregators.
- Work intensively with the GIS consultant and technical consultant to support the location and size of the maize drying hub.