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National Consultant to Conduct a Cashew Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Manual

with World Vision International-Recruitment

BTDC-ID: 42226
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Expected Outputs

National Consultant to Conduct a Cashew Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Manual

Announcement Description

The Building Climate-Adaptive Solutions through Inclusive Market Networks (BASIN) project aims to foster a more inclusive, integrated, and climate-resilient Mekong subregion. It focuses on strengthening climate-smart and inclusive value chains, promoting equitable gender dynamics at household and community levels, and advancing regional evidence and learning. This consortium initiative is funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

(DFAT) through the Mekong–Australia Partnership (MAP) Phase 2 and is co-implemented by World Vision Australia (as consortium lead), World Vision East Asia Region, World Vision International in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

The project will run for 48 months (May 2025 – April 2029) and will be implemented in Kratie province (Cambodia), Champasak province (Laos), andAn Giang province (Vietnam).

BASIN seeks to achieve its overall goal through three interconnected outcomes:

  1. Improved household incomes through inclusive and climate-smart value chains
  2. Empowered women and marginalized groups with strengthened decision-making power and leadership
  3. Enhanced regional learning and policy dialogue grounded in evidence and collaboration. The project will directly benefit 24,014 people (including 6,165 women, 224 people with disabilities, and 11,450 children). In Cambodia, BASIN will reach 9,033 participants (including 2,146 women, 452 people with disabilities, and 4,781 children) in the districts of Prek Prasab, Sambour, and Snoul in Kratie province, working in close collaboration with key actors and stakeholders at community, sub-national, andnational levels.

BASIN interventions fall under three technical components including: Climate-Smart Agriculture for cashew production technical, Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development and Infrastructure Development; and one Cross-Cutting component comprising: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Climate Resilient initiatives, and policy support.

Expected Outputs

National Consultant to Conduct a Cashew Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Manual

  • Career Category: Consultancies
  • Location: Phnom Penh
Summary

Purpose of the Consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate a participatory process to develop a Climate- Smart Agriculture (CSA) Manual for the cashew sector, contextualized and aligned with the current status and operational realities of agricultural cooperatives in Cambodia.

Key Objectives of The Assignment:

  • Objective 1: Develop the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) manual for cashew production.
  • Objective 2: Design demand-driven skill development programs, training manuals, and curricula to address identified capacity gaps.
  • Objective 3: Facilitate Trainingof Trainers (ToT) for project staff and key focal persons, including local community members, RGC Commune Agriculture Officers (CAOs), and Agricultural Cooperative (AC) committees to strengthen skills in the cashew sector.
  • Objective 4: Collaborate with key stakeholders to advocate for and promote BASIN project innovations, lessons learned, and best practices within policy dialogue, coordination mechanisms, and cashew-sector networks at local and national levels.

Scope of Work and Methodology

The Consultant will conduct field data collection, data disaggregation and data analysis in nine Agricultural Cooperative (AC) at Prak Prasab and Snoul district in Kratie Procine to develop the Climate -Smart Agriculture (CSA) manual and curriculum for cashew production, and provide technical advisory, coordination,facilitation andcapacity developmentsupport to BASIN project and key stakeholders through four interrelated workstreams (Technical advisory, coordination, facilitation, and capacity development).

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Eligibility

  • Education & Experience: Master’s degree in a relevant agricultural field, with 5–7years of proven experience in cashew agronomy, CSA, andagribusiness.
  • Technical Expertise: Strong practical knowledge of cashew production, IPM, soil health, climate adaptation, andpost-harvest management.
  • Manual & Curriculum Development: Proven experience developing and contextualizing agricultural manuals, training modules, field guides, and extension materials.
  • Agribusiness & Value Chains: Experience in agricultural value chains, market linkages, and cooperative/agribusiness development.
  • GEDSI & Inclusive Training: Demonstrated ability to integrate GEDSI into agricultural and climate-resilience programmes.
  • ToT & Facilitation: Proven experience designing and delivering participatory ToT for AC leaders and extension officers, including stakeholder consultations and validation workshops.
  • Communication & Knowledge Transfer: Ability to translate technical information into practical, user-friendly materials and communicate effectively in English and Khmer.

Submission Requirements

Submission and Application Process

Interested parties should submit their application materials to the WVI-C People and Culture / Procurement Unit.

Required Documentation:

  1. Technical Proposal: Responding to ToR, including proposed methodology and workplan. Technical Proposal: Responding directly to this ToR, highlighting the proposed field methodology and work plan.
  2. Financial Proposal (USD): Itemized breakdown of daily fees, logistics and tax expectations.
  3. Company Profile or CV: Up to date CVs of key experts. For consultant firm, valid Cambodia Business and Tax Registration documents must be attached.
  4. Portfolio (Links to previous similar training manuals, field guides, or ToT curricula)
  5. Prior Work Sample: One unedited sample report from a similar previous assignment.
  6. At least two references from similar assignments

Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

All documents, materials, tools, reports, training materials, and other outputs developed by the consultant under this assignment shall be the property of BASIN project in WVI-Cambodia, unless otherwise agreed in writing. The consultant shall not reproduce, publish, distribute, or use the outputs for other purposes without prior written approval from BASIN of WVI-Cambodia

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  • TOR_CSA-Cashew-Manual-Consultant-20
  • PKH_SupplierPre_qualification_Eng%26Khm_Updated_WorldVisionInternational
 

Contact Details

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  • World Vision International, Procurement Unit #27th Floor, GIA Tower, St. Sopheak Mongkol,, Sangkat Tonle Basak, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 
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  • World Vision International
 
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