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Organic Cashew Consultant

with Branch of Abt Associates Inc.

BTDC-ID: 6586

Closing Date:

Announcement Description

The Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II (Harvest II), USAID is a five year project (April 2017-April 2022) to accelerate growth in the horticulture sector using a blended buyer-led and market systems development approach. Harvest II supports commercial relationships that will ultimately allow farmer groups, buyers/processors and other market actors to compete more effectively in domestic and international markets. These actors will be found throughout the horticulture sector across the Feed the Future Zone of Influence (ZOI) in the provinces of Pursat, Battambang, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom. The project has three interconnected objectives: 1.) Improve capacities for market participation, 2.) Improve market linkages, and 3.) Improve governance and enabling environment.

Harvest II is seeking a local consultant to provide capacity building for board members of Cashew nut Association of Cambodia (CAC) in the form of training of trainers and for buyers, transporters and warehouse / factory managers on organic cashew production and post-harvest handling practices, including but not limiting to organic cashew sorting, drying, packaging and delivery and storage process /techniques.

Despite a growing demand on organic cashew from Cambodia among international buyers / investors, in reality, there are not many cashew farmers are interested in producing organically or know how to grow their cashew in the organic way. Some farmers even go further and say that we can use a testing equipment to know if a cashew is organic or not. Furthermore, the estimated figure of cultivating areas of local cashew variety, which can be converted to organic cashew, in Kampong Thom and Siem Reap alone are 22,300 hectare. This can roughly produce more than 10,000 metric tons of organic cashew per annum. This data does not include the other provinces like Preah Vihear, Stung Treng, Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri.

Announcement Positions

Organic Cashew Consultant

  • Category: Consultancy, Rural development, Agriculture, Capacity development
  • Type : Job Opportunity
  • Location: Kampong Thom Province
  • Schedule: Full-time
  • Salary: N/A

Title: Building capacity for CAC and organic cashew buyers, transporters and factory/warehouse manager on organic cashew production and post-harvest handling practice.

Type (Local or International): Local Individual Consultant

Duration of Assignment: 10 days between December 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021

The objective of this consultancy is to build the capacity of CAC on organic cashew production and organic cashew postharvest handling practices, and other organic cashew buyers, transporters and warehouse/factory owners/managers on post-harvest handling practices.

Duties
  • The consultant will:
  • Translate and update their existing organic cashew production guide / manual and organic cashew post-harvest handling manual into Khmer
  • Develop TOT training materials and curriculum on organic cashew production and post-harvest handling in Khmer.
  • Present the two TOT packages on organic cashew production and organic cashew post-harvest handling to Harvest II team for feedback and approval.
  • Conduct training to deliver these two TOT packages for CAC board members and Harvest II staff as well as other targeted participants comprising of organic cashew buyers, transporters and warehouse / factory owners / managers. Training will be delivered in person and may also be broadcast digitally.
  • Cooperate with Harvest II team members during their visits to the assignment site over the course of the assignment.
  • Deliverables:
  • The Consultant will submit a work plan to Harvest II not later than 2 (two) working days after contract signature.
  • The Consultant will submit an organic cashew production guide/manual in Khmer, and an organic cashew post-harvest management in Khmer not later than 10 (ten) working days after contract signature.
  • Conduct training of trainers on organic cashew production and organic cashew post-harvest management for CAC, Harvest II staff and organic cashew buyers, transporters and warehouse / factory owners / managers not later than one day after approval of Harvest II on the TOT packages.
  • Final report which will include result of the training and recommendations for training participants and Harvest II to be submitted not later 7 (seven) days after the completion of the training.
Requirements
  • At least bachelor degree in organic crop production and/or crop post-harvest handling management, focusing on organic crops or relevant disciplines with proven hands on experience in organic cashew production and post-harvest handling practices.
  • Expert level knowledge of organic cashew production and organic cashew post-harvest management.
  • Proven track records on similar assignments in the Cambodian context.
  • Proficiency of English and Khmer speaking and writing.
 

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to send a CV and cover letter by the deadline at 5:00pm (Cambodia time) to email address provided in the contact details with “Organic Cashew Consultant” in the subject line.

We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

 
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Contact Details

Contact Name
  •  Branch of Abt Associates Inc.
 
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