Wheat Production Consultant (Posted 12May2022)

PROJECT BACKGROUND:

Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project (“the Project”) is a five-year USAID-funded activity, supported by the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. The Project aims to improve the competitiveness of Egypt’s horticulture and wheat producers and related down-stream businesses and food processors. The Project promotes a more competitive and inclusive Egyptian economy through growth in selected horticultural sectors with special focus on securing employment and increasing agriculture-related incomes of smallholder farmers.

ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND:

The Training Consultancy for Project value chains is critical to the overall success of the Project. The consultant will work on wheat value chain alongside key Project staff, including the Production Post-Harvest (PPH) Lead, Post-Harvest Lead, and field coordinators, to implement training curriculum that will address critical weaknesses amongst smallholder farmers, laborers, producer organizations (PO’s), University graduates, agricultural technical school (ATS) students and graduates, service providers and logistics companies. The consultant will be required to make several trips to the field in different governorates. 

ASSIGNMENT DURATION: Max 65 days during 1 June - 31 December 2022.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Curriculum development

• Attend Training of Trainers (ToT) technical curriculum structure and training strategies so the Project has the same message delivered to farmers and other sectors.

 ToT

• Deliver Training of Trainers (ToT) and prepare technical curriculum structure and training strategies to university graduates, field coordinators and ATS teachers so the Project has the same message delivered to farmers and other sectors.

Farmers’ capacity building

• Discuss technical training needs of the Project’s farmers and training staff
• Provide training to the Project’s farmers and beneficiaries in each governorate to ensure that they are capable of effectively implementing the Project interventions 

Farmers Follow up Visits

• Assess implementation of training recommendations
• Identify and resolve any field issue as requested
• Supervise and assess the technical assistants’ performance.

DELIVERABLES:

• Training materials for different activities
• Written report on results of training implementation
• Field assessment reports of farmers technical progress
• Technical recommendations responding to farmers queries
• Identification of production challenges and practical solutions