National Agribusiness Value Chain Specialist

Reporting Lines

The National Agribusiness Value Chain Specialist will work under the direct supervision of the office of the FAO Representative, and the technical supervision of the Lead Technical Officer.

Technical Focus

The National Agribusiness Value Chain Specialist will be supporting value chain analysis, creating training materials, and developing national strategies for fonio production and post-production. The fonio value chain including the inputs supply, production, processing and marketing will be studied and analysed. The value analysis will compile the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, lessons learned, recommendations, etc. to inform investments in fonio.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Conduct fonio value chain analysis (VCA) research in Ghana.
• Carry out secondary data research (statistics, reports, and publications) and draft written contributions in the form of key bullet points as part of the literature review.
• Undertake primary data collection to collect functional, social, economic and environmental data. Data collection methods may include observations, key informant interviews, focus groups, and actor interviews.
• Undertake field missions as and when required.
• Participate in project workshops, trainings and / or meetings at national level as and when required.
• Develop the VCA findings presentation for validation workshop.
• Participate in and facilitate the validation workshop.
• Carry out any other activities relevant to this assignment

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

FAO Core Competencies

Technical / Functional Skills

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

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