Job Description
Farm Africa is an international NGO founded in 1985, with a vision to ensure a prosperous rural Africa. It is a specialist development NGO working with smallholder farmers and forest communities, local governments, and the private sector in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The organization is an expert in the fields of agronomy, livestock, natural resources management, and market engagement. With community engagement underpinning our approach, we design and implement sustainable solutions to rural poverty based on evidence and best practices.
Farm Africa currently wants to invite those eligible bidders for identifying suitable climate-smart agricultural options and to assess the opportunities and challenges of nutrition-sensitive farming in the Bale eco-region and associated landscape of the Guji and Borana zones. The project aims to identify suitable climate-smart agricultural options and assess the opportunities and challenges of nutrition-sensitive farming.
Interested bidders should collect the TOR directly collect from the Farm Africa Ethiopia office or request via befekadud@farmafrica.org between 20 – 30 Sep, 2022.
Job Requirements
Qualifications of the Consultants
1. Bidders shall submit all the legal documents (renewed Trade License, Registration, TIN, VAT/TOT certificates)
2. Higher education qualifications in the fields of agriculture science (crop production nutrition and general agriculture production), and Natural resource management
3. Proven track record conducting project basslines, evaluations, and midterm reviews in the area of Agriculture, Climate change, Livelihood, Food security, and Climate Smart Agriculture in the context of highland, lowland, and forest areas
4. Proven track record of conducting assessments/studies related to agricultural production, productivity, marketing, value chain, and product supply chains
5. Extensive experiences and expertise in the agriculture sector, Climate Smart agriculture, sustainable land management, climate change, sustainable farming,
6. Extensive experience in conducting literature reviews and qualitative research including familiarity with participatory research methods
7. Sound knowledge of Ethiopia’s agricultural sector policy and strategies
8. Strong analytical, facilitation, and communication skills
9. Fluency in spoken and written English and sufficient knowledge of the community language
10. Bidders shall clearly state their unit price and total price including VAT/ToT in ETB properly signed and stamped.
How to Apply
Interested bidders should submit their Technical and Financial proposals in two separate files duly marked as “Technical” and “Financial” proposals. The document must be delivered to the email ethprocurement@farmafrica.org on or before 5:00 PM 3rd October, 2022. Late bids will be rejected.
Should you have any clarification queries, please forward them to befekadud@farmafrica.org Farm Africa address: Farm Africa Ethiopia Office Ethio Ceramic Bldg. 5th floor, Gurd shola, Tel. 011 557 3325, Fax- 011 557 3332.
Bid proposals will be opened by Farm Africa Procurement Committee. Qualified bidders will be considered based on their responsiveness to the requirements listed above, technical, and financial evaluation results. Finally, the winner will be notified through the firm’s address.
Farm Africa Ethiopia reserves the right to accept or reject all or parts of the bids at any time without assigning any reason or reasons whatsoever.