Organizational Setting
The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.
Under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), FAO in Zambia has collaborated with the European Union, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) to implement a 4.5-year program on Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems in Zambia (SIFAZ). The project focuses on building demonstrable synergies between research and promotion of appropriate sustainable agriculture intensification practices.
As part of the activities for the SIFAZ project, an agribusiness strategy is put in place to establish economically viable, cost effective and cooperative based business models to sustainably allow smallholder farmers continued practicing of SIPs. Specifically, the agribusiness strategy of the SIFAZ project will achieve the following:
Reporting Lines
The Agribusiness Specialist will work under the overall guidance of the FAO Representative in Zambia and directly reports to the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA). The incumbent will work in close collaboration with implementing partners from Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), NGOs and relevant FAO technical units in headquarters, at regional level (RAF) and sub-regional level (Sub regional Office for Southern Africa (SFS) and in close collaboration with Administrative and technical units in FAO Zambia.
Technical Focus
The incumbent will support development of a Partnership Framework for linking smallholder farmers to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). This activity is part of the of the implementation of Agribusiness Strategy of the Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems in Zambia (SIFAZ) project.
Tasks and responsibilities
Provision of operational services to implementation of the SIFAZ program
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING,
Minimum Requirements
FAO Core Competencies
Technical/Functional Skills
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This vacancy is archived.