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D. Duties and Responsibilities

The Livestock Specialist shall be responsible for:

Technical Review and Support

· Conducting and developing analysis and evaluation report on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategy for Bangladesh and detailed study on climate challenges in livestock,

· Preparing strategic options on climate-smart livestock and validate through participatory process

· Developing strategic options on climate-smart livestock and validate through participatory process

· Integrating strategic climate considerations for climate-smart livestock including monitoring framework to strengthen CSA

· Providing inputs to Identify national and sub-national best practices and methods of climate smart agriculture and livestock in Bangladesh

· Reviewing various documents including policies, plans, acts, guidelines, institutional setup related to livestock management in Bangladesh

Assessment

• Arranging and conducting key informant interviews and focus group discussions to support in developing an analysis and evaluation report for a climate-smart agriculture strategy
• Support in conducting consultations and workshops to finalize climate-related hazard and risk assessment methodologies for agricultural sector and validation workshop to finalize strategic options on climate smart agriculture

Tool and Guides Development

• Supporting in identifying national and sub-national best climate-smart practices and methods of livestock management in Bangladesh
• Providing inputs from livestock perspective to climate modelling with future climate data to develop strategic climate scenarios
• Developing a monitoring framework and a draft climate smart agriculture strategy to strengthen climate smart agriculture and livestock
• Providing information for climate smart agriculture and livestock strategic framework that considers climate-extreme risk and mitigation solutions along with developing strategic options on climate-smart livestock
• Preparing draft guidelines for climate-smart agriculture and livestock for Government of Bangladesh
• Developing country-specific chapters for regional guidelines for Government of Bangladesh on climate-smart agriculture and livestock through incorporating stakeholder inputs and preparing dissemination of IEC materials.

Coordination and Reporting

· Performing other relevant tasks as assigned by the Director, Climate Resilience, Project Director, Country Project Lead and the Resilient Agriculture Specialist (Regional) in Bangkok Office.

· The consultant will coordinate with Resilient Agriculture Specialist (National) in Bangladesh to provide necessary technical inputs.