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Project/Consultancy Title:
Project Location(s):
Rural Resilience Activity Farms Field School Facilitators/Trainers
Borno: Biu, Hawul, Kwaya-kusar,
Adamawa: Gombi, Hong, Mubi North, Mubi South, Song, Y Yola North, Yola South. Gombe: Akko, Billiri, Dukku, Funakaye, Gombe, Kwami
Yobe:Damaturu, Potiskum, Nguru, Jakusko, Nangere
Background:
Narrative (2-5 sentences +)
Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA) is a 5-year USAID funded program being implemented by a consortium led by Mercy Corps with support from IFDC and Save the Children across the states of Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe states in North-East Nigeria. Rural Resilience Activity will facilitate economic recovery and growth in vulnerable, conflict-affected areas by promoting systemic change in market systems. This will ensure long-term improvements to markets that will sustainably move over 90,000 households out of chronic poverty.
Purpose / Project Description:
Narrative (2-5 sentences +)
The Activity intends to deploy the Farmers Field School approach to facilitate empowerment and inclusion for women and youth to access enterprise opportunities and become facilitators of the farmers field school, village promoters, private service providers, public and private extension workers. This is to introduce Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Natural Resource Management through extension services and community based natural resource management for increase in crop efficiency, nutrition, healthy environment and income generation to promote resilient livelihoods among the marginalized groups (Women and Youth). The validated agricultural value chains of the activity are Small ruminants, cowpea, groundnut, maize, rice and micro-enterprises.
Consultant Objectives:
Optional – narrative or bulleted
The main objective is to facilitate the emergence of women with capacity to promote good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Natural Resource Management through extension services and community based natural resource management as well as mentorship ability through safe space operations.
Build up capacities of women to open up opportunities to improving their livelihoods by driving the agri-business efficiency and healthy environment to promote resilient livelihoods among the marginalized groups (Women and Youth)
Improve access to risk-informed advisory services, such as technical and business development training and advisory services for female farmers
Link women to lead firms, EIF partners and market actors to develop their capacity to become agents/BDSPs to provide tailor-made business planning, financial management, and technical information advisory services that can support market actors and enterprises to adapt and enhance their businesses for operating in the face of COVID-19 and other shocks and stresses such as security restrictions, flood, droughts, inflation, and low purchasing power.
Consultant Activities:
The Consultant will:
What will they do – bulleted list preferred
The activity seeks the services of Facilitators for the Farmers Field School initiative on the activity. These experts will work with the Master Trainer to facilitate training and mentoring sessions to address the problem of lack of access to information and extension services by promoting improved agricultural production practices and transfer of acquired knowledge in agronomical and Natural Resource Management practices. These range from as land preparation, seed selection, planting, weeding, pest control and use of agrochemicals, post-harvest handling, fuel efficiency cooking practices, deforestation and afforestation, etcetera by bringing together farmers to learn as a group from the FFS gardens and school. The approach is an interactive and participatory ‘learning by doing’ approach involving 20-25 farmers, pastoralists or poultry-folks and a trained facilitator.
Consultant Deliverables:
The Consultant will:
Key elements of FFS.
Impact assessment.
Group dynamics
Money Management
Mercy Corps, Responsibilities
Timeframe / Schedule:
The Consultant will report to:
Required Experience & Skills:
Mercy Corps standard is 5-10 years of relevant experience for consultants
Evaluation Criteria
Score
Tax Identification number and/or Tax certification
10%
Experience in similar contracts evidenced by certificates, pictures, reports, and any other Farmers Field School (FFS) materials.
10%
CV and Cover Letter detailing facilitation skills for FFS and any outstanding case studies and success stories.
80%
Total
100%
Application – Interested Female candidates only should summit their Curriculum Vitae (CVs), Cover letters and any other relevant supporting documents.
Please note: Acronyms must be spelled out at first mention. E.g. Training of Trainers (ToT) or Multi-Year Assistance Program (MYAP).
All submission should be made to ng-procurement@mercycorps.org with SUBJECT LINE: FFS Facilitators/Trainers
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