Agriculture Production Specialist, Vacancy at staple food markets in Accra, Ghana

Post:Agriculture Production Specialist, 
Organization:staple food markets
Location:Accra, Ghana
Objective of the programme:
The focus of the programme is on providing support to the production and trade in staple food
markets between Ghana and Burkina Faso, and between Nigeria and Niger. The programme will work to enable policies that allow for equitable and efficient regional market development and will aim to tackle the cause of multiple market failures by deploying carefully targeted interventions across the region. The anticipated outcomes of the five year project are; better business models for agricultural production; better business models for agricultural marketing and; agriculture and trade policies and regulations rationalised and improved.

The programme consists of two main activities; Challenge fund to provide finance to innovative business models in food production and marketing and; Policy Facility to provide evidence, analysis and advocacy for policy and regulatory reform.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•     Supporting and overseeing the development of a comprehensive market analysis
•     Work with small holder farmers to improve farming production techniques that will lead to an increase in agricultural yields
•     Work with the various stakeholders in identified market systems (value chains) to facilitate interventions that will enhance regional trade, efficient value chain coordination and reduced transactions costs nationally and regionally.
•     Communicate at all levels of the value chain from small farmers to executive level discussions with key decision makers in the private and public sectors.
•     Engage with of key stakeholders within value chains to facilitate change

Requirements:

•     PSD or value chain experience in West Africa
•     Making Markets work for the poor (M4P) experience is desirable
•     Experience in developing and implementing sound storage interventions to improve market functioning
•     Extensive networks of private sector and other industry players in West Africa
•     Fluency in English and French

Project Location: The Project will be based in Accra, Ghana with travel to Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria

Length of the project:5 years

Anticipated Project Start date::October 2013
Application Deadline::19th July 2013
How to Apply
http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1373233454317

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