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Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis at IESC Tanzania September 2024
Location Tanzania
Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis
Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis at IESC Tanzania September 2024
Location Tanzania Department Programs
Employment Type Consultant
Local Facilitator, Seed Sector Analysis for the Feed the Future Tanzania Agri Finance Project
IESC is a leading US nonprofit organization that helps people improve their lives by strengthening economic opportunities in developing countries. We help to create sustainable jobs, improve productivity, grow incomes, and strengthen micro, small and medium sized enterprises. We work with farmers, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, financial service providers, market actors, and governments to share proven skills and tools – human, technological, and financial – that help communities thrive.
IESC through the USAID Funded, Feed the Future Tanzania Agri-Finance Project is seeking a Tanzanian consultant to support an upcoming assignment focused on assessing the seed production business in Tanzania to unveil its potentials, opportunities and profitability. The seed study will identify opportunities for collaboration between seed producers/out growers and financial institutions, and areas for capacity strengthening on both sides to unlock financing opportunities to increase the production and availability of quality seeds to Tanzanian farmers, with an emphasis on youth and women.
The assignment is anticipated to begin in August 2024, with a particular focus on conducting a thorough seed sector analysis to examine the trend towards financing seed production and distribution activities in Tanzania and provide the status of financing seed production for food crops (maize, rice, sorghum, beans and horticultural crops) in the project zone of influence. On the supplier side, the assignment will also examine Tanzanian policies on seed production, multiplication, distribution, and consumption, and analyze the effects on investments in the sub sector, explore seed system players current initiatives to secure financing for seed production, multiplications, and distribution.
The assignment will examine the status of seeds used by smallholder farmers and factors behind their seed selection. The assignment will further examine seed production business potential, returns and opportunities for financing from formal financial institutions, and identify ways to increase financing to the seed sector. This will include how to support the seed system players to establish short and long-term business relationships and partnerships with financial institutions, and financial institutions to deploy more credit and financing in the seed sector, identify the availability of specialized financial products and services that meet the needs of seed sector players, and identify required product terms/structure to expand opportunities to the sector.
The anticipated level of effort for this assignment is up to 18 days with 75% of the days spent setting up interviews and facilitating the collection of primary data from local stakeholders in Tanzania. Stakeholders will include financial institutions, farmers and farmer groups, seed companies, TASTA (association of seed traders), government ministries and agencies, and Local Government Authorities,. Interviews will identify the bottlenecks faced by seed system players to access agricultural financial services in Tanzania, including access to collateral, productive resources, knowledge, and other factors to be determined.
The candidate selected for this position will serve as facilitator, working alongside another consultant to conduct interviews with key stakeholders in the country. IESC will consider candidates who have experience working in Tanzania and across East Africa region and particularly in agriculture and the seed subsector.
Responsibilities will include:
Competencies Requested:
Employment Type Consultant
Local Facilitator, Seed Sector Analysis for the Feed the Future Tanzania Agri Finance Project
IESC is a leading US nonprofit organization that helps people improve their lives by strengthening economic opportunities in developing countries. We help to create sustainable jobs, improve productivity, grow incomes, and strengthen micro, small and medium sized enterprises. We work with farmers, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, financial service providers, market actors, and governments to share proven skills and tools – human, technological, and financial – that help communities thrive.
IESC through the USAID Funded, Feed the Future Tanzania Agri-Finance Project is seeking a Tanzanian consultant to support an upcoming assignment focused on assessing the seed production business in Tanzania to unveil its potentials, opportunities and profitability. The seed study will identify opportunities for collaboration between seed producers/out growers and financial institutions, and areas for capacity strengthening on both sides to unlock financing opportunities to increase the production and availability of quality seeds to Tanzanian farmers, with an emphasis on youth and women.
The assignment is anticipated to begin in August 2024, with a particular focus on conducting a thorough seed sector analysis to examine the trend towards financing seed production and distribution activities in Tanzania and provide the status of financing seed production for food crops (maize, rice, sorghum, beans and horticultural crops) in the project zone of influence. On the supplier side, the assignment will also examine Tanzanian policies on seed production, multiplication, distribution, and consumption, and analyze the effects on investments in the sub sector, explore seed system players current initiatives to secure financing for seed production, multiplications, and distribution.
The assignment will examine the status of seeds used by smallholder farmers and factors behind their seed selection. The assignment will further examine seed production business potential, returns and opportunities for financing from formal financial institutions, and identify ways to increase financing to the seed sector. This will include how to support the seed system players to establish short and long-term business relationships and partnerships with financial institutions, and financial institutions to deploy more credit and financing in the seed sector, identify the availability of specialized financial products and services that meet the needs of seed sector players, and identify required product terms/structure to expand opportunities to the sector.
The anticipated level of effort for this assignment is up to 18 days with 75% of the days spent setting up interviews and facilitating the collection of primary data from local stakeholders in Tanzania. Stakeholders will include financial institutions, farmers and farmer groups, seed companies, TASTA (association of seed traders), government ministries and agencies, and Local Government Authorities,. Interviews will identify the bottlenecks faced by seed system players to access agricultural financial services in Tanzania, including access to collateral, productive resources, knowledge, and other factors to be determined.
The candidate selected for this position will serve as facilitator, working alongside another consultant to conduct interviews with key stakeholders in the country. IESC will consider candidates who have experience working in Tanzania and across East Africa region and particularly in agriculture and the seed subsector.
Responsibilities will include:
- Identifying, and organizing interviews with financial institutions, farmers and farmer groups, seed companies, TASTA (association of seed traders), government ministries and agencies, and Local Government Authorities, and other interested stakeholders to understand the current challenges, and opportunities related to Seed production, processing, distribution, and consumption,
- Serving as interpreter during stakeholder interviews with the lead consultant when appropriate
- Taking notes during stakeholder interviews
- Coordinating with the lead consultant to identify needs and provide recommendations on effective strategies for engaging target populations, including specific financial product and service design and operational improvements required by financial institutions, and knowledge/capacity strengthening requirements among potential borrowers.
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Competencies Requested:
- Higher university degree in business development, business administration, economic development, agriculture, agriculture economics, or another related field of study
- At least 8 years of relevant experience in business development, enterprise development, business management, agri-business and agri-financing
- Independence and strong interpersonal skills
- Experience in research work, statistics, and conducting and synthesizing both primary and secondary data into written deliverables
- Extensive practical experience in agricultural financing
- Experience assessing the constraints and identifying opportunities in the agricultural sector
- Demonstrated ability to identify, and coordinate with various stakeholders across public and private sectors
- Creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Goal-oriented mindset and hands-on approach.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, mature, professional team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to address issues, challenges, questions, and concerns in a professional, respectful, logical, and timely manner.
- Ability to work effectively in cross-cultural contexts.
- Prior experience of working in developing country contexts – especially in Tanzania and/or East Africa – will be helpful; and
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in Kiswahili and English
- Qualified candidates are invited to send their CV and a one-page cover letter indicating technical expertise in, geographic experience in the Country and region, and examples of relevant experience in the sector.
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