Consultants for the Farmer Agro Input Packages (AIPs)

INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTER (IFDC)

Poor agricultural productivity in West African countries and Chad is partly related to the insufficient use of suitable agricultural inputs, including improved seed varieties and appropriate fertilizer recommendations. Currently, the rate of coverage of quality certified seed requirements in sub-Sahara Africa is still around 25 percent, while the average amount of fertilizer nutrients used in the ECOWAS zone in 2017 was about 17 kg/ha, which is far below the 50 kg/ha set to be achieved by 2015 as advocated by the Heads of State at the Abuja Summit in 2006. The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) are two organizations working to increase agricultural productivity in Africa. Both organizations are implementing an approach that aims to encourage producers to make more profit using Agricultural Input Packages (AIPs), i.e., a combination of improved seed varieties, appropriate fertilizer recommendations, and Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) specific to Agro-Ecological zones (AEZs). IFDC and CORAF are implementing the " Enhancing Growth through Regional Agricultural Input Systems  (EnGRAIS)" and the " Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development (PAIRED)" projects,...

Ghana : Western

2023-05-28

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Head of Agriculture and Food Security Division

AFRICAN UNION

Purpose of Job Directs and manages the daily operations of the Agriculture and Food Security Division in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the directorate and the AU’s overall goals.    Main Functions •    Designs and implements policies, programs and projects to achieve the directorate’s strategic objectives.   •    Manages and supervises employees within the division, ensures the timely delivery of the directorate’s goals and effective staff performance evaluation;   •    Designs policies, strategies and programs to contribute to the effective implementation of relevant AU Policy Organs Decisions;   •    Ensures the delivery of the division’s annual targets in line with the directorate’s overall goals and ensures robust and timely monitoring and reporting;  •    Provides technical leadership and ensures efficient functioning of all Units within the Division  •    Manages the work of the Division and supervises direct reports to ensure their effective performance in line with the organization’s performance management policy and system;  •    Engages stakeholders within Members States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)/Regional Mechanisms(RMs) and relevant international organisations in designing and implementing strategies.   •    Maintains thematic partnerships in support of the mandate...

Ghana : International

2023-09-17

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