Overview
The Agricultural Economist will provide Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of vegetable business networks in the Veggies 4 Planet & People Project.
Job Description
Facilitation of monitoring and evaluation processes of vegetable business networks engaged in regenerative agricultural technologies and post-harvest practices.
Train business coaches and partners to collect quality data.
Implement, monitor, collect and report data.
Conduct preliminary analysis.
Participatory M&E processes with farmers, partners, and researchers.
Report findings and conclusions
Manage an on-line database of vegetable business networks (VBNs), VBN members, business coaches and project eventsin AkvoFlow.
Facilitate profitability studies of vegetable production and vegetable businesses.
Conduct end-line evaluation study of the project.
In liaison with stakeholders, colleagues, and partners, promote innovations and processes that improve efficiencies in the vegetable value chains.
Promote youth and gender empowerment in vegetable business networks through implementing partners.
Document evidence and lessons learned into high quality documents or media for dissemination.
Liaise with Media Officer and media partners to influence behavioral change of producers towards adoption of generative technologies and circular agri-business practices.
Produce research briefs to influence policy towards a more enabling environment for vegetable business networks and sustainable agricultural practices.
Technical progress and other evaluation reports of grammatically correct and scientific standards.
Facilitate partner meetings and learning events.
Perform any other duties assigned by the Kenya Country Director.
Requirements
Master’s degree in agri-business, socioeconomics, or other related sciences.
Minimum three years’ experience in an international non-governmental organization (NGO) or company.
Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies, baseline studies, and impact assessments.
Proven ability to extract evidence and lessons learned from evaluation exercises and turn these into high quality documents for dissemination.
Proven experience in profitability studies.
Apply via :
worldagroforestry.org
