JOB AT Palladium : Rwanda Livestock Strategy and Intervention Development Consultant : ( Deadline : 03 June 2019 )
Vacancy Name : Rwanda Livestock Strategy and Intervention Development Consultant
Work Location Kigali
Location Country Rwanda
Company Overview
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives.
Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
Project Overview
The Improving Market Systems in Rwanda for Agriculture (IMSAR) is an initiative funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which aims to stimulate growth and reduce poverty in Rwanda. IMSAR has an additional 3 years from May 2019 to finalise its implementation. IMSAR is using the market systems development approach to improve the functioning of agricultural markets, ensuring that small-scale farmers benefit in the process. Following this approach, IMSAR supports the testing and adoption of new agricultural business and financing models, technologies and improved agronomic practices.
The implementation of IMSAR is being managed by Palladium in partnership with Swisscontact. Palladium is a global impact firm, working to link social progress and commercial growth. For the past 50 years, Palladium has been helping clients to see the world as interconnected – by formulating strategies, building partnerships, and implementing programs that have a lasting social and financial impact.
Assignment Background
The Rwanda Livestock Master Plan (LMP) identifies four key livestock value chains: red meat and milk (from indigenous cattle, sheep, and goats); dairy with crossbred cows; chicken and pigs as producing the greatest productivity increases contributing to national economic development objectives and the long-run development of the sector.
The LMP envisions an efficiently functioning livestock sector with highly market-oriented farming and processing as well as dynamic marketing in order to supply consumers with high quality and safe meat. This will contribute towards closing the national gap in meat production and consumption, improving household food and nutritional security, achieving income growth and poverty alleviation and contributing to growth in national income.
The national herd in 2016/17 was approximately 1.39 million cattle, 700,000 sheep, 2.94 million goats, 1.8 million pigs and about 7 million layers, broilers and indigenous chickens, producing currently about 94.2 thousand Metric Tons (MT) of meat, 747 thousand MT of milk, and 243 million eggs per year. In addition, the herd provides about 6.8 million MT of organic fertilizer. About half (46%) of the dressed meat in Rwanda comes from cattle, followed by pigs (21%). Chicken and goats make up 17% and 13% of dressed meat respectively, and sheep only 3%.
In 2014/15 the per capita meat consumption for the people of Rwanda was only 7.9 kg/year for meat, 59 liters/year for milk and 0.63 kg per year for eggs. Currently, meat intake in Rwanda stands at 10kg per person on an annual basis while the international standards is 45kg per person per year (MINAGRI/ RAB). The new Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation (PSTA4) through which the Livestock Master Plan will be implemented, will seek to increase meat consumption to at least 40kg per year per capita. By 2031, its projected that pigs will have highest contribution towards meat requirements / production- 48% of from pigs, 32% from chicken, 14% cattle, 5% goats and 1% sheep.
Livestock markets in Rwanda faces several constraints that can be grouped in several categories: genetics (breeds), inadequate / low capacity animal health, feed production and feed raw materials, poor animal husbandry, collection, marketing and processing, poor quality standards. Private sector led artificial insemination and animal health support services need to be introduced. In a recent round table organised for pig agribusinesses and feeds companies, market actors expressed major constraints in lack of quality and affordable feed as a result of high costs of raw materials and production. Feed companies prioritise production of cow and poultry feeds. Processing of pork products in Rwanda is of low standards, with large amounts of pig meat being sold through informal markets.
IMSAR has undertaken a detailed analysis on three selected agricultural markets in Rwanda, finance, inputs and aggregation markets. Within the inputs market a number of intervention areas have been identified which IMSAR will pilot to begin addressing those constraints, aiming to shift the system to better service livestock producers and market actors within the country. These includes animal feed, pigs and chicken genetics, vertical integration between producers and aggregators/ processing companies, insect meal as protein substitute to soya, scaling up fish, poultry and pigs farming, breeding models, fattening programs and processing, fish fingerlings and feeds and piloting chicken pullets’ model.
IMSAR is looking for technical support in order to guide the IMSAR team to expand interventions in the livestock market.
Responsibilities
Scope of Work
Broadly, the purpose of this assignment is to provide ongoing technical support to the IMSAR team to explore opportunities in the livestock market and advise how IMSAR can intervene to improve access to improved breeding/genetics, farming and processing systems, vertical integration between producers (farmers) and inputs markets as well as local and regional markets for meat products.
This contract will be delivered on a call-down basis, with the IMSAR team bringing in the consultant to advise on certain key areas of work that are needed to move forward.
The consultancy will include the following:
Intervention Design:
Provide remote and in-country technical support along with the IMSAR Inputs Senior Market Manager and Markets Lead to identify and assess potential private sector companies (such as breeders, feed companies, farmers, processors, abattoirs, regulators) that are interested in expanding current business models, or trying out new business opportunities, are willing to invest and whose interests are congruent with IMSAR.
Review existing early engagements within IMSAR’s livestock pipeline. This includes providing quality assurance inputs and feedback.
Identify potential new areas of focus or business models for the Rwandan Livestock sector that IMSAR could look at piloting, including identifying new business models in the region or globally and advising on how they could be adapted and piloted under IMSAR.
Revise and update the sections in the IMSAR market assessment on livestock undertaken during the inception phase. This will include reviewing and reassessing the market constraints and intervention ideas or areas identified and providing advice on areas for improvement.
Work with the IMSAR Inputs Senior Market Manager to identify and assess potential private sector financial services providers partners (e.g. breeders, feed companies, farmers, processors, abattoirs, regulators) that are interested in expanding their agricultural product and service offering, are willing to invest and whose interests are congruent with IMSAR.
Provide technical assistance to the IMSAR team to collaborate with these private sector partners to deliver on new opportunities within this market. This could include business opportunities that deliver innovative products and services for livestock producers and agribusinesses. This includes identifying potential markets/areas/partners and working with the team in the design and development of interventions. This will also involve technical support to the team as they develop intervention plans.
Deliverables
Feedback on early engagement plans and pipeline, deadline June 2019, indicative LOE 5
Inputs into the inputs market assessment, deadline February July 2019, indicative LOE 3
Input into the development of 3 concept notes, deadline August 2019, indicative LOE12
Input into the development of 3 Intervention plans, deadline September 2019, indicative LOE 20
Timelines & Level of Effort
The assignment will be undertaken between the beginning of June and end of December 2019. Progress against deliverables will be submitted quarterly until December 30th 2019. Timesheets will be submitted monthly.
The Consultant will be given a maximum of 40 days to complete the assignment spread from June through September 2019.
The Consultant will work closely with the IMSAR Senior Market Manager responsible for the inputs market throughout this process and will report to the IMSAR Team Leader.
Requirements
Relevant academic background or commensurate experience
Significant/demonstrable/clear/ experience in a similar role
Extensive experience designing and managing successful market systems development portfolios/components, including direct experience in implementation
Extensive experience designing interventions, brokering partnerships with market actors (both private and public), and setting up partnership agreements to effectively govern performance based interventions
Ability to provide supervision and coaching in market systems development skills
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