- The Vegetable Value Chain Facilitator is responsible for direct implementation of project activities including providing technical capacity building, training and coaching support to durably improve production for vegetable smallholder farmers and medium enterprises through climate smart agriculture practice, adaptation of solar water pump and irrigation system.
- S/he will facilitate individual farmers/producers, self- help groups (SHGs) and agricultural cooperatives (ACs) to determine, plan and implement vegetable farming enterprise tailored to their needs and market demands.
- S/he will facilitate ACs to make sustainable connections and business partnership with private sectors to strengthen the linkages in both product markets and input/service market.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Delivery of technical Capacity training and technology adaptation
Update training materials and methodologies on vegetable farming tailored to the needs of farmers based on the Heifer’s training curriculum manual.
- Work with Agricultural Cooperatives to identify and provide the TOT on vegetable farming to vegetable focal persons (VFP).
- Work with ACs and VFP to form the network of vegetable farmers/SME.
- Providing coaching support to ensure the VFP to successfully deliver the technical training on vegetable farming techniques and farm management to vegetable farmers.
- Lead in the identification and establishment of model field demonstrations for vegetable farms for farmers to learn, practice and replicate.
- Work/partner with input suppliers to providing technical coaching and mentoring to ensure the adaptation of greenhouse and solar water pimp irrigation.
- Provide technical coaching support to ensure vegetable farmers/SMEs to develop the business plan, production plan and update crop calendars to meet the market demands.
- Join the study research of vegetable on the vegetable innovative and recommend for improvement of vegetable programming.
- Document and disseminate best practices and lessons learned in relation to vegetable farms.
- Provide agricultural advice for improvement and diversification of vegetable production.
- Provide technical assistant and coaching in improving climate smart agriculture practices by using farmer field schools approach including field days, agricultural forums, workshops, and training events.
- Market development and access to finance
Joint identify and map the potential markets, buyers including restaurants,.
