Agriculture Expert At CTG

CTG overview

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.

CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.

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Role objectives

Available to do field work in target areas.

Able to communicate with expert and government staff

Added value: agriculture expertise, esp. drought/heat and salt resilient crops

Key competencies

Approach / method:

Use info in CN (esp. rapid climate change vulnerability assessment) as a basis

Data / info collection and analysis

Identify specific needs, priorities, and concerns through consultation with district / municipal reps and beneficiary reps (farmer, herder, women, youth, ethnic groups, etc.)

Consultations: name; picture, date, objective, outcome

Outcome:

Areas and people most in need + related priorities identified

Agreement on target areas, beneficiaries, and activities

Proposed activities are in line with national and local priorities (strategies / plans)

Possible concerns mitigation options identified

Further information

Deliverables:

1. Proposed work plan, incl. timeline planned consultations (incl. at district / municipal level and with farmer, water user, women, youth organizations / representatives).

2. List / map target areas (agriculture close to the coast impacted by saltwater intrusion; droughts) identified through data analysis and consultations (priorities) + poverty rate (%) + crops currently grown (%)

3. List of priority needs / activities (which support climate change adaptation to saltwater intrusion and droughts in the agriculture sector– see potential activities in CN) – through consultations

4. Beneficiary numbers (disaggregated by farmers, women, youth, female-headed households, ethnic groups, etc.)

5. List of organizations/unions (farmer; women youth) to potentially work with + support they need to shift to drought/heat and salt resilient crops and/or efficient irrigation

6. Cost-effectiveness of proposed interventions

7. List of proposed project activities with identified maintenance/sustainability arrangements/exit strategy (agreed with national/local authorities)

8. List of relevant national and local strategies and plans and how priorities in these strategies align with proposed project interventions

9. List of proposed project activities, showing compliance with relevant laws/standards