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Agricultural Certification Standards National Experts for Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood

For : Cambodian Only
Categories : Agriculture, Consultancy, Resources & Environment
Schedule : Full time job
Sex : Male, Female
Language : Khmer, English
Location : Phnom Penh
Hiring : 1 Position
Closing Date : 07th January 2025
Salary :
Negotiable
Experience : Yes
Degree : Bachelor
Job Description

The Northern Tonle Sap Basin is a critical agricultural region in Cambodia, contributing to 20 percent of the country's cereal and grain production, including a fifth of the national aromatic rice output. The region also presents increasing market opportunities for high-value and niche crops like mango, cashew, organic rice, and leafy vegetables. Despite its agricultural significance, the Northern Tonle Sap Basin is one of the areas most vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as floods and droughts, which are increasingly disrupting local livelihoods. This vulnerability particularly affects smallholder farmers - especially women, indigenous communities, and other value chain actors -who remain marginalized due to a combination of financial, technological, regulatory, market, and knowledge barriers. These challenges are exacerbated by environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources, leading to heightened food and water insecurity and unsustainable livelihoods for rural communities.

PEARL aims to strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers, focusing on women, indigenous peoples, and local communities, by enhancing their access to agrometeorological information, technologies, and tools. The specific objective of Component One, Climate Foresight, is to reduce the vulnerability of smallholders to climate change impacts through improved agrometeorological services, while also enhancing agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods. This component will emphasize the uptake of climate-resilient practices and technologies while fostering access to premium markets for commodities such as rice, cashews, mangoes, and leafy vegetables.

  • Agricultural Certification Standards National Experts
Job Responsibilities & Duties

Scope of Work

  • Assess the existing conditions of the certification schemes (CamGap, GI, organic Certification, ISO 22000, HACCP, SRP and other relevant) and identify opportunities for integrating gender-responsive and climate-resilient practices, along with high-value crops, to enhance access to premium markets.
  • Conduct consultations with stakeholders to gather input on challenges and potential improvements.
  • Create voluntary add-on guidelines, tools, and training materials that integrate specific climate resilience practices into the certification programs identified under Activity 2.1.1: Develop and operationalize inter-value-chain-actors roadmaps at the provincial level and action/business plans for climate-resilient, inclusive and gender-responsive premium value chain development.
  • Ensure that these tools cover the unique conditions of the target crops and regions.
  • Work closely with regulatory bodies to establish an enabling framework for the climate-resilient certification programs (Activity 2.1.2: Develop voluntary add-on supplementary guidelines, tools, and training materials to consider specific climate risks and strategies for the certification programs).
  • Ensure the guidelines are aligned with national standards and policies.
  • Form a TWG composed of members from regulatory bodies, independent verifiers, cooperatives, producer groups, consumer groups, and expert organizations.
  • Facilitate the TWG in reviewing and finalizing the supplementary guidelines and tools to ensure that gender-responsive, climate-resilience and high-value markets are fully considered.
  • Design and implement training programs for regulatory bodies and independent verification bodies to ensure the effective application of the climate-resilient certification guidelines.
  • Develop and deliver TOT programs for public and private extension providers, NGOs, and representatives from ACs, FAs, PGs, CPAs, CFs, and agricultural unions to operationalize the new guidelines and tools.
  • Conduct meetings/trainings/workshops with multi-stakeholders to ensure that all relevant parties are informed and involved in the development and implementation process.
  • Mobilize the TWG, established under Sub-activity 2.1.2.1, to identify areas of improvement and recommend actions for ensuring an enabling regulatory and institutional environment (e.g., online certification/traceability tools) for promoting climate-resilient, inclusive, and gender-responsive agricultural certification programs.
  • Organize a stakeholder validation meeting(s) for the recommendations and submit stakeholder-validated recommendations for amendments in the regulatory and institutional framework to the policymakers for their consideration.

Deliverables

  • Inception Report detailing the work plan and methodology for the assignment.
  • Baseline Assessment Report assessing the existing conditions of the certification schemes, identifying key challenges and opportunities for climate-resilience certification schemes.
  • A technical working group (TWG) for the certification programs is established.
  • Technical Working Group Meetings organized with meeting reports for each meeting.
  • TOR for developing the supplementary guidelines, tools, and training materials
  • Supplementary Guidelines, Tools and training materials for gender-responsive, climate-resilient certification developed.
  • 500 public extension officers, 400 private extension providers, including NGOs, 1,000 AC, FA, PG, CPA CF, and union representatives (40-60% women) trained. Training Programs and TOT Materials developed and implemented:
  • Biennial national-level 2-day awareness/training workshops for regulatory (23 pax) and independent verification (15 pax) bodies. Training materials, training completion reports, 150 individuals trained – regulators (60%) and verifiers (40%)
  • Four 2-day provincial-level extension service providers' training on supplementary guidelines in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Oddar Meanchey, and Siem Reap provinces.
  • Four 3-day TOT events through FFS programs for representatives from cooperative/association/producer group/CPA/CF in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Oddar Meanchey, and Siem Reap provinces.
  • TWG meeting on improvement and recommended actions for improving the regulatory and institutional arrangements
  • Six meetings to improve the regulatory and institutional arrangements
  • Stakeholder validation report, validated recommendations, and an official request for amendments.
  • Two national validation workshops to improve the regulatory and institutional arrangements
  • Final Report summarizing the outcomes of the assignment and recommendations for future improvements.
How to Apply?

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send your CV, and Cover letter to email address provided in the contact details.

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Organization Information (Opening jobs)
Organization : Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood
Contact Name : Mr. YEM Moeurn, PEARL Project Admin Officer (GDA)
Email : moeurn789.gda@gmail.com
Tel : 099 554 344
Address : Office Address - No.54B/49F, Street. 395-656, Sangkat Tuek L'ak Ti Bei, Khan Tuol Kouk, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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