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Company | SNV Ghana |
Industry | NGO/IGO/INGO |
Category | Agriculture |
Location | Western North... |
Job Status | Short-term |
Salary | GH¢ |
Education | Qualified |
Experience | 5 years |
Job Expires | Oct 15, 2021 |
Contact | ... |
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Company Profile SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation that applies practical know-how to make a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty. We use our extensive and long-term in-country presence to apply and adapt our top-notch expertise in agriculture, energy, and WASH to local contexts. SNV has an annual turnover of €130 million, over 1,250 staff in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We are proud to be a not-for-profit organisation that uses project financing to implement our mission. This requires us to work efficiently and to invest in operational excellence. SNV has worked in Ghana since the 1992 and currently has offices in Accra, Tamale, and Nandom. For more information on SNV, visit our website: www.snv.org Job Description TERMS OF REFERENCE
Establishment of Compost Production Unit for Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in Bia West District of the Western North Region
BACKGROUND
SNV has been present in Ghana since 1992 and is currently implementing the shaded cocoa agroforestry systems (SCAFS) project with funding support from the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The SCAFS project to promote sustainable intensification of cocoa systems for enhanced conservation and sustainable use of forest resources in the high forest zone of Ghana. SCAFS has made significant achievements by supporting 2,232 farmers to replant their overaged and unproductive farms into cocoa agroforestry systems; established two (2) Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs); and established baseline and hotspots for deforestation monitoring in Juaboso and Bia West districts of the Western North Region.
In the order to promote sustainable soil management practices in the replanted farms, the SCAFS project is seeking to support a compost producing enterprise to establish a compost production unit in the project area to support soil management requirement in the replanted cocoa farms. SNV is seeking for a suitably qualified individual / firm to establish a pilot compost production unit with capacity to serve fifteen (15) cocoa farming communities, in the Bia West district of the Western North region.
OBJECTIVE
Support a small-scale compost production enterprise to establish a pilot compost production unit to serve at least 15 smallholder cocoa communities in the Bia West district.
SPECIFIC TASKS
DELIVERABLES
Required Skills or Experience The following knowledge and skills are preferred:
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