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Company | MEDA |
Industry | International... |
Category | Agriculture |
Location | Wa |
Job Status | Contract |
Salary | GHS |
Education | Bachelor̵... |
Experience | 3 years |
Job Expires | Jun 06, 2022 |
Contact | ... |
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Company Profile MEDA’s work is built on a foundation of Mennonite business roots and faith-based values, within the global context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We believe business solutions are effective interventions to address poverty. Through a market-systems approach and strategic partnerships, MEDA enables access to finance and provides business and technical expertise to build transformative agri-food market systems that create decent jobs, allowing traditionally excluded groups to become active participants in a sustainable economy. MEDA welcomes all who share our values and want to join us in our mission. To find out more about MEDA, please visit our website at www.meda.org. Job Description
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) invites applications for an Food Crops and Agriculture Officer to join our dedicated and talented team in Ghana on our mission to create business solutions to poverty! MEDA’s work is built on a foundation of Mennonite business roots and faith-based values, within the global context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We believe business solutions are effective interventions to address poverty. Through a market-systems approach and strategic partnerships, MEDA enables access to finance and provides business and technical expertise to build transformative agri-food market systems that create decent jobs, allowing traditionally excluded groups to become active participants in a sustainable economy. MEDA welcomes all who share our values and want to join us in our mission. To find out more about MEDA, please visit our website at www.meda.org. POSITION SUMMARY GROW2 is a women-focused project driven by a strong market system approach that fully integrates Nutrition, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Environmental Sustainability, and Innovation in its implementation. The Project will increase the economic and social empowerment of women farmers, entrepreneurs, and agribusinesses in northern Ghana through increased productivity, and an improved business environment. The Food Crops and Agriculture Officer will provide technical and field level support to facilitate increased agricultural productivity for MEDA’s Women Small Holder Farmer (WSHF) clients by increasing their knowledge of the adoption of environmentally sustainable agricultural practices in Northern Ghana. The role holder will provide knowledgeable advice on groundnut, soybeans, and vegetables, contribute to the design of value chain upgrading activities, and inherently support in building capacity for all GROW2 clients, Key Facilitating Partners (KFPs), and market actors. Reporting to the Senior Food Crops and Agriculture Officer, the role holder will also work with MEDA’s headquarters-based Technical Experts. The position is collaborative in nature, working closely with the Environment and Climate Change Manager, Gender team, and other technical officers to address ongoing constraints, surveying and identifying stakeholders able to take advantage of innovations, and opportunities, and thus effect soybean, groundnut, and vegetable value chain upgrades. This position will involve frequent travel to project locations within the three regions of Northern, Savannah, and Upper West. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES Key Accountabilities
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