JOB DETAILS:
Reports to the Project Manager
The individual or Firm consultant shall contribute to improving farmers’ knowledge and skills in reducing post-harvest losses, by conducting practical trainings and construction of low-cost drying and storage facilities in the highland areas of Kigezi, Elgon, and Rwenzori.

Responsibilities:
1. Support farmers in reducing lower post-harvest losses through the adoption of appropriate low-cost storage technologies at household and aggregation (group) levels;
2. Train 3,080 small-holder farmers (in groups of 40), 12 Field officers, and 47 field extension workers on appropriate low-cost storage technologies for potato (ware and seed), maize, beans, sorghum, coffee, and banana by end of May 2025, in Rwenzori, Elgon, and Kigezi region with a ratio of 40:30:30 respectively;
3. Construct diffused light and ware potato stores with capacity 10–20MTs with support from the local communities;
4. Train trainers of trainers (TOT) in the construction of storage facilities and construct 231 granaries of different types, pics bags, and 77 solar dryers with a goal of setting up a demo and capacitating local artisans;
5. Train BRIGHT staff in post-harvest handling and the use of low-cost storage technologies in the three regions and demonstrate how to make use of some of the technologies and construct sample storages for demonstration;
6. Provide linkages to market to source for materials to be used in construction especially the non-locally available materials.

Deliverables for the consultant:
By the end of the contract, the consultant will be required to deliver the following:
1. Construct 231 cereal granaries of a capacity of 500kgs each and 77 solar driers of 25–30kgs each (3 granaries of different types and 1 solar drier per project village) as demonstration sites at household level;
2. Construct 6 farmer group potato storage facilities (3 diffused light and 3 ambient stores, one of each per region) with capacity 10–20MTs;
3. Train and demonstrate pics bag technologies and provide demonstration samples at the 77 demo hosting households;
4. Provide the unit cost of each of the storage facilities to the farmers;
5. Provide a report specifying all the above outputs, the methods applied to achieve them, lessons learned, and recommendations.
The BRIGHT Project Team will mobilize participants and provide all necessary documentation to the consultant.

Consultancy Duration and Fee:
The contract assignment is anticipated to be effective from the 1st of December 2024 through to 30th May 2025, unless amended in writing and agreed upon by both parties. A total of USD 20,000 is budgeted for the above assigned.
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