WorldFish is leading Fish for Livelihood project (F4L) Activity funded by USAID, a project which aims to provides a means of ensuring the improved availability of diverse, safe, affordable nutrient-rich foods, especially for women and young children from poor and vulnerable households. This will be achieved by ensuring that poor households have an increased ability to purchase accessible nutritious foods due to improved incomes from entrepreneurial activities including improved small-scale aquaculture in the intervention areas and the strengthening of aquaculture market systems with particular attention to expanding opportunities for women and youth. In addition, behavioural change work will prioritize nutritious-conscious household decisions by means of both home production and local markets. Specifically, it is expected that the adoption of fish culture technologies would contribute to improved food and nutrition security for poor households in several ways;
The geographical areas to be covered include Kachin, Mandalay, Magway, Northern Shan and Sagaing Regions/States.
The project has three main outputs:
The consultant shall undertake but not be limited to the following activities as the scope of consultancy:
Scope of Work
This scope of work defines the key parameters, responsibilities and deliverables expected for the assignment, which is to support aquaculture and associated market research data collection, analysis and development of reports, and PowerPoint presentation for the Fish for Livelihoods Activity. The consultant would be involved in the team and support in carrying out some of the field studies on small-scale aquaculture and fisheries, drafting reports/papers and publish in international journals. The consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:
Key Deliverables
Requirements
Skills and Qualifications
Eligibility, Project Duration, Timeframe and Location
This consultancy is open for International consultant with the required qualification and expertise. The consultancy will be carried out remotely and is home-based. The successful candidate should be available to commence by middle of April 2021 for the duration of 3 months consultancy contract. We aim to
How to apply
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