Training opportunity for 22 Farmer
Field School Facilitators
Field School Facilitators
Position Title: Farmer Field School
(FFS) Facilitators
(FFS) Facilitators
Opening Date: March 31st
2015
2015
Closing Date: April 13th
2015
2015
Background
The Wood Foundation (TWF), in
partners
partners
hip with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, launched the Imbarutso
Programme in March 2011. This 6 year program is introducing a portfolio of
interventions to increase management and agronomic skills at the farm level,
support government in creating a proper regulatory environment, and assist
processors in creating farmer services that boost factory profitability and
farmer incomes.
The Training Opportunity
The Wood Foundation in partnership with
NAEB seek to identify and fund 22 Rwandan candidates under the Imbarutso
programme to undergo a rigorous Farmer Field School training programme that
will cover:
NAEB seek to identify and fund 22 Rwandan candidates under the Imbarutso
programme to undergo a rigorous Farmer Field School training programme that
will cover:
- Good
Agricultural Practices (GAP) for tea husbandry and other topics such as
climate change, soil conservation, animal husbandry, nutritional, health
issues, etc. - Steps
in conducting FFS in a Rwandan tea husbandry - Characteristics
of the farmer field school approach and methodology - Key
concepts and techniques used in FFS - Case
studies on successful FFs in the region.
The training will take place in Kenya
and Rwanda. Initially, successful candidates will be required to travel to
Kenya on in May for a training that will last between 2 – 3 weeks. Following
the training in Kenya, trainees will be attached to ongoing FFS schemes at
Mulindi and Shagasha tea factories in Rwanda for a period of 12 months to
undergo hands on training until they complete one tea-based FFS cycle. Upon
successful completion of the one-year FFS programme, trainees will graduate and
be awarded with a certificate of “Farmer Field School Facilitator” specialised
in the smallholder tea value chain.
and Rwanda. Initially, successful candidates will be required to travel to
Kenya on in May for a training that will last between 2 – 3 weeks. Following
the training in Kenya, trainees will be attached to ongoing FFS schemes at
Mulindi and Shagasha tea factories in Rwanda for a period of 12 months to
undergo hands on training until they complete one tea-based FFS cycle. Upon
successful completion of the one-year FFS programme, trainees will graduate and
be awarded with a certificate of “Farmer Field School Facilitator” specialised
in the smallholder tea value chain.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidates we seek for this
opportunity will have:
opportunity will have:
- Successfully
completed an undergraduate degree (Bachelors) in Agriculture and related
fields such as Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Rural Development and
Environmental Studies - Written
and spoken proficiency in English and Kinyarwanda with knowledge of
Kiswahili being a definite advantage - Demonstrated
interestin improving smallholder farmer incomes, rural economic
development - Previous
experience in the tea value chain or agricultural extension services with
a focus on smallholder farmers and perennial crops
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
Interested applicants must submit
electronically 3 references, CVs with a covering letter on one side of A4
stating their interest in the opportunity and detailing their suitability
as a candidate. Only electronic applications with the subject line ‘FFS
Training Opportunity’ submitted by email to Joselyne.Kabatesi@thewoodfoundation.org.uk will
be accepted. Deadline for submissions is 10AM (Rwanda time) on 13th,
April 2015. Submissions must be in English and typed (no smaller than 11 point
font) on a standard A4 format.
electronically 3 references, CVs with a covering letter on one side of A4
stating their interest in the opportunity and detailing their suitability
as a candidate. Only electronic applications with the subject line ‘FFS
Training Opportunity’ submitted by email to Joselyne.Kabatesi@thewoodfoundation.org.uk will
be accepted. Deadline for submissions is 10AM (Rwanda time) on 13th,
April 2015. Submissions must be in English and typed (no smaller than 11 point
font) on a standard A4 format.