Socio-economics Technician - Rwanda
Center for International Forestry Research
1. Support establishment of seed and nursery and other enterprises focused on wood products and tree crops:
- Assessments of legal, organizational and business options for their integration in existing or emerging value chains.
- Consultations with communities and other local stakeholders.
- Needs assessments for capacity development.
- Capacity development linked with business organization.
- Development of business plans.
2. Support development of seed and nursery and other enterprises focused on wood products and tree crops:
- Assessments of options for improved business relations with midstream and downstream enterprises in value chains for wood products, tree fruits, nuts, and other tree crops.
- Needs assessments for capacity development.
- Development of training modules on climate-resilient agribusiness and delivery of related trainings.
- Development of investment plans.
- Development of labeling options.
3. Improve enabling conditions for the development of tree crop value chains:
- Assessments of options for rehabilitating existing and creating new rural resource centers (RRCs).
- Needs assessment for infrastructure enhancements.
- Supporting infrastructure enhancements (e.g., market infrastructure, RRCs, storage and cooling).
- Needs assessment for use of information and communication technologies (ICT) linked with climate resilience and farm level energy efficiency in value chains.
- Strengthening of existing and establishment of new ICT systems and decision support tools for climate resilience and farm level energy efficiency.
- Organization of business roundtables and support of trade fairs.
- Fostering linkages with financial service providers.
4. Document, communicate and advocate progress in the development of value chains for tree crops for further scaling:
- Technical reports for donor, government authorities and other stakeholders.
- Elaboration of knowledge products for RRCs and ICT systems.
- Elaboration of dissemination materials and other communication pieces.