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FrançaisThe Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has received a loan from the Asian Development (ADB), and grants from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) and the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) to implement the Climate Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Project (Rice-SDP).
Development of a WICI scheme will be undertaken under Rice-SDP as a means of reducing the risk associated with rice production. The rationale is that farmers are currently reluctant to commit scarce cash resources to buy quality seed material as they are exposed to the vagaries of weather and regularly lose crops due to extended periods of inundation early in their early post germination period. The development of a crop insurance product will allow farmers to replace seed from flood-affected crops without affecting their cash resource base. This will allow farmers to commit resources to buying improved quality seed on an annual basis rather than relying on retained seed from the previous crop that is currently widely practiced with its direct impact on reducing productivity.
The remote sensing specialist will have a Masters in Geography or related field and shall preferably have 10 years’ experience in remote sensing application. He or she will undertake the following tasks:
(i) Define the data validation and calibration method for Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) using ground-based observation data in Cambodia for WICI;
(ii) Design and develop the system to validate and calibrate GSMaP into data required for WICI in Cambodia;
(iii) Validate and calibrate GSMaP in pilot areas to incorporate it into data required for WICI using the developed system;
(iv) Develop a reference document for practitioners on the method and system of calibrating GSMaP; and
(v) Conduct training on the system developed calibrating and validating GSMaP data.
The envisaged project duration is 21 month, the input of the expert is 3 month
Are you interested to cooperate with AFC in this tender? Please send your most recent CV to:
Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de
Thank you!