Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP)

Ghana is an emerging middle-income country. Agriculture still plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the country, despite it’s relative, compared to other sectors slow growth.

The sector account for a quarter of GNP, employs 44% of the country's workforce, secures the extensive supply of basic food and provides a large part of national export earnings. Small businesses generate almost 80% of total agricultural production. Productivity and product quality are low, especially in small businesses. The horticulture sector in Ghana is ambitious, but internationally little competitive. Overall, the quality of production in the agricultural sector is low.

Within this new upcoming project, the focus is on improving the quality of production in agriculture, in particular horticultural crops.

Qualifications: 

Specific key tasks:

  • Identify producers in the Savannah Region that are interested to be certified according to a sustainability standard
  • Keep database on certified farmers and update quarterly
  • Establish the economics (costs-benefits) for farmers of becoming certified
  • Get acquainted with certified farmer groups and assess option for extending group certification
  • Agree cost-sharing and phasing-out mechanisms with farmers interested in certification
  • Make available templates for Quality Management Systems necessary for certification
  • Ensure capacity building support for stakeholders in the certification process
  • Supervise training of farmers
  • Assist in pre-audits and assess adoption of Quality Management measures by producers
  • Support processing companies to receive training in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
  • Assist processing companies to become HACCP certified
  • Organise capacity building for certification service providers (consultants, internal inspectors, internal auditors and external auditors)
  • Facilitate the conducting of timely audits, corrective actions and issuance of certificates

 

Key competences and qualifications required:

  • BSc. minimum
  • University studies in agriculture sciences
  • Profound knowledge of at least one sustainability standard and certification procedure
  • Qualification as auditor in one of the quality management certification schemes (proof of passed examination)
  • Experience in assisting producer groups to achieve certification
  • Experience in organising trainings (preferably Competency Based Trainings)
  • Minimum 3 years professional experience in agricultural sector development
  • Minimum 2 years professional experience with agricultural certification
  • Proof of familiarity with Microsoft Office, especially Word
Start / Duration: 

34 month (von 03/2017 bis 12/2019)

Please send your most recent CV to:

Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de

Thank you!