Traidcraft Exchange Gender Analysis Along Vegetable Value Chains Consultancy Jobs in Kenya

Traidcraft Exchange Gender Analysis Along Vegetable Value Chains Consultancy Jobs in Kenya

Traidcraft Exchange (TX) in partnership with Farm Concern International is implementing a three-year project titled, Sustainable Agriculture & Women’s Advancement: Improving Livelihoods and Establishing Women led Enterprises with Smallholder Farmers in Meru County Kenya (SAWA).

The project is in the first year and Traidcraft plans to undertake a detailed gender analysis of target vegetable value chains to further identify barriers, opportunities and solutions to engaging women in active decision making at all levels.

Traidcraft also plans to train project staff on gender mainstreaming focusing on gender sensitization and practices that effectively engage with women and men to help achieve the outcomes and objectives of the project.

This Terms of References is intended to guide the consultant and all who will be involved in analysis and staff training.

The Organizations

Traidcraft Exchange is the UK's only development charity specializing in making trade work for the poor by working to enable poor producers in Africa and Asia to grow their businesses, find markets, and engage effectively in trade.

Traidcraft’s mission is to fight poverty through trade, practicing and promoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives.

Established in 1979 as a Christian response to poverty, we combine a trading company and a development charity – Traidcraft Exchange. We build lasting relationships with producers, support people to trade out of poverty and work to bring about trade justice.

Farm Concern International, FCI is a Regional Market Development Agency, developing pro-poor market development models and strategic alliances to enhance economic growth among smallholder poor communities in various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

FCI Commercialization and market development initiatives are benchmarked to private sector market development approaches with an aim of enhancing the competitiveness of the smallholder in the market place.

The pro-poor business models are geared towards enhancing sustainability and profitability amongst smallholder farming communities in Africa.

The organization vision is to have commercialized smallholder communities with increased incomes for improved, stabilized & sustainable livelihoods in Africa and beyond.

The Project

Sustainable Agriculture & Women’s Advancement (SAWA) Project is a three-year project (September 2018- August 2021) being implemented by Traidcraft Exchange in partnership with Farm Concern International in Meru with funding from UK government, as well as donations from individuals in UK.

The project aims to improve the sustainable livelihoods of 2120 smallholder farmers in Meru, Kenya.

SAWA project will economically empower and improve the sustainable livelihoods of 1590 women and 530 men smallholder vegetable farmers in Buuri sub-county, Meru, Kenya.

There will be a 50% increase in annual net income from sales of targeted crops.

SAWA will adapt the Commercial Village Model to promote women’s entrepreneurship through collective organization, improved business skills and links with private sector and government stakeholders. The project is expected to deliver the following: