PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project (“the Project”) is an eight-year USAID-funded activity, supported by the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. The project aims to improve the competitiveness of Egypt’s horticulture producers and related down-stream businesses and food processors. The project promotes a more competitive and inclusive Egyptian economy through growth in selected horticultural sectors with special focus on securing employment and increasing agriculture-related incomes of smallholder farmers. The project is working in greater Cairo, Upper Egypt, and the Nile Delta, through three strategic regional offices in Luxor, Minya and Gharbia, in addition to the main office in Giza. 

ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND: Poor agricultural, handling, processing and hygiene practices cause serious problems for the quality and safety of agricultural products. These challenges are amongst the most important obstacles that prevent producers from penetrating export or valuable local markets. At same time most of those producers complain about a lack of food safety and quality knowledge within the market. Food safety consultant will work hand in hand with the program staff and under supervision of the Food Safety and Nutrition Lead (FSN) to help improve food safety practices along the target supply chains and capacitate the target graduates in faculties of agriculture and agriculture technical schools in order to involve in the labor market.

ASSIGNMENT DURATION: Maximum of 115 days during 2025.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with food safety and nutrition team lead to develop an action plan and timeline for the assignment.
• · Deliver training sessions to all project beneficiaries (University graduates – Smallholder farmers – Packhouses, flour mills and Food Processors technical staff – wheat storage facilities – other value chain actors) in different governorates all over Egypt.
• · Conduct the training in collaboration with the project team and other consultants.
• · Conduct the trainings for the target groups based on the pre-scheduled plan.
• · Develop training materials (presentations, trainer, trainee manuals and handouts) for topics related to food safety (GAP, GMP, GHP, HACCP, FSMA, IPM, food defense, food fraud and traceability) and certifications (Global Gap, ISO 22000, FSSC22000, BRC, and NFSA requirements).
• · Conduct, when required, gap assessments for horticulture’s farms, packhouses, fruit & vegetables food processing, flour mills and wheat storage facilities against domestic and international food safety standards’ requirements and develop the assessments’ reports.
• · Other related tasks required by food safety and nutrition team lead as part of technical assistance development interventions supporting project beneficiaries.
• · Develop a report on the overall training, conclusions, and recommendations for follow on work by the
• project.
• · Be available to contribute to meetings, presentations, including a presentation to project’s management, and other activities as requested.
• · Preferable who has extra experience in wheat food safety (production, postharvest, and storages).
• · Provide technical assistance/training for the Project Grantees if needed.

DELIVERABLES

• Copy of any training materials / handouts /presentations used with the Project’s beneficiaries.
• · Written report on results of different training/ tasks/assignment outcomes.
• · Written report on results of technical assistance visits.

The Project will provide templates for reports. Reports must be approved by the food safety and nutrition team lead.