PROJECT BACKGROUND:

Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project is an eight-year (2018 – 2026) USAID-funded activity, supported by the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. The project aims 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 operates 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

Wheat Postharvest Consultancy assignment of the project value chain is critical toward the overall success of the Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project. The project value chains include wheat. The consultant will work alongside key project staff, including the Production Post-Harvest (PPH) Team Leader, Post-harvest Lead, Local Technical Trainers, and field coordinators, to implement a postharvest training curriculum that address critical weaknesses amongst smallholder farmers, producer organizations (POs), University graduates, agricultural technical school (ATS) students, operators, packhouse managers, service providers and logistics companies. The consultant will be required to make several trips to the field for farm visits in different governorates in Upper Egypt and Delta.

ASSIGNMENT DURATION: Max 115 days during 2025

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop optimum wheat postharvest training tools (PowerPoint presentations, videos or narrated PowerPoints, instrument demonstrations, field visits) for different topics that describe the best postharvest practices for the wheat value chains via a comprehensive program that includes handling stages starting from harvesting up to the storage facilities in Upper Egypt and the Delta.
• Implementing technical training program for smallholder farmers, Producer Organizations (Pos), University graduates, operators, storage facilities managers, labour, gender, service providers and logistics companies.
• Carry out fields visits to different stakeholders (smallholder farmers, Producer Organizations, University graduates, operators, storage facilities managers, service providers and logistics companies) to observe the practices of postharvest in coordination with related stakeholders and provide recommendation for good postharvest practices.
• Identify and resolve any field issue as requested by the Project’s Postharvest Lead.

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION AND HANDOUTS:

The consultant will deliver the training in Arabic. Handouts and training material, presentations and exercises will be in Arabic. English reports may be also requested. 

DELIVERABLES:

The following deliverables depend on activities being assigned to the consultant. The Project will provide templates.

• Training materials, training presentation and handouts
• Written report on results of training implementation, outcomes and recommendations for improvement.
• Written technical assistance reports on technical field visits.
• Technical recommendations responding to beneficiaries’ queries.
• Identification of post-harvest challenges and practical solutions
• The consultant will deliver the training in Arabic. Handouts, training material, presentations and exercises will be in Arabic.