AGRI-CONNECT - Supporting value chains for shared prosperity

The project "Agri-connect: Supporting value chains for shared prosperity" will contribute to inclusive economic growth, promote private sector development and job creation in the agricultural sector and to increase food and nutrition security in Tanzania. This will be achieved in four areas:

i) improvement of sector enablers and business environment,
ii) support to the tea, coffee and horticulture value chains,
iii) improvement of selected rural roads;
iv) raising awareness of good nutrition practices.

The technical assistance services herewith requested will support the implementation of the first componentand coordinate the overall programme. Specifically, the contractor is expected to provide services to institutionalpartners and value chain actors contributing towards:
i) improved policy, legislative and regulatory framework;
ii) increased trade promotion services;
iii) improved sector governance, coordination and dialogue mechanisms across institutions and other actors; and
iv) increased capacity of District Authorities.

Furthermore, the contractor will support existing ministerial sectoral coordination units to
i) ensure coordination and coherence of the different components under Agri-connect;
ii) act as a secretariat of the steering committee;
iii) establish an action level M&E system and draft reporting.

• Work under the supervision of the Team leader;
• Map policy support initiatives, including gap analysis;
• Conduct overall assessments and reviews of national and regional regulatory capacity and policy framework, with a view to rationalise its redundancies, reduce compliance costs for farmers and value chain actors alike, and improve an effective and harmonised implementation;
• Develop a road map proposal for policy reforms for the duration of the Programme;
• Provide collaborative policy research/analysis and outreach to MoA and MANRLF, combined with policy advisory on laws and regulations affecting the subsector (selected commodities);
• Analyse the economic impact of ongoing marketing system (auction) and suggest innovations;
• Design policy frameworks that support and encourage investments in local value addition through conducive trade and market access (ex. assist in the design of future tea and coffee national strategies ending in 2019);
• Report regularly on the state of the subsector;
• Develop or fine-tune existing policy implementation monitoring system;
• Facilitate dialogue between decision-makers at local and central administrative levels and with value chain actors;
• Carry out capacity building programmes as defined in the workplan;
• Assist the TL with contribution to the work plan, preparation of the ToRs for the Short Term TA and their supervision;
• Contribute to the preparation of all programme reporting including for the Programme Steering Committee meetings as required by the team leader