Apply for International consultant to assess Beef and Dairy Value Chain for Rwanda to Export into European Union (EU) and the Middle East, Kigali, Rwanda Job Vacancy | Position

Result of Service

1. Inception Report: This report ought to present an excellent description and comprehension of the work at hand, which can reveal the stage of understanding of the project by the consultant. In line with that, it might be good to have an in depth desk of content material of the examine as follows: i. Situational evaluation describing (i) the standing of the Rwanda’s beef sector, (ii) the standing of veterinary providers, the animal well being regulatory system, (iii) the nationwide (and regional) meals security and conformity evaluation system (inspection and testing), (iv) logistics infrastructure (together with abattoirs and the chilly chain), (v) non-public sector and small-scale beef producers’ compliance ranges. ii. Methodology and method to the evaluation. iii. Sources of knowledge (major and secondary information). iv. Work plan that will probably be adopted and an annotated define of the last hole evaluation report. The inception report must also give an concept of the key messages and suggestions that might emerge from the examine. 2. Draft Report and validation workshop: Prepare a draft report, following all the consultative processes in addition to data gathering and information assortment efforts. Assist in organizing a validation workshop to current proposals for assessment and suggestions to focused stakeholders and companions. Prepare a PPT doc and make a presentation throughout the workshop. The draft report ought to define the following: a. Feasibility Study: Conduct a feasibility examine to discover the potential for scaling up beef manufacturing at Gako Farm, with a give attention to rising the proportion of beef breeds, enhancing infrastructure, and adopting digital applied sciences for traceability and high quality assurance. b. Market Analysis: Analyze the potential for exporting Rwandan beef to the GCC international locations and different regional markets with much less stringent certification necessities. This will embrace a assessment of the certification processes, market calls for, and potential limitations to entry. c. Development of a Business Case: Develop a bankable enterprise case to entice buyers and companions to the Gako challenge. This will embrace monetary projections, danger assessments, and suggestions for funding alternatives. d. Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with key stakeholders, together with authorities officers, non-public sector representatives, and worldwide companions, to collect enter and guarantee alignment with nationwide and regional methods. e. Digital traceability system: Required funding to construct a digital traceability system, as in the case of Botswana, that may help high quality assurance, cattle identification, and traceability. f. Capacity constructing: Documentation of capability improvement packages for incentivizing small-scale cattle farmers to produce beef of excessive export high quality in Rwanda. 3. Final Report: A last report making actionable suggestions on how to strengthen the Gako challenge primarily based on conclusions and contributions from the workshop.

Work Location

Home primarily based

Expected period

6 months

Duties and Responsibilities

I. Background and context Globally, the demand for meat is rising, pushed by rising inhabitants, rising incomes, and dietary habits that embrace excessive protein consumption. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), whole world meat consumption is predicted to attain roughly 430 million metric tons by 2030, representing a development of round 13% from 2023 ranges. This enhance in demand presents vital alternatives for meat producers worldwide, particularly in Africa. Beef manufacturing and exports in Africa are probably to be rising sectors with appreciable potential due to the continent’s giant livestock inhabitants and the rising world demand for beef. South Africa, the primary exporter of beef in Africa, elevated its exports of frozen beef to the world by 2% in worth and 1% in amount between 2016 and 2020. Furthermore, Namibia exports high-quality beef to a number of worldwide markets, together with the European Union, South Africa, Norway, the United States, and China. In Eastern Africa, Tanzania is the largest beef producer, with 31.9 million head of cattle and 536,000 tons of meat produced in 2022. Uganda is one other key regional participant, with 14.6 million head of cattle and 187,000 tons of beef produced in 2022. In Rwanda, in accordance to MINAGRI, the cattle heads are reportedly estimated at 1,644,692 heads and meat manufacturing at 197,778 MT each year . From 2017 to 2023, livestock manufacturing and transformation have been amongst Rwanda’s most dynamic sectors, increasing by almost 9% each year (NISR information, 2023). The Rwanda Beef Sector Overview- Gako challenge The livestock sector in Rwanda contributes 10% of Rwanda’s agriculture GDP and agriculture contributes 31% to the nationwide GDP. The primary market vacation spot for Rwanda’s livestock and livestock merchandise is the Democratic Republic of Congo, with different key market locations comprising the United Arab Emirates primarily Dubai, Middle East and Northern African Countries (MENA) (for dwell animals). Rwanda has skilled a decline in the meat exports over the previous years. Rwanda’s livestock business is hampered by SPS constraints which have constrained the product’s market entry. Both Rwanda’s Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation (2018-2024) and National Agricultural Policy (2018) acknowledged the want to tackle SPS points to entry high-end client markets. In impact, one in every of the strategic orientations of the plan is a give attention to upgrading the provision of SPS/high quality requirements together with for animal sources to facilitate beef exports. An evaluation performed by COMESA Secretariat in 2022 in collaboration with the Standards and Trade Facility of the WTO recognized the following as key constraints to Rwanda’s livestock business (COMESA P-IMA Rwanda Report, 2022): i. Inadequate mechanisms to guarantee digital traceability for beef exports, and enough meals hygiene management programs to combine an efficient regulatory and enforcement mechanisms for comply with up. According to COMESA, this necessary element in meals commerce, particularly worldwide commerce is just not complied with as required in the case of Rwanda’s beef exports. Business operators lack efficient capability to operationalize traceability of their respective meals manufacturing chains particularly on meals receipt and meals recall. This consists of totally different parts of traceability, totally different functionalities, identification of the unit being traced, correct documentation and information recording simply to point out a couple of. ii. Absence of a Residual Monitoring Plan (RMP) to consider veterinary medicine residues for beef exports as this a market entry requirement for developed markets. Exporting international locations are required to reveal residue security for beef exports by means of veterinary medicine which at the moment, Rwanda doesn’t have in place. Recently, chemical residues together with pesticides, antibiotics, and heavy metals in meals merchandise particularly animal merchandise have gotten a world concern as they current a critical well being menace to shoppers. The absence of a RMP for Rwanda’s beef exports is making it tough for Rwanda to be listed as a third-party nation allowed for exporting beef into the EU Markets as is the case with its honey exports. iii. Prevalence of commerce delicate and Transboundary Animal illnesses corresponding to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), “Peste des petits ruminants” (PPR) affecting the beef business for Rwanda. This is exacerbated by the lack of well-structured animal illness surveillance system, contemplating each energetic and passive surveillances to implement illness prevention and management methods particularly for commerce delicate illnesses. As of 2022, there was no recognized animal illness surveillance programs, though totally different measures to management illnesses are taken particularly when outbreak happens. iv. Poor infrastructure qualities corresponding to quarantine stations and slaughterhouses. COMESA notes that, Rwanda has twelve fashionable abattoirs with just one abattoir licensed for export in the following: HACCP and ISO 22 000: 2018 on meals security administration system, 1S0 9001 on Quality Management System, ISO 14000 on Environment administration system by third-party worldwide certifying our bodies, HALAL for the Middle East market. Rwanda’s beef exports are additionally hampered by fragmented chilly provide chain which have an effect on the nation’s potential to maintain a provide chain of its beef exports to key vacation spot markets. v. Rwanda doesn’t have giant areas of grassland the place specialised cow-calf programs with beef breeds could be established. Gako farm is an exception however solely covers round 5,000 ha whereas there are round 1.5 million dairy cows producing round 500-600,000 males per 12 months, which can stay the primary supply of beef in the nation . The Ministerial Order on land use in Eastern Province will scale back alternatives for producing beef in the Eastern Province. Farmers could have to swap to zero grazing programs, which will probably be more and more dairy specialised. vi. The Rwandan leather-based business is a associated sector, comparatively small and primarily involving small to medium-sized enterprises. The sector faces challenges corresponding to restricted native processing services and reliance on imported uncooked supplies. The provide of uncooked hides and skins is essentially depending on the dairy and beef sectors. However, the quantity and high quality of those supplies could be inconsistent, affecting the total leather-based manufacturing capability. There is an absence of contemporary processing services, which hampers the effectivity and high quality of leather-based manufacturing. Many tanneries use outdated strategies that restrict the value-added potential of the leather-based. Also, points with the high quality of uncooked hides and skins, corresponding to defects and contamination, influence the high quality of the completed leather-based merchandise. vii. Rwanda’s beef exports are additionally hampered by weather conditions requiring new cattle manufacturing methodology and land carrying capability by means of adoption of regenerative grazing strategies. Evidence exhibits {that a} main ecological and biodiversity uplift happens when a crucial variety of business and small-scale beef producers undertake regenerative grazing strategies. Evidence additional exhibits that regenerative grazing strategies can considerably enhance the cattle inhabitants, scale back the illness burden, and enhance the land accessible for beef manufacturing, in the end, rising the participation of Rwanda beef producers (each small scale and business) in excessive worth carbon and biodiversity markets. To tackle challenges in the beef worth chain—corresponding to low manufacturing, insufficient infrastructure together with slaughterhouses, transportation, and chilly chain logistics—Rwanda has initiated a number of initiatives. One notable challenge is the Gako challenge, launched in 2015 to improve the manufacturing of high quality meat and beef processing for each native and export markets. Despite 9 years of implementation, the beef yield of the Gako challenge continues to be not ample and processing ranges, is a 3rd of Namibia’s and about half of Uganda’s output. This disparity wants to be addressed for Rwandan beef to be aggressive in worldwide markets. Key areas for enchancment embrace animal husbandry and the availability of animal feed and the help of the beef worth chain by digital applied sciences. However, the potential of Rwanda’s livestock sector to stimulate financial development and create job alternatives stays restricted with out an environment friendly worth chain for exporting beef to markets corresponding to Europe, the Middle East, or to different African markets. II. Objectives This consultancy seeks to assess the feasibility of revitalizing and enhancing the Gako challenge to meet worldwide requirements and enhance the competitiveness of Rwandan beef in key export markets. Specifically, the challenge goals to: 1. Strengthen Local Capacity: Enhance the capability of native producers to meet worldwide requirements by rising the proportion of beef breeds in the nationwide herd and enhancing infrastructure corresponding to slaughterhouses, chilly chain logistics, and feedlots. 2. Construct Digital traceability of beef exports: present an enough meals hygiene management programs to combine an efficient regulatory and enforcement mechanisms for comply with up the necessary element in meals commerce, particularly worldwide commerce is just not complied with as required in the case of Rwanda’s beef, meat, leather-based exports. 3. Market Diversification: Explore different markets in the GCC international locations and different areas the place certification necessities are achievable, whereas additionally contemplating the European market for long-term growth. 4. Adopt Innovative Models: Implement an out-grower mannequin involving non-public farmers to guarantee a gentle provide of high quality beef. This mannequin will probably be primarily based on profitable practices from international locations like Botswana and tailor-made to Rwanda’s particular context. 5. Develop a Bankable Business Case: Create a complete enterprise case to entice international buyers and companions to collaborate with the Rwandan authorities in the Gako challenge. 6. Promote Integrated Farming: Evaluate the feasibility of elevating each beef and dairy cattle on Gako Farm to optimize land use and improve profitability. 7. Assess the Feasibility of Implementing a Comprehensive Traceability System: Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of creating and integrating a strong digital traceability system all through the whole beef worth chain (Meat, leather-based, diary…) to improve product high quality and security. 8. Improve the contribution of the dairy sector to beef manufacturing: Currently, dairy males are fattened in insufficient circumstances, and as a result of they’re normally of pure dairy breeds (together with more and more jersey, which produces very mild males), they’ve low carcass weight, yield, and high quality. The examine ought to discover alternatives for enhancing the high quality, amount, and weight of those carcasses: fattening strategies, terminal crossbreeding utilizing sexed semen (males) of beef breeds, utilization of dual-purpose breeds (together with Inyambo), improved slaughtering services, and so on. This is the place most of the potential for improvement of beef manufacturing stands in our view.

Qualifications/particular abilities

The Consultant ought to have the following {qualifications}: Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in agriculture economics (beef worth chain), agronomy, economics, improvement economics, or associated space is required. A primary stage college diploma in a mix of extra two years of qualifying expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the grasp’s diploma. – Minimum 7 (seven) years of expertise in agricultural worth chain evaluation is fascinating, – Knowledge of funding promotion in agricultural (beef) worth chains is fascinating.

Languages

Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this submit, fluency in English is required (oral and written) and information of French is an asset.

Additional Information

• Strong understanding of the native/regional and worldwide context of the beef worth chain in addition to regulatory frameworks is desired. – Proven expertise of offering recommendation to enhance public coverage design, in addition to good communication, facilitation abilities and means to use participatory method to accumulate and make use of the most related inputs from stakeholders is desired. – Excellent writing and reporting abilities is desired.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.