Terms of Reference
Agriculture
Expert to Support the Implementation of an
Indonesia
Public-Private Workshop on Agricultural Productivity Enhancing Innovations,
Technologies and Practices
(timeframe: May - June 2013, approx. 25 days)
Background
The Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge,
Enterprise Development, and Trade (MARKET) project is designed to strengthen
food security for the organization’s 600 million citizens by increasing food
trade and private sector engagement in agriculture. MARKET builds on the United
States’ strong support for ASEAN and the countries of the region, as reaffirmed
by President Obama at the 3rd ASEAN-United States Leaders Meeting MARKET
supports ASEAN’s Integrated Framework on Food Security (AIFS) and Strategic
Action Plan for Food Security (SPA-FS), with an emphasis on facilitating food
trade in the region. The project also works with the ASEAN Secretariat to
promote dialogue with the private sector and civil society on food security
policy and regional food solutions.
ASEAN recognizes that the private sector has a
critical role in reducing volatility and insecurity in regional food markets,
and translating government commitments into implementation on the ground. The
private sector can boost agricultural productivity, identify gaps in policies
to promote trade, improve operational management across food supply chains, and
address efficient use of limited natural resources. ASEAN is seeking engagement
from a wider cross-section of food and agriculture enterprises at national,
regional, and multinational levels, covering a broader set of food commodities
and issues. ASEAN seeks to expand the
network of consultation partners in order to include balanced representation of
the interests of national, regional, and multinational food and agriculture
businesses and civil society organizations (CSOs).
A fair, transparent, and predictable
policy-enabling environment must exist to provide appropriate incentives for
the private sector. Including businesses
and CSOs in the dialogue adds a pragmatic, hands-on element to the discussion.
This tends to improve the regulatory environment, helping the private sector
deliver cost-effective, sustainable services to farmers and consumers. Senior
Officials Meeting of ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF)
consultations begun in 2010 with private sector and CSO representatives
identified a preliminary set of issues on which continued dialogue and
technical work could further food security objectives.
On 27 September 2012 MARKET organized a Preparatory
Workshop for the 2nd AMAF-Private Sector Dialogue on Food Security. In the
event MARKET facilitated a dialogue among farmer organizations, civil society
organizations, private businesses, and government on three key topics:
agricultural productivity, agricultural credit, and women in agribusinesses.
Outputs from this event were fed into the 2nd AMAF Private Sector Dialogue on
Food Security. Building on the information gathered at those events and using
lessons learned to improve the dialogue process, MARKET intends to continue its
close collaboration with ASEAN to maintain and expand ASEAN’s engagement with
private sector stakeholders – both private businesses and civil society
organizations (CSOs) – on key food security issues.
Activity
Description
MARKET
plans to organize a series of national public-private dialogue in several ASEAN
member countries, including Indonesia aimed at strengthening public-private
interactions at country level. With the increasing competition for land and
labor for agriculture production as well as the increasing demand on
sustainable agriculture products (eg. traceability), MARKET intends to focus on
the national dialogue on a specific theme around the development and adoption
of new agricultural technologies and innovations to help increase sustainable
productivity, reduce environment footprint and improve food security.
The
aim of the workshop is to provide a platform for both government and private sector
stakeholders in the agricultural sector to discuss and share their knowledge
and understanding of the available agricultural productivity enhancing
innovations, technologies, and techniques that are suitable for application by
small farm holdings. Specific objectives as follows:
1.
Promote
information and knowledge sharing of available agricultural productivity
enhancing innovations, technologies, and techniques suitable for application by
smallholder farmers in ASEAN.
2.
Foster the
development and adoption of new agricultural technology, innovations and
techniques, including the development of supportive regulatory frameworks.
A
two-day public-private dialogue in Indonesia will be conducted around May –
June 2013, with expected participants will be from representatives of the
Ministry of Agriculture, representative of Agriculture Research and Development,
representatives of private companies and business associations, civil society
organizations (CSOs), farmer groups and farmer representatives, universities,
ASEAN and key relevant donor organizations.
task of the
consultant
With
close consultation and guidance from the MARKET team, the consultant will
further develop and refine the concept note for the Indonesia Public-Private
Workshop on Agricultural Productivity Enhancing Innovations, Technologies and
Practices. The consultant will identify specific topics for the Indonesia
workshop that fit with the focused theme on promoting new agricultural
technologies and innovation to boost sustainable agricultural production (eg.:
improving seed quality and availability, access to credit programs for adopting
new technology, investing and promoting labor saving technologies, government
policies and regulations related to new technologies/innovation in agriculture,
etc).
The consultant will also complete the following tasks:
Ø
Technical
preparation and arrangement of the workshop, including developing the workshop
agenda, identifying potential participants and resource speakers, etc
Ø
Conduct
outreach to relevant private sector, both multinationals and Indonesian
companies, farmers’ organizations, government officials and other stakeholders
to participate in the workshop;
Ø
Summarize
key discussions and action items and prepare the workshop report; and
Ø
If required,
conduct a follow-up work based on the output of the workshop.
deliverables
1.
An updated
concept note for the Indonesia Public-Private Workshop;
2.
List of
multinationals and local companies, farmers’ organizations, and other
stakeholders, which confirmed to participate in the workshop;
3.
Detail
workplan for the workshop, including agenda, identified potential speakers,
resources persons, facilitators, etc; and
4.
A workshop
report, including summary of findings, key issues, and action items.
experience
and qualifications
The consultant should have the following qualifications:
1.
Proven
experience 5-7 years in the field of agriculture/agribusiness, agricultural
product/technology development, sustainability and GAP, value chains and
private sector development;
2.
Experience
and familiar with Indonesian regulation/policy in agriculture is a plus, but it
is not a must;
3.
Proven
experience working with private sector in agribusiness (multinational and local
companies) and farmers’ organizations, CSO in Indonesia; and
4.
Strong project
management experience;
5.
Good
command of English, written and verbal
Please send CV and application letter to: linnyayunahati@nathaninc.org.The deadline for submission is 28 April 2013.
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