Consultant: Scaling Agricultural Water Management Approaches in Mali
International Water Management Institute, Mali

Experience
1 Year
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0 - 0
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No
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As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Feb 23, 2021
Last Date
Mar 23, 2021
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Job Description

International Water Management Institute (IWMI) seeks applications from suitably qualified candidates to undertake a short-term consultancy assignment on "Scaling Agricultural Water Management Approaches in Mali".

The consultant will work on 3 projects currently active in Mali and are managed out of Ghana (ILSSI, AR) and Ethiopia (SaWeL). The Improved Food security and nutrition in the Sahel by safeguarding wetlands through ecologically sustainable agricultural water management (SaWeL) is a Swiss Development Cooperation sponsored project working on the ground in different wetland landscapes to develop and communicate innovations that are relevant to a wide range of agricultural systems in and around Sahelian wetlands. Sawel contributes to local, national, Sahelian/African-wide goals of enhanced food security and nutrition by increasing water productivity and eco-efficiency, improving livelihoods and restoring (wetlands) ecosystem services.

The Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sponsored project led by Texas Aamp;M University (TAMU) in collaboration with IFPRI, ILRI, and the World Vegetable Centre. ILSSI addresses small scale irrigation challenges in Mali, Ghana and Ethiopia through partnering with private and public sector partners and engaging in important multi-stakeholder initiatives.

The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING - AR) program comprises three research-for-development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. The Africa RISING West Africa (WA) project is being implemented by multi-disciplinary research teams and development partners from the public and private sectors in collaboration with farmers and community-based organizations in northern Ghana and southern Mali. Through action research and development partnerships, Africa RISING creates opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base.

Scope of Work

The consultant will work on a broad range of activities in relation to scaling agricultural water management and irrigation approaches in Mali. In particular, the consultant is expected to contribute the following specific activities under the above mentioned projects:

SaWeL:

  • Closely collaborate with SaWeL implementation partners in Mali Caritas Switzerland and Wetlands International towards achieving the key objectives of the SaWeL project
    • 1.1 Smallholder food producers apply ESAWM to improve water productivity and reduce the ecological footprint of food production
    • 1.2 Service providers and other system actors ensure that smallholders and governments at landscape level are able to access and actively use ESAWM options and services
    • 1.3 Relevant landscape-level governmental entities have created an enabling environment towards ESAWM and wetlands management
    • 2.1 Smallholder food producers enhance food and economic security through entrepreneurial, market-oriented and agroecological farming
    • 2.2 Services providers and other system actors stimulate locally rooted, socially inclusive economic development by creating access to markers and commodity chains
    • 2.3 Relevant landscape-level governmental entities have created an enabling environment for sustainable agriculture-based inclusive economic growth
    • 3.1 National and international platforms take ownership of and actively promote ESAWM to governments in Africa and to investors use the program’s learning and experiences
    • 3.2 Relevant national government entities in Mali and Ethiopia use ESAWM framework when designing, monitoring and implementing programs for wetlands landscapes
    • 3.3 Investors include ESAWM in the design, implementation and monitoring of their investments
  • Work with implementing partners and small-holder farmers, their representatives (e.g. farmer unions, village committees and similar), NGOs, government entities, research organisations and private sector service providers to promote the uptake and scaling of ecologically sustainable agricultural water management (ESWAM) approaches, including irrigation technologies,
  • Work with service providers and other system actors to capacitate them to offer small-holder, gender and youth inclusive products and services, including financial services, that allow for more ecologically sustainable food production
  • Analyse the enabling environment, including policies and institutional arrangements, with a foc

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