Consultant (Small Scale Aquaculture Mariculture Opportunities in Eritrea)
WorldFish, Eritrea

Position: Individual Consultant or Consultancy firm (Small Scale Aquaculture amp; Mariculture Opportunities in Eritrea)

Country: Eritrea

Application Deadline: 29 April 2023

Type of contract: Consultancy Contract

Language(s) required: English (proficient/fluent writing and oral skills)

About the Organization:

WorldFish is an international, nonprofit research and innovation institution that creates, advances, and translates aquatic?food?systems science into scalable solutions. We vision an inclusive world of healthy, well-nourished people and a sustainable blue planet, now and in the future. Our mission is to end hunger and advance progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through science and innovation to transform food, land, and water systems with aquatic foods for healthier people and the planet. More details about WorldFish can be found here.

Background of the project

The Advancing Climate Smart Aquaculture Technologies (ACliSAT) is a three-year project (extended for additional one year) funded by IFAD and led by WorldFish. ACLiSAT aims to achieve economically vibrant and climate smart sustainable increase in fish production and productivity for food security, nutrition, income generation and livelihood improvement in the three countries (Egypt, Eritrea and Ethiopia). The project partners in the three countries are; The Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research (in Egypt); the Ministry of Marine Recourses (MMR) (in Eritrea); School of Fisheries and Wildlife at Bahir Dar University (BDU) (in Ethiopia). The climate smart culture system tested through the project includes; the In Pond Raceway System (IPRS); the Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture practices (IAA) in open area; the Aquaponic; and small scale cages.

The project objectives are to:

• Increase productivity through development and adoption of efficient water-usage and cost- effective systems such as the Improved Pond Raceway System for arid areas and other water-deficient conditions.
• Lower production costs of fish farms through improved fish feed formulation and feeding practices;
• Enhance knowledge and skills on aquaculture technologies among fish farmers, national research institutions, extension agencies and other service providers and
• Enhance positive nutrition impacts of targeted households through increased fish consumption campaigns and improved post-harvest practices.

Study Objective:

It is recognized that a proper scaling strategy and action plan is required to achieve the project impact. Thus, WorldFish intends to hire a consultant to identify opportunities and design the scaling up work activities to be implemented built on the interventions of ACliSAT and FReMP projects in Eritrea during the last period. The consultant will work in coordination with project focal in MMR. Specific objectives of the study are as follows:

• To identify current status of aquaculture, constraints and future opportunities for both freshwater and marine aquaculture in Eritrea.
• To recommended on business model of most feasible small scale farming system in Eritrea.
• To recommend scaling strategy for small scale aquaculture with focus on climate smart farming system.
• Identify critical factors limiting the developing of commercial aquaculture in Eritrea.
• Review of ACliSAT project progress against baseline.
• Review project achievement against result framework indicators
• Recommend on opportunity of establishing and sustainable manage sea cucumber hatchery in Eritrea

Scope of work:

The Small-Scale Aquaculture Consultant will be responsible for:

• Identify opportunities for developing commercial aquaculture with focus on small scale and integrated agriculture.
• Design scaling up strategy for commercial aquaculture in Eritrea.
• No mention is made of gender and the role of women to be taken into the development of opportunities.
• Develop business model for commercial farming to include cost and benefit of scale fish farming and IAA for small scale farmers and Entrepreneurship.
• To report on ACliSAT achievements using Result framework indicators against the baseline.
• Present preliminary findings report to stakeholders and partners. When before or after leaving the country or is the consultant a national).
• Submit a final report of consultancy work done.

Requirements

The consultant should have an advanced degree in aquaculture, fisheries and/or agricultural economics with background in fisheries and/or aquaculture. In addition, the consultant should demonstrate:

• Demonstrated Experience

Job Rewards and Benefits