Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) to develop training manual on financial literacy and business skills for actors in the vegetable value chains.
• Background information
Kilimo Trust (KT) is a not-for-profit organization working on agriculture and agribusiness for development and creation of employment opportunities across East Africa (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi).
Kilimo Trust Rwanda is leading the implementation of a 5-years initiative (2022-2026) titled Good Food for Cities (GFC) Project funded by the Belgian Government (DGD) through Rikolto SON to support farmers to increase production and commercialization of affordable, healthy, and nutritious food produced using regenerative and other sustainable production practices.
The GFC Project is implemented in Rwanda’s Rubavu District (with potential upscaling option to Musanze District) by Kilimo Trust in partnership with Rwanda Consumers’ Rights Protection Organization (ADECOR).

The project results include:
1. Result 1 - Sustainable Production:Healthy and nutritious food is produced in a sustainable way in Rubavu District.
2. Result 2 – Inclusive Markets: Urban food markets in Western Province and other parts of Rwanda inclusive of smallholder producers, vulnerable citizens, youth, and women.
3. Result 3 – Enabling Environment: an enabling policy, financial and normative environment at local, national, and international level which will incentivizes Healthy, Sustainable and Nutritious (HSN) diets in East African Cities.
Generally, the project focuses on professionalization of smallholder farmers in Rubavu District to increase vegetables production, postharvest handling, marketing, and market access with emphasis on regenerative agriculture practices.
• Purpose of the call and scope of the assignment

Overall, financial institutions consider agriculture production a risky business due to its high vulnerability to external shocks (including extreme weather events, pest, and diseases and nature of seasonality).
The uptake of the existing agri-financing facilities by agro-food chain actors is reported by BNR to still be low. This is partly related to lending conditions such as high interest rates (up to 19%) which reflects the high risks and lack of collateral, especially associated with smallholders and agricultural SMEs (given their higher reliance on variable rains and particularly low investment returns).
More investments in agriculture could be made to boost agri-value chains financing and food system in Rubavu district. This can be done, in principle, by improving the incentive system of financial institutions and easing the conditions for collateral by also accepting, for example, land leases, off-taker agreements or agri-equipment as collateral (thus also redistributing risks among different value chain stakeholders) or adapting repayment schemes to farming cycles. This may go hand in hand with the provision of financial education and business management skills for the agri-chain actors.
Therefore, Kilimo Trust invites applications from eligible consultant (s) or firm that will work in close consultation with GFC project team to develop a training manual/aid on financial literacy and business skills to equip vegetables value chain actors with a set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions with all of their financial resources.

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The training manual/aid should be developed in English with Kinyarwanda translation.
• Required expertise and experience
1. The firm or the consultant (s) MUST have demonstrated experience in developing similar training manuals.
2. Ready to showcase to Kilimo Trust some of the previously developed similar training manuals.
3. At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in similar work.
• Tasks
1. Development of a training manual that will be used to build the capacity of actors in the vegetables value chains for a better understanding of financial components and skills such as budgeting, investing, borrowing, taxation, and personal financial management.
2. Design and submit final artwork of the training manual to Kilimo Trust.
3. Translate the approved training manual in Kinyarwanda.
• Timeline
The assignment is expected to start in November 2022 and run for a period of 30 days from the time of signing a contract.
• Application Procedure
Interested and eligible consultant(s) or firm shall submit the following:
1. Expression of interest addressed to the Human Resource Manager of Kilimo Trust.
2. Technical proposal including methodology and the work plan for implementation of the assignment.
3. Financial proposal highlighting cost breakdown.
4. Personal CV(s) of leading technical personnel proposed for this assignment highlighting qualifications and experience in similar tasks; and
5. Work references - contact details (email addresses) of referees (firms for whom you have produced similar assignments in the past three years).
6. Firms should also provide:
1. Company registration certificate.
2. Tax Clearance Certificate.
3. Social Security Clearance Certificate.
• Submission and Deadline
All required documents must be written in English and submitted electronically in one folder to recruitment@kilimotrust.org not later than Wednesday 16th November 2022 at 5:00PM Rwanda Time. Late submission will be rejected.
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