Call for proposals for an individual expert or organization to distribute milk analyzers in southwestern Uganda

Background

Dairy value chains are rapidly changing in Uganda. However, currently there is no market for quality. This is partly due to the fact that milk of several small producers is aggregated at Milk Collection Centers where milk is cooled in big tanks for further transport to processors. This practice makes it hard to trace back quality to individual farmers.

As part of the CGIAR Rethinking Markets Initiative, IFPRI, together with CIMMYT and the Dairy Development Authority (DDA), is piloting a project in the southwestern milk shed of Uganda to make milk quality traceable throughout the value chain. This involves the distribution, installation and monitoring of milk analyzers in selected milk collection centers. This would enable milk collection center to test milk samples brought in by farmers and register the outcome in a simple app.

Essential Duties

• In close collaboration with the Dairy Development Authority, distribute and install analogue milk analyzers to 75 selected milk collection centers in the southwestern milk shed
• Train milk collection managers on the use of the milk analyzers and application to keep track of milk quality (3 per milk collection center)
• Organize sensitization workshops for Milk Collection Center senior management and train online portal use.
• Support milk collection centers in the operation 75 milk analyzers that were installed in 2023 up to Dec 2024
• Periodic visits to the milk collection centers to maintain and re-calibrate the machines
• Any other duties that are important for the success of the project that may arise

Essential Qualifications

• Extensive experience in working with actors throughout the food supply chains, like farmers, traders, agro-input dealers, and other service providers.
• A solid track record in supporting high level scientific research in agriculture.
• Good knowledge of the area and of the dairy value chain

To respond to this opportunity please upload/share the following:

• CV/Résumé along with Cover Letter and availability (working days per month) for the consultancy. Please upload as one attachment to the CV portion of the application
• We invite qualified individuals or companies to provide a detailed plan and budget to execute the above duties. The budget should not include the cost of the milk analyzers.

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*We are unable to respond to every applicant individually; only selected applicants will be contacted*