OVERVIEW

USAID SEGAR is seeking a short-term technical assistant of Trainer for Sustainable Cocoa Cultivationto Provide training on cocoa cultivation using an agroforestry approach for farmer groups in Laham subdistrict – East Kalimantan.

• Job code: STSCC
• Type: Consultant
• Job location: Laham Village, Mahakam Ulu Regency, East Kalimantan, Homebased
• Reporting line: Site Manager of East Kalimantan
• Expected Assignment: Immediately – 30 June 2024
• Level of Effort: 15 days

USAID SEGAR is a five-year (2021 – 2026) project funded by USAID, designed to advancing Indonesia's development goals in balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use with sustainable economic development and livelihoods inclusive. To achieve this, districts with high conservation values and high carbon stocks are becoming an area of USAID SEGAR support, it is hoped that resource management will improve nature and be more measurable in conserving biodiversity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions glass from unsustainable land use, as well as promote economic growth sustainable and inclusive.

Mahakam Ulu District is one of the priority jurisdictions supported by USAID SEGAR. The district has a significant forest area in the Heart of Borneo and the headwaters of the Mahakam River. This district has 706,711 hectares of protected forest, an estimated 1,677,944 hectares of High Conservation Value (HCV) area and approximately 1,644,421 hectares of High Carbon Stock (HCS) area, making Mahakam Ulu as the heart of conservation district for East Kalimantan.

Considering the importance of Mahakam Ulu as conservation district, it is needed to ensure the conservation approach will also give the benefit for sustainable livelihood needed by community. Mahakam Ulu District economy is dominated by agriculture and forestry, which provide the largest share (74 percent or IDR 1.343 trillion) of the district’s 2019 GDP1, with major agricultural commodities produced in Mahakam Ulu include rice, rubber, coconut, pepper, cocoa, coffee, and candlenut. Cocoa provided the largest share in terms of area and volume. Cocoa classifies as forest plants, and also recommended as species to enrich the landcover through agroforestry system and in another side, have potential competitive market price.

USAID SEGAR support farmers in Laham and Nyaribungan villages under the Laham Subdistrict to increase their capacity on cocoa cultivation as one approach for balancing conservation and livelihood. Laham and Nyaribungan village also part of the 23 villages that selected from the FCPF (Forest Carbon Partnership Facility/FCPF-Carbon Fund). Cocoa in these two villages, especially in Laham Village has shown significant progress on the interest of buyer and Mahakam Ulu local government cause of positive response of the cocoa farmers on some parties’ intervention in this village and has good quality of product with a distinctive flavor. However, there is no sustainability standard that has been adopted by farmers in this Subdistrict. Pre-harvest, harvest, and post-harvest practices according to GAP (Good Agriculture Practices) have only been practiced by a limited number of farmer groups. Capacity building through increasing GAP, fermentation, and certification of cocoa beans is an instrument that can increase the added value of farmers and reduce the opening of new land for community cocoa plantations.

To support the strengthening capacity in sustainable cocoa cultivation for cocoa farmers in Mahakam Ulu, especially in Laham subdistrict, USAID SEGAR will hire a trainer to develop modules and deliver training on sustainable cocoa cultivation to achieve sustainable production and biodiversity conservation approach.

OBJECTIVES

• To develop training module of sustainable cocoa cultivation.
• To conduct training on sustainable cocoa production for farmers’ groups representatives from Laham and Nyaribungan village, Laham subdistrict, Mahakam Ulu, East Kalimantan.

EXPECTED OUTPUT/OUTCOME

• Increase capacity of 18 cocoa farmers (6 farmer groups) in Laham village and 3 cocoa farmers (1 farmer groups) in Nyaribungan village for implementing sustainable cocoa cultivation and good agriculture practices.
• Sustainable cocoa cultivation training module package.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing training modules for sustainable cocoa cultivation and questionnaire for pre/posttest.
• Conducting training on sustainable cocoa cultivation for farmers in Laham and Nyaribungan village:

1. 1. Themes 1: Sustainable cocoa certification standard.
   2. Themes 2: Agroforestry model for biodiversity protection, climate change mitigation and carbon emission reduction.
   3. Themes 3: Cocoa for agriculture model enrichment.

• Modules refinement and report writing.

DELIVERABLES

• Training modules for sustainable cocoa cultivation training and pre/posttest Questionnaire.
• Training implementation report (including results of pre and posttest analysis of training participants, and final version of training modules).

JOB REQUIREMENT

• Have experience developing modules and delivering training for sustainable agricultural cultivation and/or plantations especially for cocoa commodity.
• At least 5 years of experience working in the natural resources, sustainable/organic agriculture and/or forestry sectors, preferably with USAID.
• Demonstrated experience in working on agroforestry with cocoa.
• Demonstrated experience in working on sustainable cocoa farm/organic cocoa.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating and training for community.
• Fluency in English, both oral and written

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your application to SEGAR-Recruit@chemonics.com  with the subject line “STSCC_YourName”. The application will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and early recruitment may occur until the position is filled.