Green House Gas (GHG) Mitigation Consultant 259 views0 applications

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Green House Gas (GHG) Mitigation Consultancy

ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) and partners ATTA (Agri-Tech-Talk Africa) and APRI Group are registered in Uganda where they operate.

ACTED’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future. ACTED is active in 39 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Central America and develops about 350 projects yearly in diversified activities such as emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic development, education, microfinance, institutional support and regional dialogue as well as cultural promotion;

AGRITECHTALK AFRICA’s (ATTA) mission is to improve food security in poor and marginalized countries worldwide. ATTA was established in 2015 and is currently working in Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan by providing support to countries’ government in establishing/strengthening their Early Warning Systems for the livestock sector. ATTA is the only organization authorized to provide capacity building and technical support for the implementation of livestock body condition and forage yield assessment carried out with the Pictorial Evaluation Tool (PET) methodology.

GLOBAL APRI SERVICE (U) LTD was established and registered in Kenya in 2015 and in Uganda in 2016. The company focuses towards addressing livestock production, value addition and marketing because of the variable availability of natural resources in the drylands (i.e. pasture and water) and the fact that income and most of the food used at household level are derived from livestock and livestock products. APRI delivers high quality infrastructure development, applied research, studies, proposals and implement innovative approaches to service delivery and investment in agro-pastoral, pastoral areas and livestock-dependent communities living in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL). The connotation of the work done by the group originates from the understanding that most pastoral societies and groups are progressively losing capacity to remain and exploit open areas within the ASAL and alternative and innovative models for economic development, job creation, private sector investments and sustainability need to be sought.

ACTED and partners are seeking qualified consultants to partner with in the implementation of a potential project aimed at strengthening agricultural knowledge, and related innovation systems, to address climate change, as an overarching issue, by establishing a fully functioning monitoring mechanism for greenhouse gas emissions from cattle in Uganda, based on a quantitative model used to measure various mitigation strategy results and achievements, that will contribute to the National GHG Inventory System.

ACTED and partners are therefore looking for individuals with experience in the following sectors: 1- Innovation in livestock agriculture in Uganda focusing on food and nutrition security, 2- National and regional agricultural research architecture and innovation capacities to apply smart innovations and promote multi-stakeholder partnerships for enhanced long-term GHG mitigation impact, 3- Knowledge and evidence-based livestock management practices in adapting to, and mitigating, climate change, to feed development policies and investment decisions.