NEWSLETTER -  SEPTEMBER 2010

 

Value Chain Analysis in Zambia

 

MASDAR is currently preparing a major proposal to provide a Technical Support Team to the IFAD-funded Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme in Zambia.  The role of the TST will be to undertake value chain analysis for 8-10 commodities and then to devise intervention plans which will have the maximum impact on small-scale producers.

 
Oil Palm Master Plan Study in Ghana

 

MASDAR has now mobilised a multi-disciplinary team to prepare a Master Plan Study for the Oil Palm Industry in Ghana.  Working with the "Programme for the Promotion of Perennial Crops" the study aims to provide a basis for proper targeting of support to the industry over the next 15 years.  The study will involve a 7 person MASDAR team and will be undertaken over the next 5 months.

 
Social Development Policy in Botswana

 

MASDAR and DEV (University of East Anglia) have completed their assignment for UNICEF to develop a social development policy framework for Botswana.  UNICEF rates this as "excellent work, which contained the best situational analysis of the Botswana social protection environment ever produced" and complimented the team on the excellent quality of their work.

 
 
M&E in Ghana

 

MASDAR has mobilised the second phase of the M&E data collection assignment for the Millennium Development Authority in Ghana.  Base data in the fields of Land Tenure Facilitation, Community Services and Procurement Capacity Activities were collected last year.  The same MASDAR team has now been remobilised to complete a second round of data collection.  The data is proving invaluable to the management of the US$ 450 million programme in determining effectiveness and impact of project interventions.
 

 
Social Protection Proposals
 

Building on the success of social development assignments throughout the SADC region, MASDAR has submitted proposals for the evaluation of Child Grants in Lesotho (for UNICEF) and a major household survey for the World Bank in Zambia.

 
Support to Coops in Malawi

 

MASDAR has been requested to provide staff to help farmer groups and irrigation water users to organise themselves into registered cooperatives and to provide training on the establishment, registration and operations of cooperatives.

 

 
GIS Consultancy in Saudi Arabia

 

MASDAR's sister company emapsite has commenced work on a major consultancy assignment in Saudi Arabia to undertake baseline studies of coastal and marine resources along the Red Sea Coast.

MASDAR is providing management support services to emapsite on this exciting new development.

 
Decentralised Planning & Capacity Building in The Gambia

 

MASDAR is completing its consultancy services in Decentralised Planning and Capacity Building to the Community Driven Development Project.  A final report on Decentralised Planning Processes has been prepared and a very successful and well attended, workshop has been held.

 
 

Smallscale biogas production in The Gambia

 

 

In The Gambia MASDAR has established a demonstration village at Sintet to promote small-scale biogas and the use of improved stoves and fuel-briquettes made from waste materials.

 

 

Social Protection in Southern Africa

 

 

Reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition remains the overriding development challenge across Africa.  MASDAR is proud of the leading role it has in managing the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) funded by DFID and AusAid.

 

Solar powered irrigation in The Gambia
 

In The Gambia a MASDAR irrigation engineer designed 25 appropriate irrigation schemes for horticultural production.  He evaluated many different systems and pumps of which solar-powered submersible pumps were by far the most popular.

 

 

Agricultural Marketing in Malawi

 

 

In Malawi MASDAR has commenced Phase II of our Marketing Assignment with the Smallholder Crop Production and Marketing Project.  This phase covers the next 15 months and will train farmers in "farming as a business" and various aspects of improved, irrigated farming.

 

A selection of the projects we are currently conducting include:

Botswana Social Development Policy Framework
Ghana Oil Palm Master Study
Nigeria Microprojects Programme in 6 states in the Delta Region
Ghana M&E Support to the eGhana Project
Southern Africa Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme
The Gambia Support to the Community Driven Development Project
Malawi Smallholder Crop Production and Marketing Project
Ghana Data Collection for MiDA

 


WORK OPPORTUNITIES

 

 

 

MASDAR operates in Europe, Africa and Asia and has been established for over 30 years.   Please send your CV in electronic format to Mrs Jennifer Parry, Head of Human Resources, email:  jenny@masdar.com

Environmental Impact Assessment Specialists and Social Impact Assessment Specialists required for future possible short term assignments in Uganda and DRC.  These are for a private client developing large scale, commercial farms.  Applicants must have experience in undertaking EIAs and/or SIAs to IFC/World Bank standards.  If interested please send your cv to: jenny@masdar.com

Nigerian Specialists - We are seeking to expand our database of agriculturalists (all sectors) with extensive Nigerian experience.  We are particularly interested in consultants with experience in Soil Science, Large Scale Commercial Farming; Market Information Systems and Warehouse Receipt Programmes.  Please send your CV's to:   jenny@masdar.com

Biogas Specialists:  We are keen to expand our work with smallscale biogas production, especially in Africa, and would like to hear from any consultants with recent experience in this field.  Please send your CV to jenny@masdar.com

 

 
 
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