Term of Reference
Coordinator Oil Palm Best Management
Practices for Smallholders
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
SNV is a not-for-profit
international development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands 50 years
ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in 39 of the poorest countries
in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our global team of local and international
advisors works with local partners to equip communities, businesses and
organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase
their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the
cycle of poverty and guide their own development.
By sharing our specialist
expertise in our four focal sectors: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Water,
Sanitation & Hygiene and Climate Change we contribute to solving some of
the leading problems facing the world today – helping to find local solutions
to global challenges and sowing the seeds of lasting change. To specifically
address the issues related to sustainability, SNV Indonesia has established a
Commodities and Climate Change program.
“REDD+
Energy and Agriculture Programme’’ (REAP)
The REAP is designed to advance understanding
of the interface between agriculture and energy use across different forest
landscapes in order to support low emission, pro-poor development pathways. By
developing knowledge across the landscape the REAP Programme is providing
knowledge products, working with governments, businesses and local communities
across the landscape to support sustainable development. One of the
interventions under the REAP is supporting intensification in existing
plantations. Although the selection of sites has to be done carefully to ensure
reducing the impact of commodities on forests, yield improvement is a key
strategy to promote sustainable development. One of the commodities in which
yield increase will be promoted is palm oil.
Yield
increase through promoting BMP
The debate concerning sustainability of oil
palm production is ongoing, as problems with deforestation, loss of
biodiversity and social issues are still associated with oil palm cultivation
and expansion. Improving yields is a key aspect of sustainability, as higher
yields per hectare improve land use efficiency and decrease the need for
expansion into pristine natural areas to meet demands. However, in the last
years oil palm yields have stagnated or declined, in the face of an increasing
demand of oil palm for food and biofuel. Smallholder farmers often achieve
yields of only 10-15 t/ha, roughly half the 20-25 t/ha achieved by large
plantations.
Best management practices for yield
improvement have been developed and implemented in the last decades. The BMPs
are in general designed for large commercial plantations. Smallholders work
under highly varied circumstances, with different objectives and constraints.
There is an urgent need to adapt and introduce BMPs to smallholder farmers.
Coordinator
Better Management Practices programme
To address the need for such guidance, a
consortium of Wageningen University, and SNV have developed a stepwise guidance
for smallholders on BMP in the oil palm sector. This guidance was developed
based on existing material and tested in two case studies, one in West
Kalimantan and one in Jambi. As we are currently aiming to upscale our
programme, we are looking for experts with experience and understanding of oil
palm agronomy that can coordinate the implementation of our training programme.
In this position there will be opportunities to further develop the materials
and overall programme, like including additional topics such as institutional
development and environmental impacts, RSPO/ISPO certification etc. In addition,
we would like this person to represent/support SNV at key stakeholder and
client meetings.
Responsibilities
- Coordinating the implementation of SNV’s Better Management Practices training programme
- Support strategy development for oil palm and integration with other REAP work
- Train trainers on Better Management Practices
- Prepare offerings for clients
- Streamline offerings with SNV’s inclusive business tools
- Coordinate development of additional modules on institutional development and environmental impact
- Review and refine existing materials
- Business development
Requirements:
- MSc. Or equivalent in Agronomy, Biology or related field
- Knowledge of palm oil agronomy
- Experience working on yield improvement
- Experience in training trainers
- Understanding of RSPO P&C
- Understanding of ISPO P&C
- Knowledge of HCV
- Proficient in English and Bahasa
Duty station: Jakarta
Contract duration: 1 year contract
with the possibility of extension
Desired start date: As soon as possible.
How
to apply?
Please
send your application letter describing how you meet the candidate profile and
CV, together with an indication of your current salary and compensation package
with “Coordinator BMP” in the
title to jobsindonesia@snvworld.org by 26 August 2014.
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