Agriculture Value Chain Management & Trade Directorate

Number of planned staff: 10

• Director General (1)
• Animal Products Supply Chain and Market Analysts (2)
• Crop Products Supply Chain and Market Analyst (2)
• Animal Products Supply Chain and Market Specialists (2)
• Crop Products Supply Chain and Market Specialists (2)
• Agriculture finance Specialist (1)
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• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• • Conduct analysis of policies, strategies, programs and projects to support evidence-based decision making in Agri-value chains;
  • Ensure public investment is focused on key sector needs/bottlenecks to catalyse private sector investments
  • Support crop and animal value chain actors to comply with market norms, standards and regulations;
  • Monitor local and regional food prices;
  • Undertake public-private dialogue and coordinate agriculture value chain platforms in collaboration with relevant institutions in the sector;

• • Estimate agro-processors’ raw materials need based on existing utilization capacities on specific value chains;
  • Develop short & long-term interventions to address identified crops & animal value chain bottlenecks;
  • Collaborate with RCA in cooperative development and capacity building of cooperatives and farmer organizations in crop value chains;
  • Collect data on supply and demand factors including production and aggregation volumes, price trends and consumptions, imports and exports.

Key Collaborators

• MINAGRI Directorates and agencies
• MINICOM & Agencies (RICA, RCA, RSB, NIRDA & FDA)
• Development partners & Research Institutions: World Bank, FAO, WFP, EU, IFPRI, KOIKA, JICA, USAID, IITA, and many more.
• PSF and Private Sector Companies in Agriculture
• Local & International NGOs