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Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Provide technical training to farmer groups on Black Soldier Fly rearing, including site selection, organic waste management, larvae production, harvesting and processing.

• Support beneficiaries in establishing and managing beekeeping units, including hive management, honey production and pollination services.

• Ensure that training follows the approved Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries curriculum and is delivered through Farmer Field Schools and participatory methods.

• Support the setup and maintenance of demonstration sites for Black Soldier Fly and beekeeping enterprises in each operational zone.

• Provide continuous mentoring and follow up to farmer groups and lead farmers to improve productivity, quality control and safe handling practices.

• Promote integration of Black Soldier Fly into livestock feeding systems, including support for feed formulation using locally available materials.

• Ensure alignment of insect value chain activities with climate smart agriculture principles and sustainable land management practices.

• Support development of inclusive farmer groups and contribute to strengthening organisational capacity under the Farmer Institutional Development model.

• Collect and maintain accurate data on production, adoption rates, input use and enterprise performance using project approved tools.

• Support grievance redress awareness at community level and ensure that insect value chain activities comply with environmental and social safeguards.

• Participate in joint supervision and monitoring missions with district authorities, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.

• Provide timely inputs for monthly, quarterly and annual reports including geo referenced photos and insect value chain progress data.