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• Coordinate the uptake of quality seed component
  of the ISSD Plus project, preparing annual, quarterly and monthly
  workplans and progress reports;
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data on
  the economics of early generation seed production in public and private institutes, provide sound
  economic analysis on the feasibility of sustainably producing EGS on a
  cost-recovery bases and provide policy recommendations on social and
  economic costs and benefits of the proposed solutions;
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data on
  economics of certified seed and Quality Declared Seed production and
  marketing, provide sound economic analysis of the feasibility of
  sustainable institutionalising Quality Declared Seed system and provide sound policy recommendations based on
  social and economic costs and benefits of the proposed solutions.
• Develop and pilot a sound strategy for
  commodity value chain integration of the seed value chains and commodity
  value chains for the different crops and varieties promoted by Local Seed Businesses, Map crop value
  chain actors and available quality grading for produces and specific
  varieties (literature review, linking with existing projects, and
  traders);
• Coordinate the facilitation of pilot innovations on diversification of local seed
  outlets of LSBs, and seasonal small seed markets attached to village
  markets and evaluate the effectiveness of these tools to increase farmer
  uptake of quality seed;
• Coordinate the promotion of Quality Seed
  through National media
  campaigns involving radio and TV, road shows, distribution of small seed
  samples with Do-It-Yourself testing protocols, and a Quality seed
  promotion partnership fund;
• Contribute to the design of surveys and special
  studies across the zones and
  where necessary supervise field data collection;
• Collaborate with Coordinators and zonal experts
  in conducting spot checking and routine monitoring of quality seed
  promotion activities, uptake of quality seed activities and value chain
  integration activities;
• Engage with all key stakeholders, including
  public and private sector officials, donor and development partners, to
  strengthen and build on the several seed sector interventions in the
  country and maintain seed sector related networks at zonal and national level;
• Support and mobilise stakeholders to come up
  with economically sound innovation projects that address bottlenecks in
  the seed sector;
• Monitor innovation projects and document
  lessons learned from innovation projects, both process wise and result wise.

• Hold a MA degree in Agricultural Economics with
  experience in the agricultural sector
• At least five years’ relevant work experience
• Technical and proven experience in conducting
  agricultural economic analysis
  for food crops
• Technical experience in managing quantitative
  and qualitative data collection and analysis
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills
  directly related to the work in the seed sector and/or with maize or
  legumes commodities
• Excellent writing skills and capacity to produce high quality analytical
  reports and policy briefs
• Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in
  word processing, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, internet use and statistical
  packages like SPSS and STATA
• Ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team, excellent interpersonal
  skills, analytical and attentive to detail;
• Willingness to travel extensively in Uganda;
• Previous experience in the Uganda seed sector
  is an added benefit.

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