Vacancy

Consultant

Location

Manyara, Singida and Morogoro Regions

Salary

Competitive

Application Deadline

22 January 2026

Provision of Business Development Training and Entrepreneurship Coaching for Farmer Service Centers (FSCs)

Farm Africa, in partnership with the Farm-to-Market Alliance (FtMA), a consortium of public and private stakeholders led by the World Food Programme (WFP), has signed a grant agreement to implement a twelve-month project from 01st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. The project aims to increase the incomes and resilience of smallholder farmers. This project focuses on enhancing farmers’ access to commercially viable value chains by improving the functionality of markets, particularly for those with surplus produce or surplus potential.

Central to the initiative is the use of Farmer Services Centers (FSCs), which serve as hubs for delivering last-mile services to smallholder farmers. These centers offer agricultural inputs, extension services, market information, and aggregation support across key value chains, including maize, rice, common beans, sunflower, and soybeans.

The project is being implemented in three regions:

[1] Manyara region = Babati, Hanang, Kiteto, and Simanjiro

[2] Singida region = Singida DC, Iramba and Mkalama

[3] Morogoro region = Mvomero DC, Kilosa and Kilombero

As of September 2025, a total of 342 FSCs have been onboarded to the program that are spread across the targeted project regions, 124 FSCs are from Manyara, 108 FSCs in Singida, and 110 FSCs in the Morogoro region and have engaged in different project interventions.

The FtMA project has four main intervention pillars that include:

1. Intervention Pillar 1: Building a strong network of Farmer Service Centers (FSCs) that provide last-mile delivery

2. Intervention Pillar 2: Farmer Service Centers (FSCs) services that enhance productivity and onboarding of smallholder farmers

3. Intervention Pillar 3: Market linkages

4. Intervention Pillar 4: Digitalization

To strengthen the network of Farmer Service Centres (FSCs) as hubs capable of engaging the private sector as business partners, it is essential to enhance their business management capacities. In pursuit of this objective, Farm Africa developed and implemented a tailored Business Capacity Assessment Tool (BCAT) for the FSCs. This tool was used to identify and evaluate gaps in knowledge, skills, and capacity, enabling FSCs to effectively manage last-mile distribution models and operate as commercially viable enterprises. The assessment was conducted for 342 FSCS enrolled in the program, comprising 142 Agro dealers, 53 AMCOS, 44 VBAA, 42 MSMEs, 59 Farmer Groups, and 2 SACCOS. The FSCs’ BCAT evaluated six key BDS parameters, including Leadership and Management, Financial Capacity, Purchasing Capacity, Processing Capacity, Sales Capacity, and the overall general Business Enabling Environment.

The survey results revealed that none of the assessed FSCs fall within the starter or mature/advanced stages. All selected FSCs for training are positioned at the mid-level growth stage. Based on these findings, Farm Africa intends to engage a business development service (BDS) consultancy firm to provide capacity-building support to 80 FSCs across Manyara, Singida and Morogoro regions.

Farm Africa seeks to engage a BDS consultancy firm to design and deliver a comprehensive business development and entrepreneurship training program to Farmer Service Centers (FSCs). The training will encompass business management, coaching, and mentorship components targeting Agro-dealers, AMCOS, Farmer groups, SACCOs, SME processors, and VBAA. The overall goal is to strengthen the FSCs’ business management capacities, enhance their competencies, and improve their profitability

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