The project is being managed by Msingia non-profit industry development organization that supports the transformation high-potential industries in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Msingis’ main goal is to create a long-term, competitive, inclusive, and resilient aquaculture industry. The organisation believes East Africa has an advantage in aquaculture because of its climate and natural water resources, genetic resources, and rapidly growing population. This makes it an attractive region for increasing protein demand.
Msingi believes that the East African aquaculture industry is growing rapidly and it is important to ensure that this growth is sustainable for the environment.
We do not know what the current environmental impact of farmed fish from the East African region on the environment, or how it compares to other commonly consumed proteins. Msingi says that in order to reduce the environmental impact of aquaculture, it is necessary to first quantify the impact, then attribute it to practices, and identify areas for improvement to ensure environmental sustainability of the entire industry.
The objectives of the consultancy
The comparative analysis should include farmed fish, tilapia, catfish, chicken, beef and pork.
The entire life cycle should be considered when assessing the environmental footprint. This includes inputs, production and processing as well as transport, storage, disposal, and storage. These key indicators should be examined include resource efficiency (including the impact of feed and water intensities), carbon emissions, land use/land change, waste/effluents and any other relevant environmental factors.
Scope of work
The scope of work for the consultants will include:
- A literature review of East Africa’s meat and fish industries: including production scale, modalities, consumption patterns and sustainability practices, disposal, and disposal.
- Engaging directly with the relevant players in the East African animal protein industry (farmed tuna and catfish and chicken, beef, pork and goat), to understand the value chain from production to end-use.
- To create a scoring system that uses key environmental indicators to evaluate the relative sustainability for each animal protein at each step of the value-chain,
- Synthesis of results into a guide document that ranks each source of protein by relative sustainability and offers recommendations for improving sustainability.
Consultant requirements
- Immediate availability.
- Demonstrates experience in conducting similar or relevant research, preferably having a background in environmental sustainability.
- Analytical skills: The ability to analyse and present data/information professionally, in a simple and straightforward manner.
- Experience in East Africa with similar research is strongly preferred.
Further information
You can find the full job description here.
Proposals must be received no later than 8 March 2022 at 17.00 East Africa Time and sent to [email protected]
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