Consultant for scoping and designing activities to develop melaleuca value chain

The project "Vietnam Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation" (VFBC) is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented for 5 years from July 2020 to June 2025. The project's objectives are to reduce greenhouse emissions, increase carbon sequestration from production forests that are natural forests and plantations in Vietnam, and conserve biodiversity in forest areas with high biodiversity value in the country.

Sub-Component 6, Component 2 of the project implemented by Helvetas Vietnam aims to improve livelihoods for communities living in buffer zones of national protected areas through promoting conservation-friendly enterprises and production. The 3 main groups of activities of Sub-Component 6 include: 1) Increasing incomes through developing sustainable, efficient, and forest-friendly NTFP and high-value agriculture value chains; (2) Increasing incomes & job generation through community-based ecotourism; and (3) Providing employment and income opportunities for hunters, illegal loggers, and their families.

Helvetas is seeking consultant(s) with in-depth practical experience in agricultural value chain development to (1) Carry out a scoping study of available value chains (melaleuca chains) in buffer zone communes of Bach Ma National Park; and (2) Design interventions to develop the sustainable value chains.

See details in the TORs attached.

Interested candidates should submit applications to the email addresses helvetas.vietnam@helvetas.org; phong.nguyen@helvetas.org and chi.nguyen@helvetas.org by Aug 15, 2023.