Ndèye Aissatou DIOP

Date/Organization/Project 

Position

Description of the main responsibilities

 July 2023 -To date

West and Central Africa for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF)

/ CAADP-XP4 Project (23 countries in West and Central Africa)

Capacity Development Officer

v  Coordinate the design of the institutional, organizational, and human Capacity Development Strategy of the CORAF Executive Secretariat.

v  Organize regional capacity building sessions for women and young seed entrepreneurs of 9 countries on seed multiplication techniques and seed business management.

v  Initiate, coordinate, and implement the formalization of the regional network of women entrepreneurs in the seed industry in West and Central Africa.

v  Organize national training sessions in 5 countries (Gambia, Benin, Cape Verde, Gabon and Chad) on strategies for scaling up and scaling deep climate-smart agriculture and agroecology.

v  Organize capacity-building sessions on prospective seed demand at regional level.

v  Develop and implement joint action plans with Regional Economic Communities (ECOWAS, CEMAC) for countries capacity building in agricultural research.

v  Develop and implement joint action plans with regional producer organizations in West and Central (ROPPA, PROPAC) to promote the dissemination of agricultural technologies and innovations through research systems.

v  Provide administrative support in the preparation of the CAADP-XP4 project work plan, budget, and technical advice on project implementation arrangements.

v  Provide technical guidance to 23 National Agriculture Research Institutes in West and Central Africa on delivery and reporting of CAADP-XP4 supported activities and finances.

v  Monitor the fellowship program (PhD and Msc students) in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs).

v  Develop a regional e-Scholarship platform for the digital management of student scholarships.

v  Manage all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements for organization for meetings, workshops, events, and missions;

v  Oversee travel arrangements for the CAADP-XP4 Project Team;

v  Prepare and assemble briefing materials and prepare power-point and other presentations; contribute inputs to the materials.

v  Contribute to the preparation of annual procurement plans and monitor their implementation.

v  Contribute to CORAF's resource mobilization by participating in the development of two full proposals on nutrition-sensitive agriculture and positive youth development. The two projects were awarded by USAID with funding of $3 million each.

v  Contribute to the development of knowledge management products and services: development of brochures to promote better methods of disseminating research knowledge to farmers.

v  Represent CORAF at high-level meetings at national, continental, and international levels.

September 2019-April 2023

ONG ICCO COOPERATION/

I have worked on 2 programs, both funded by the MasterCard Foundation:

Strengthening African Rural Smallholders Program (Burkina, Senegal, Rwanda and Ethiopia) and Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience of Agriculture Project (Senegal).

Program Officer

v  Value Chain Development

●      Coordinate a gender-sensitive value chains analysis with the M4P approach (market systems development)

●      Coordinate a diagnostic of producer organizations and develop business plans for producer organizations (POs) and smallholders’ farmers.

●      Develop and implement capacity building plans for POs and smallholder farmers.

●      Develop, coordinate, and implement seed multiplication programs for producers.

●      Facilitate partnership between private sector (companies), Business Development Services and Producers organizations in a pro-poor approach.

●      Facilitate producers' access to quality inputs, markets and agricultural information through the Market Systems Development (M4P) approach.

●      Introduce and disseminate tools and technologies through the Farmer Field Schools approach

●      Support the digitization of value chains and the development of digital services on good agricultural practices

●      Develop inclusive and sustainable business models between producer organizations and market actors

●      Contribute to the inclusion of gender and youth in agricultural value chains.

v  Solar Irrigation Access Program

●      Develop two credit-based business models for improved access to solar equipment for youth and women

●      Develop and manage technical and financial partnerships with solar equipment suppliers

●      Conduct technical studies to define the technical characteristics of the solar pumps to be installed

●      Ensure the monitoring, control and reception of solar installations

●      Develop a cultivation plan for the installed solar perimeters

●      Develop and implement a technical capacity building plan for the beneficiaries

●      Support the marketing of agricultural products according a contractualization- based approach.

●      Coordinate a study to capitalize on the practices of the solar equipment access program 

●      Produce a best practice guide for the implementation of subsidized solar pumps program for producers

v  Access to finance

●      Participate in the development of financial products and services adapted to producers' needs

●      Facilitate access to financing for producers by linking them with microfinance institutions and commercial banks

●      Contribute to the development and adoption of solar investment credit

v  Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

●      Participate in the development of the annual work plan, implementation and monitoring of activities

●      Conduct case studies and write success stories, blogs/articles

●      Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, reporting

●      Produce capitalization documents, communicate these results and prepare leaflets, publications, etc.

Date/Organization/Project 

Position

Description of the main responsibilities

July 2018- August 2019 

Inclusive and Sustainable Development of the Agrobusiness project in Senegal (PDIDAS) funded by the World Bank

Program Officer

v  Coordination and implementation of an installation program of 20 demonstration plots on sustainable land and water management practices.

·       Define the technical specifications of the facilities needs (fence, water source, pumping system, irrigation system)

·       Prepare the tender documents for the works contract.

·       Participate in the evaluation of the technical and financial offers

·       Coordinate the execution of the contract and ensure the follow-up of the facilities works (Installation of solar pumping systems and micro-irrigation)

·       Support the communities in the cultivation of the perimeters with the promotion of climate-smart production systems, agroforestry practices and integrated agriculture

v  Coordination and implementation of capacity building activities

·       Elaboration of the ToR for the recruitment of consultants

·       Evaluation of technical and financial offers

·       Coordinate the implementation of the training program for 23 agricultural organizations on accounting/financial monitoring and organizational management

·       Coordinate the implementation of the "Farmer Field Schools (FFS)" program as part of the capacity building of 23 MSEs on good agricultural practices

·       Support the promotion of agribusiness among farmers to develop a commercial agriculture oriented towards contractualization and export of horticultural products

v  Coordination of the agricultural support program for producer organizations

●      Develop procurement procedures for the acquisition of inputs, livestock and feeds, vaccines for the needs of crop and livestock activities of producer organizations

●      Develop partnerships with agricultural and livestock inputs/equipment suppliers

●      Develop purchase orders for the various acquisitions

●      Ensure the reception of orders

●      Ensure the follow-up of the economic activities of the producer organizations.

v  Support the implementation of classified forests and natural reserves management program

●      Coordinate and supervise the planting work of 12,000 windbreak and live hedge plants at the Gnith PDIDAS pilot operation

●      Supervise the development of community nurseries in the PDIDAS intervention area in connection with the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (ANGMV)

●      Supervise the demarcation and labeling of protected areas in the PDIDAS intervention area in connection with the ANGMV ;