Jobs Opportunities : Consultants Cocoa/Nftp Tridom

About the Organization

WWF Cameroun is seeking experienced consultants to conduct a comprehensive living income baseline study.

Project Overview

Contracting Authority: WWF Cameroun

Project: RESPONSE

Contract Duration: 45 days (ideally between February 15th and April 15th)

Contract Type: Service provision

Location: Yokadouma municipality (around Ngatto nouveau village), Cameroon

Scope: 3 cooperatives (2 cocoa cooperatives and 1 NTFP cooperative)

Context and Justification

Growing demand for cocoa products and favorable agro-climatic conditions in the region are driving expansion of cocoa farming in the Congo Basin. While this expansion may create new income streams for local producers and Indigenous Peoples (IPs), it can also lead to accelerated biodiversity loss. The search for new income sources is driving producers to convert forests to expand their farms, which is exacerbated by climate change and affects the capacity of forests to provide ecosystem products and services.

Volatile cocoa market prices, lack of infrastructure, technical knowledge, and limited management capacity can keep producers in poverty despite farm expansion, ultimately threatening forest survival and wildlife. The Yokadouma area presents a combination of socio-economic vulnerability and increasing land-use pressure that makes a living income assessment both urgent and strategic. Households rely on highly variable cocoa prices, unstable markets, and limited access to financial services, while Indigenous Peoples (especially Baka) face additional challenges.

Confidentiality

The full information contained in these terms of reference is strictly confidential and must not be disclosed outside your organization.