Consultant: Request for Proposal (RFP) Scoping and Landscape Analysis for High-Quality Cassava Peel (HQCP) and Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Enterprises in Nigeria at International Livestock Res...
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Published 1 month ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
About the Program
The Sustainable Entrepreneurship Poultry Transformation Program (SEPTP) is designed to address one of the biggest challenges facing Nigeria's poultry sector: the rising cost and scarcity of quality livestock feed. Feed accounts for over 70% of poultry production costs, and dependence on maize and soy makes the system vulnerable to price shocks, climate risks, and import pressures.
To reduce this dependence and build resilience, the program is investing in alternative, climate-smart feed solutions. High-Quality Cassava Peel (HQCP) and Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) offer affordable, locally available, and sustainable feed options that can unlock value from waste, promote circularity, and create new economic opportunities.
Focusing initially on areas with strong cassava production and poultry farming, the program will establish HQCP factories and BSFL enterprises as entry points for scaling alternative feed. This effort comes at a critical time when demand for poultry products is growing, yet farmers struggle with feed affordability.
Assignment Objectives
- Map supply chains of cassava peels and organic waste, including availability, seasonality, and logistics pathways
- Assess poultry production potential in target states to identify demand anchors for HQCP and BSFL feed
- Conduct scoping and site selection for HQCP and BSFL factories in Ogun, Delta, Benue, Nasarawa, and FCT SEPTP states
- Analyse the economic potential and unmet demand for alternative livestock feed
- Map feed market structures, profiling small (toll) and large-scale commercial millers, their operations, and locations
- Identify institutional, policy, and financial enablers or barriers to inclusive enterprise development
Key Responsibilities
- Supply chain and landscape mapping, including cassava processing hubs and cassava peel availability quantification