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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A VALUE ADDITION EXPERT IN THE MANAGEMENT UNIT OF THE ENABLE – YOUTH, CAMEROON COMPONENT 3 OF THE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (AVC-DP) The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given a Non- Concessional loan (AfDB loan) to the Republic of Cameroon for the implementation of the agricultural value chain development project (AVC-DP). The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is the Contracting Authority of this project which includes a youth Entrepreneurship component called ENABLE - Youth Cameroon (EYC) to be implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). In view of this, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture calls for applications to the position of a value addition expert opened in the Management Unit of EYC Project based at IITA Cameroon Station in Nkolbisson, Yaoundé. A – Duties and Responsibilities Lead the development of strategies and action plans for value addition of products along agricultural value chains in general, and particularly innovations by Enable Youth Cameroon (EYC) agripreneurs; Identify diversity of agricultural products that have market value and turnover for households within the designate mandate regions of the agricultural value chain development project; Recommend value addition options of agricultural products that have market value based on effective market analysis; Mobilize human resources to strengthen the capacity of Agripreneur candidates in value addition as applicable; Explore ways of improving existing products and services through value addition; Identify underlying policies, institutional and infrastructural issues for promotion of value addition of agricultural products; Identify and examine key constraints and opportunities within the selected value chains for value addition; Lead the development of training materials, guides and manuals in value addition; Participate in planning of relevant value addition activities by the Youth Agri-Business Incubation Centres (YABICs) including related budget; Participate in various workshops, seminars and …