Group of experienced experts to conduct survey of Pepper and Spices production in Vietnam

Regional Biotrade II is a four-year project funded by the Swiss government through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).  The project builds on the achievements of the Regional Biotrade project, which ended in August 2024, and takes a more systemic approach to achieve scale and sustainability before it ends in August 2024.  This approach works more extensively through partners, making M&E both more important and more challenging than in the previous phase.

The Regional Biotrade Program II includes three country components covering the core target countries of Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos, and a regional and international component that includes a light-touch intervention in Cambodia and partnerships with regional and international companies and organizations.  HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation has the overall management responsibility and directly manages the Laos, Myanmar and regional components, while the Vietnamese NGO CRED manages the implementation of the Vietnam component.

We are looking for a group of experienced experts to conduct a quick survey on the current status of Pepper and Spices production in Vietnam as followed details: 

Objective

To provide an overview report on the current state of the Vietnamese pepper and spice industry.

Specific tasks 

1. Collect information based on domestic and international published documents to grasp an overview of the production situation of spice industries.
2. Conduct field surveys of concentrated and key production areas in localities by industry;
3. Discuss and interview parties (including: local authorities, enterprises, suppliers, purchasing agents, cooperatives and farmers) directly and indirectly through survey forms, group discussions and direct interviews (depending on the subject)
4. Synthesize data, analyze and make statistics to develop a draft report;
5. Consult parties on research results to complete the official report;
6. Announce survey results at a workshop organized by VPSA

Timing

The consultants are expected to start this assignment during 16/5 – 19/7/2024

Timeline	Activity Content
16/5 – 15/6/2024	Discuss with VPSA and CRED about the work package as well as detailed implementation plan
20/6 – 11/7/2024	Carry out field surveys
06 – 15/7/2024	Prepare a draft report, collect comments and complete the official report
19/7/2024	Announcing the report results at a seminar organized by VPSA

Expected output

Report on the current status of pepper and spice production in Vietnam to meet the set targets

Requirements

1. Have experience in pepper & spice industry, of which:

• For group leader: Minimum bachelor’s degree; extensive practical experience and direct work in management, statistics and analysis in the spice industry
• For field expert: Minimum master’s degree in agriculture, Minimum 5 years of direct working experience in management and production of spice industry. Have a lot of practical experience in cultivating spice plants.
• For market experts: Have practical experience in researching and analyzing the spice industry market

2. Participate directly in the industry in the role of management, production, quality, trade,…

3. Have knowledge of the industry market in terms of technical requirements, tastes, trends

4. Have understanding of policies, orientations and standards on sustainable development

5. Have an understanding of BioTrade’s sustainability standards and principles is advantage

 

Proposal submission:

The following documents are required:

1. CV of each expert
2. Technical proposal and Financial proposal

The complete application set as above should be sent to the following email address: biotrade@cred.org.vn; Or sent by post to CRED office address: Room 808, 8th Floor, Building 17T1 Hoang Dao Thuy, Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi. Application deadline: 17h 15 May, 2024