Lead: Grower Programmes, Pre and Post Support

Key Performance Areas

Grower Programme Development

• Develops Grower Programmes for farmers, within the ambit of partnership programmes; for specified commodities.
• Partners with Credit Risk and Agricultural Economics and Advisory to determine commodities where the Bank has financing appetite in order to prioritize Grower Programmes
• Establishes relationships with off-takers and leverages their expertise and the market networks to support the growth and success of farmers.
• Identifies and selects supplier aggregators based on set criteria to create market access for and to support the development of low-scale farmers.
• Ensures that grower programmes enable sustainable farming practices, manage stakeholder interests and enable market access.
• Makes data-led decisions regarding resource deployment and continuous improvement of grower programmes

Grower Programme Capacitation

• Recruits farmers to grower programmes by using a development and merit-based process for farmer selection.
• Builds a pipeline of qualifying grower programme participants, to ensure the long-term continuity and viability of programmes.
• Works collaboratively to leverage the Banks marketing capabilities to create market awareness of grower programmes and success stories via digital, social and traditional media channels.
• Effectively maps stakeholders and formulates comprehensive plans to engage and consult community leaders and relevant authorities where required.
• Develops robust systems for collecting, tracking and analysing data pertaining to grower programs and farmer data.

Farmer Development

• Works collaboratively across functions within the bank to establish and develop programmes and content input for the Company Farmer Academy.
• Ensures that grower programmes provide structured market access to farmers to increase trading volumes while simultaneously achieving significant social impact with regard to development farmers
• Selects and implements organizational models that enable high levels of farmer-partnership interaction to build trust, while transferring knowledge and skills to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of farmers enrolled in grower programmes.
• Facilitates increased private sector investment in developing farmers; promoting sustainable sourcing practices through strategic procurement linkages that are commercially viable for Company.
• Puts structures in place to support farmers in meeting the compliance, governance and contractual obligations applicable to grower programmes and strategic partnership agreements.

Farmer Development Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develops models for monitoring of deve
  
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