Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Exchange Visit 18

CGIAR is seeking a consultant for the Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program in Kentucky, from July 22 to November 15, 2026. The role involves designing and coordinating an exchange visit between Africa and Asia focused on livestock and aquaculture systems, facilitating knowledge exchange among farmers, officials, and researchers. Key responsibilities include managing logistics, participant engagement, and documenting lessons learned.
Consultancy For Sustainable Animal And Aquatic Foods Science Program Contract Type: Consultancy

Contract Dates: From 22 July to 15 November, 2026

Deadline for Applications: 18 July 2026 before 11:59 PM CET

The Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) Science Program is one of thirteen in the CGIAR 2025-2030 Research Portfolio. By uniting livestock and aquatic systems in a single program, SAAF addresses shared pressuresrising demand, climate vulnerability, degraded ecosystems, and food safety risksthrough coordinated, context-specific innovations. Unlike siloed approaches, SAAF links cutting-edge productivity enhancing, One Health, climate-smart, and digital innovations with inclusive market systems and gender-responsive strategies. SAAF science directly serves smallholder producers, other value chain actors and consumers, especially women and youth, and informs policymakers and investors seeking to scale equitable, nutrient-dense, low-emission food systems adapted to local realities.

The Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) Science Program invites applications from qualified consultants to design, coordinate, and facilitate an AfricaAsia exchange visit focused on livestock and aquaculture systems.

This initiative aims to strengthen SouthSouth learning and collaboration by bringing together farmers, government officials, researchers, and development partners from Africa and Asia to exchange knowledge, innovations, and best practices.

The exchange will involve approximately 12 participants from:

Africa: Kenya and Ethiopia Asia: Bangladesh and Vietnam The program will include reciprocal visits:

Africa-to-Asia (Bangladesh or Vietnam) Asia-to-Africa (Kenya or Ethiopia) Objective:

The selected consultant will lead the overall coordination of the exchange program to:

Design a comprehensive exchange program and implementation plan Coordinate participant selection and engagement Manage logistics for both exchange visits Facilitate interactions with host institutions and stakeholders Document lessons learned and support knowledge-sharing outputs Ensure effective communication and visibility