Consultant – J-PAL Egypt Agricultural Innovation Assessment and Stakeholder Mapping

Job purpose

is seeking a qualified consultant to support a comprehensive stocktaking exercise focused on Egypt’s agricultural policies, development strategies, and CGIAR-related innovations introduced over the past two decades. This work is part of a broader CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) country-level initiative that documents adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations to better understand their contributions to sustainable development.

Egypt is among the priority countries selected for Phase 3 of SPIA’s ongoing country studies, which build on successful pilot phases in countries such as Ethiopia, Uganda, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. These studies combine rigorous background research with innovative data collection methods to analyze how CGIAR initiatives, spanning crop improvement, animal agriculture, natural resource management, and policy innovation, have influenced agricultural development at scale.

The Egypt study will link past and current CGIAR research outputs with national priorities and stakeholders, offering a detailed stocktake of agricultural innovations and systematically mapping relevant actors at national and sub-national levels. This effort will underpin strategies for enhancing the uptake and impact of CGIAR-related innovations in Egypt’s evolving agricultural landscape.

Scope of work

The consultant will be responsible for :

a) Background Review

• Conduct a thorough review of Egypt’s agricultural policies and development strategies.
• Report on the contribution of CGIAR-related efforts to Egypt’s agricultural development.
• Provide a comprehensive account of CGIAR initiatives, activities, and innovations introduced in Egypt, focusing on four core CGIAR domains : Crop improvementAnimal agricultureNatural resource management (on- and off-farm)Policies and markets

b) Stakeholder Mapping and Stakeholder Engagement

Deliverables

Required skills and qualifications