Consultancy for Organizational Capacity Building of Apex Organizations and Farmer Business Organizations (FBOs)

Location: Mbeya, Morogoro, Iringa & Dodoma (Tanzania)

Application Deadline: 17th December 2025

Duration: December 2025 – December 2026

Key Focus: Strengthening agribusiness clusters and FBOs through ICRA ABC Coaching Model.

Background and Context

Rikolto is an international network organization with over 50 years of experience collaborating with food chain stakeholders across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. We build bridges of trust and trade between the food industry, governments, research institutions, financial institutions, and farmers’ organizations around one central question: “What will we eat tomorrow?”

Our mission is to ensure sustainable incomes for farmers and to make nutritious, affordable food accessible to everyone. Rikolto’s global strategy focuses on driving structural changes in the agri-food system and scaling up proven practices and policies that unlock the potential of smallholder farmers.

Purpose of the Assignment

The overall purpose of this consultancy is to collaborate with Achor firm, Apex Associations to strengthen the organizational and business capacities of FBOs through the ICRA Agribusiness Cluster (ABC) Coaching Model, so that they become Professional, member-driven organisations, Providing sustainable services to their members, and Effectively integrated into inclusive, climate-resilient short chains food supplying to urban markets in Dodoma and Dares Salaam cities.

Specific Objectives

  • Strengthen organizational capacity of TASUPA and RCT apex organisations and FBOs across SCOPE dimensions.
  • Apply and embed the ABC Coaching Model to organize/strengthen agribusiness clusters around selected value chains.
  • Improve service delivery to primary producer groups, including aggregation, quality management, market access, and access to finance.
  • Support the development and implementation of practical action plans.
  • Build the capacity of local coaches and FBO leaders.
  • Contribute to improved business results for targeted apex organisations, FBOs and their primary producer groups.

Target Organisations and Geographical Coverage

The consultant will work with:

  • Apex organisations (e.g., TASUPA and RCT).
  • Farmer Business Organizations (FBOs) / cooperatives linked to priority value chains.
  • Primary producer groups at village/ward level.

Geographical Coverage:

  • Lot 1: Mbeya & Morogoro (rice, sunflower, maize, soybean).
  • Lot 2: Iringa & Dodoma (rice, sunflower, maize, soybean).

Scope of Work and Key Tasks

Inception and Desk Review

  • Review key programme documents and existing assessment reports.
  • Engage stakeholders to clarify expectations.
  • Prepare an Inception Report.

Conduct D&D Workshops

  • Design and facilitate Diagnosis & Design (D&D) workshops.
  • Co-develop cluster-level action plans.

Formation and Strengthening of Agribusiness Clusters (ABCs)

  • Form or strengthen agribusiness clusters around priority value chains.
  • Train and mentor Local Coaches.

Organizational Capacity Building

  • Deliver coaching-oriented capacity-building for apex organisations and FBOs.
  • Facilitate iterative coaching cycles and reflection sessions.

Expected Deliverables

  • Inception Report
  • D&D and Cluster Formation Report
  • Periodic Progress Reports
  • Final Completion Report

How to Apply

Interested consultants (individuals or firms) are invited to submit:

  • Technical Proposal (max 10 pages).
  • Financial Proposal.
  • Cover letter, CV, references, and samples of previous work.

Submit proposals via email to eastafrica.recruitment@rikolto.org by 17th December 2025. Specify the Lot applied for in the subject line.