Market Development Officer
About the project
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change, experiencing impacts such as drought, salinity intrusion, floods, and cyclones. At the same time, intensive agricultural practices, including excessive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and groundwater irrigation, have degraded soil health and reduced organic matter content. To address these challenges, the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) has introduced biochar technology through an improved cookstove that simultaneously cooks food and produces biochar from waste biomass. Biochar is a stable form of carbon that enhances soil fertility, improves soil health, and supports climate change mitigation and adaptation. Additionally, women using these cookstoves generate income by selling biochar to farmers and fertilizer dealers, promoting financial independence. The project is currently implemented in Shibalaya (Manikgonj) and Manda (Naogaon), with a primary focus now on expanding the marketing of biochar.
Responsibilities
- Product value chain assessment, follow-up, and strengthening the value chain system
- Support to provide stove installation training to the beneficiary
- Field Monitoring on Krishi Bondhu Chula (Biochar producing Improved Cookstove) users' level, Biochar users' level, and plot demonstrations
- Biochar/Biochar Enrich Organic Fertilizer marketing and store management
- Analyze technology, resource needs, and market demand
- Field visits and monitoring 90%
- Supervision of subordinate staff at the project office level
- Group formation, Krishi Bondhu Chula user selection, Baseline survey, conduct training, meetings, campaigns, and workshops with farmers, households, and other stakeholders
- Enterprise group and youth entrepreneurship development
- Support Biochar production, marketing, and establishing trade centers
Requirements
- 5 years of experience
- Diploma in agriculture
- Skills: project support, responsibilities, project implementation, project coordination, community outreach, program development