Short-term Consultancy: Development of E-Learning course content on “Integrated Agri-aquaculture Systems in Marginal Environments”

Short Term Consultancy

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) is an international, non-profit agricultural research center established in 1999 through the visionary leadership of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), and the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ICBA is a unique applied agricultural research center in the world that is focused on marginal areas where an estimated 1.7 billion people live. It identifies, tests, and introduces resource-efficient, climate-smart crops and technologies best suited to different regions affected by salinity, water scarcity, and drought. Through its work, ICBA helps to improve food security and livelihoods for some of the poorest rural communities around the world. ICBA is an equal opportunity employer and appoints qualified staff regardless of race, creed, color, age, gender, religion, or national origin.

As part of ICBA’s efforts to reach more stakeholders around the world and transfer knowledge through capacity development offerings, ICBA is developing an E-Learning platform. This platform will provide a collection of digitized training courses on different topics. These courses will target various stakeholders worldwide, including experts, technicians, extension officers, graduate, and post-graduate students with special focus on youth and women.

Job Summary

The assignment for this consultancy is to develop an E-learning course material on “Integrated Agri-aquaculture Systems in Marginal Environments”. The course targets experts, technicians, extension officers, and university students in fields related to agriculture in arid environments. The language of the course is English.

Job Responsibilities

The consultancy will include the followings deliverables:

  1. Course syllabus and learning objectives.
  2. Course structure and learning guidelines and learning outcomes.
  3. Module I: Challenges for crop production in marginal environments
    1. Challenges of climate change
    2. Challenges of soil and water degradation/salinity
    3. Challenges of crops suitability for marginal environments
    4. Learning assessment on the module
    5. Open source reading materials about the module (at least 6 papers in PDF format)
  4. Module II: Arid-land aquaculture
    1. Introduction to arid lands and arid land agriculture
    2. Environmentally friendly saltwater aquaculture using inland low salinity well waters for agriculture
    3. Integrating aquaculture with agriculture
    4. Aquaponics: If, When, Why, and How
    5. Learning assessment on the module
    6. Open-source reading materials about the module (at least 6 papers in PDF format)
  5. Module III: Integrated farming systems
    1. Introduction to aqua-agriculture systems technology
    2. Best practices of aqua-agriculture systems in marginal environments
    3. Case studies on successful aqua-agriculture systems
    4. Learning assessment on the module
    5. Open-source reading materials about the module (at least 6 papers in PDF format)
  6. Final learning assessment on the course
Qualifications and Experience
  • Ph.D. in aquaculture or agricultural-related sciences.
  • At least 10 years of experience in farming systems and crop production strategies.
  • Previous experience in developing educational or training content.
  • Fluent in English.

Other requirements

  • The consultant will prepare the training contents using ICBA templates and branding guidelines.
  • ICBA will keep the right to use the provided material and other training contents and/or translate them to other languages while maintaining the credit to the author.
  • The consultant is expected to finalize the course material within two months after signing the consultancy agreement.
  • The consultant should provide ICBA with an updated CV and a passport copy.
  • The consultant must provide links to all open-source images, videos, data, and similar resources used in training. ICBA can share their resources to include in the contents, if available.
Post Date
30 September 2022
Status
Closed
Vacancy Type
Consultancy
Closing Date
open until filled
Location
Remotely
Report To
Capacity Development Specialist
Job Number
NA
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