CIFOR-ICRAF

Consultant - Design, Development, Piloting and Institutionalisation of a Mobile Application for Farm-Specific Agroforestry Systems

CIFOR-ICRAF  •  Colombo, LK (Onsite)  •  5 days ago
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Job Description


To
design, develop, pilot, and institutionalise a mobile application that provides
location-specific, user-friendly agroforestry system recommendations,
supporting climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable
livelihoods.


Specific Objectives


  • Translate
    agroforestry research, traditional knowledge, and project-generated data into a
    practical digital decision-support tool.

  • Enable
    users to generate site-specific agroforestry recommendations based on
    farm-level parameters.

  • Strengthen
    the effectiveness and outreach of extension and advisory services.

  • Ensure
    institutional ownership, scalability, and long-term sustainability through
    structured handover to a designated government institution.


CIFOR-ICRAF invites qualified firms or consortia to undertake the
end-to-end development of the application, including:


System Requirements Specification (SRS)


  • Note: The SRS will be a core
    evaluation component, and applicants are expected to demonstrate strong
    capability in translating complex agroforestry knowledge into a structured
    digital system.


System Design and Content Framework


  • Develop agroforestry
    recommendation logic and design system architecture (front-end, back-end,
    database, hosting)


Application Development


  • Develop a cross-platform mobile
    application and integrate user inputs and recommendation engine

  • Testing and Pilot Implementation

  • Conduct testing and quality
    assurance

  • Pilot with farmers and extension
    officers and refine based on user feedback


Capacity Building and Documentation


  • Develop user manuals and training
    materials and conduct training sessions for stakeholders

  • Provide technical documentation
    and video guides


Handover and Sustainability


  • Transfer full ownership (source
    code, systems, documentation)

  • Develop a sustainability and
    scaling roadmap

  • Maintain the application for 1
    year post-launch
CIFOR-ICRAF

About CIFOR-ICRAF

CIFOR-ICRAF brings more than 75 years of experience in harnessing the power of trees, forests, and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time – biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity. It has partnerships in 64 countries, 159 funding partners and 192 active projects, alongside more than 2,200 completed projects across 92 nations. The organisation has an annual budget of USD 100 million, and a combined legacy investment of USD 2 billion in research and technology, policy and development. On average, CIFOR-ICRAF research is cited nearly 137 times a day and appears in global media more than 3,000 times per year. CIFOR and ICRAF merged in 2019 and are both international organizations and CGIAR Research Centres. Learn more at cifor-icraf.org.

Industry
Biotech & Life Sciences
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Nairobi, KE
Year Founded
Unknown
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