INTRODUCTION
Agricultural enterprises (mostly small and medium-sized ones) do not get full access to all market information, especially predictive and analytical information. This is a major difficulty facing agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises while the economy is deeply integrating into the regional and world economies.
Via most mass media, agricultural and rural policy-related information is being disseminated to relevant subjects under different forms, both at central and local levels. However, this information mainly focuses on informing new policies, introducing policy beneficiaries, when and where the policy will be implemented in a top-to-bottom manner. Feedback from beneficiaries on the implementation of policies is less paid attention to and it mostly takes the form of opinions from single individuals or a few organizations.
 Meanwhile, in several current policy advisory units like the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development (IPSARD), policy staff has been carrying out many studies concerning supports to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises in a systematic and effective manner. These studies have not widely been publicized to all subjects yet.
In order to support the development of agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a project "Study on policy recommendations to support for development of small and medium enterprises in agricultural sector" – phase II + III which is financed by Spainish government and assigned to IPSARD to perform. One of the goals set for current phase is to enhance capacity of communications to assist such businesses.
Division of Strategy and Policy Research is supported by the Project Management Unit to set up a group of commodity expert for market analysis and policy support for agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises inside and outside of IPSARD.
 To fulfill these tasks, the Division is promoting to recruit the specialist who is responsible for providing trade information and report. The trade information and report will support enterprises, specially, exporting/importing companies, to issue efficiency strategies and policies for their products.
 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The scope of work of the legal consultant includes but not limited to the following:

• Develop trade data system for import/export of main agricultural products such as rice, perennial crops, fishery served for exporting/importing companies
• Write trade report for agricultural products.
• Develop outline for a series of information products to meet the needs of the commodity stakeholders, especially SMEs.
 

EXPECTED OUTPUTS
• Data system for import/export of main agricultural products such as rice, perennial crops, fishery: export/ import volume,  export/ import value, main export/import, destination of export market, export/import price 
• Quarterly agricultural trade report
 

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES
• At least good bachelor degree (priority is given to master degree) in economics, agricultural economics, foreign trade.
• Experiences in economic analysis, market analysis
• Priority is given to those who have experience in agricultural research
• Qualified in speaking, reading, understanding English.

WORKING MECHANISM
Working time: 
The expert  is expected to start working from January 2011 to December 2011; 5 days per week and 8 hours per day.
 

Salary:
The expert will enjoy the monthly salary based on the EU-UN cost norm with income tax included.