Rice Miller Business Training (RMBT) Program and Business Development Support (BDS) Fully-Funded - NAIJA STICK

Rice Miller Business Training (RMBT) Program and Business Development Support (BDS) Fully-Funded

Applications are open to interested Rice Processors with experience in the field of

• the 5-course Rice Miller Business Training (RMBT) Program and Business Development Support (BDS)

Location: Nigeria

Introduction

GIZ-MOVE, Bühler Group, and Partners in Food Solutions are offering a unique, in-depth training and coaching program designed for rice processors located within a 350 km radius of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. 

• This includes parts of Niger, Nasarawa, Kwara, Kogi, and Kaduna States. 
• Over a span of 10-months, rice processors will be trained on key elements of mill management, coached and supported to put theory into practice. 
• If you are interested to know more about it, continue reading below.

Program description

The call for applications is specifically looking for mills intending to improve their mill operations. 

GIZ-CARI/MOVE, Bühler, and PFS are offering an in-depth specialisation in different topics through coaching and training. The program offered consist of two different parts: 

• The first part is the Rice Miller Business Training (RMBT) program which is a modular training program (each training module consisting of 3 days) that will allow mill owners, mill managers and mill staff to improve their everyday management of the rice mill and deepen their knowledge on mill management.

The second part is Business Development Support (BDS) which focuses on coaching and individual support to mills. The RMBT program consists of the following five modules:

• Milling Operations (conducted by Bühler Group)
• Practical Marketing for Rice Mills
• The Business of Rice Milling
• Finance Essentials for Rice Mills
• Developing Profitable Farmer Services

Partners in Food Solutions

Partners in Food Solutions (PFS) is an independent nonprofit organization working to strengthen food security, improve nutrition and increase economic development across Africa by expanding and increasing the competitiveness of the food processing sector. 

• We link corporate volunteers from our consortium of world-class food companies (Buhler, Cargill, Dsm-Firmenich, General Mills, Hershey. 
• Ardent Mills, and JM Smucker) with promising entrepreneurs in more than twelve African countries. 

Our partner companies are committed to improving food security by empowering their employee volunteers to share expertise and a combined 700 years of food industry experience with dynamic and promising food companies throughout Africa.

Requirements for mills

We are looking for partners who are willing to change! Mills who are willing to invest time to participate in the training, coaching sessions and willing to partner with GIZ-MOVE, Bühler, and PFS:

The course is aimed at medium to large sized mills, preparing to scale up operations, upgrading equipment and improving efficiency and rice quality.

• Mills that are motivated & willing to change.
• Mills need to be in business for at least three years.
• Have a team of at least 10 employees.

Mills are required to invest time to participate in the courses, for coaching and for M&E. The intervention will take around 10-months’ time. However, the duration of one coaching session will not exceed maximum of a half day.

• Each course will be attended by the owner, CEO or manager and the staff member of the mill that is responsible for that area of work related to each training thematic.

At least 30% of the participants should be female. This requirement is negotiable if you can provide an explanation for not having sufficient qualified staff to participate in the training.

• Be willing to hand in M&E related data to GIZ and PFS; and conduct a baseline and endline study.
• Be willing to communicate with GIZ and PFS on success stories, feedback or other sorts of communication work.
• All applicants/participants need to be able to speak fluent English.

Costs

Following cost for the training will be covered: Trainer, training material, venue, and food during the training.

• Per diems and transportation allowance will be paid.

How to apply

The applicants are expected to fill out the excel sheet and hand in the CVs of all applicants of your mill afterwards to move@giz.de via E-mail. 

• Mills who apply should only register mill personnel who are already working within the thematic area. 
• We highly encourage female led mills to apply and persons with disabilities to participate in the courses.

Download Application Form Here

The deadline to submit the application is 11th of July, 2025.

• For further information, email us on the following email address: move@giz.de.

Deadline: 11th of July, 2025.

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