Reporting / Supervisor : Deputy General Manager / Strategy Lead
Location : Cap Haïtien, Haïti
Contract : Internship
Starting Date : August 2025
Travel : Jusqu’à 50-75% de déplacements locaux
About Acceso
Acceso (www.acceso.org) is an award-winning social enterprise that is revolutionizing food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean to put smallholder farmers first. Acceso’s mission is to create fundamental and lasting positive economic change in the lives of rural smallholder farming families. Acceso’s seed-to-market model provides smallholder farmers with a sustainable way to participate in formalized markets, enabling them to work themselves out of poverty with dignity and to prosper. Acceso is currently a team of over 600 determined and driven change-makers supporting over 35,000 smallholder farmers across Colombia, Haiti, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Acceso Haiti, one of few successful social agribusinesses in Haiti that has staying power and works with the largest formalized network of farmers in the country, sourcing peanuts, mango, lime, and moringa for sale to local and international buyers.
About This Role
In alignment with its mission to improve local market competitiveness, Acceso seeks to engage an intern to achieve a comprehensive assessment of the value chain for the preselected crops in the informal market sector in Haiti.
The Main Objectives Of The Internship Are To
- Analyze key value chains for pre-selected crops (e.g. beans, rice, peanuts, vegetables, corn meal, Maggi cubes) in Haiti’s informal market.
- Assess market actors (e.g. farmers, Madan Sara, wholesalers) — their profiles, economic conditions, services, and challenges.
- Evaluate margins and operational costs across the chain (farmgate, transport, storage, processing, sales), identifying opportunities for improved efficiency without harming the most vulnerable.
- Map informal market dynamics, including buyer behaviors, product preferences, pricing cycles, and non-cash payment solutions.
- Document pain points, especially for rural and urban Madan Sara, and propose improvements in logistics, financing, and value retention.
- Provide historical wholesale market prices (cycles 2023 and 2024, + 2022 if possible) for each season/cycle in the specified markets mentioned in introduction – please mention if purchasing or selling wholesale price data
- Provide an explanation of why a high percentage of local products (such as rice, beans and maize) remain present in the market, despite the availability of cheaper imported alternatives
Farmers regions targeted: Plateau central, Nord, Nord Est
Targeted sales regions informal market: Cap Haitien, Nord, Nord-Est
Main Deliverables Expected
- Maps of trade flows and value chains
- Margin breakdown by actor and crop (historical and actuals)
- Informal market segmentation and size estimates
- Pain point analysis and practical recommendations for engagement
Required Qualifications
- A license degree or Senior Student in Marketing, Business, Economics, Agriculture, or a related field.
- Having relationship with local actors in informal markets is a plus
- Minimum 1 year of experience in market research, preferably in agriculture or agribusiness is a plus
- Experience conducting market studies, with a focus on supply chain analysis, consumer insights, and competitive landscape.
- Knowledge of the Haitian agricultural sector and food products value chain is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in French and Creole.
Application Instructions: To apply, please submit your CV/Resume and Cover Letter via the form below.
For more information about Acceso and careers with us, please visit Acceso.org/careers.
Acceso is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected class
