Call for Proposals for “Picture Based Advisories (PBA) – Tailored Digital Extension Based on Individual Field Pictures” at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Scope of work

• Implement a cluster randomized trial across Kenya in the Long Rains 2022 and Short Rains 2022/23 season.
• Develop and provide generic advisories to control group farmers and personalized remote advisories based on smartphone pictures to farmers in the treatment group
• Respond to questions in the advisory portal with the aim of advisory classification after providing an advisory
• Review, approve and reject smartphone images submitted by farmers and their champion farmers
• Operate a call center that farmers can call with questions
• Contribute to the loss assessment that is used to evaluate insurance claims