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Project background
The Veggies 4 Planet & People (V4P&P) is a five-year, project being implemented by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) and World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) with the support of the IKEA Foundation. The project is implemented in two countries: Ethiopia and Kenya.
The overall project objectives are:
In Kenya, the project aims to achieve this by establishing 120 vegetable business networks to engage an estimated 2,400 women and youth in market activities designed to improve their livelihoods and diets.
The V4P&P project has four main outcome areas:
The project uses an action-oriented approach in which new tools and technologies are developed, piloted, and scaled through Vegetable Business Networks (VBNs). VBNs are groups of people that are formed around an existing vegetable business champion who engage in collective action to access information, training, financial- or other services, input- or output markets, or enter a vegetable business together. The VBNs will be supported by the project through training and coaching services. The project will design, pilot and scale innovative regenerative vegetable production and post-harvest technologies.
Value chain development will particularly emphasize Traditional African Vegetables (TAVs) as they are in increasing demand by urban consumers, create excellent business opportunities, and are easier to grow in regenerative ways. The project will focus on markets for urban consumers in Nairobi and Kisumu and will connect producers to these consumers within a maximum radius of 120 km.
The project will prioritize the following crops: African nightshade, Amaranth (Amaranth spp.), Kale (Brassica oleracea), Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata), Cowpea leaves (Vigna unguiculata), Pumpkin leaves and fruits (Cucurbita moschata), Slender leave (Crotalaria brevidens),Jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), Swiss chard, spinach (Beta vulgaris),Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), Onion (Allium sepa) and Pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Regenerative technologies to be prioritized will be use of biopesticides, natural pesticides, beneficial microbes, biochar, contour grass or shrub strips, erosion control barriers), compost production and application, cover or fodder crops, crop rotation, integration of crops & animals, disease resistant or tolerant varieties, drip irrigation, water harvesting, mulching, pollinator habitats, beehives, or wildlife habitat, recycling of on-farm biomass, riparian restoration, solar or wind energy production and use and tree/shrub establishment.
Job Description
Assignment - Consultancy services for Traditional African Vegetables value chain study in Nairobi, Kiambu, Murang’a, Machakos, Kisumu, Vihiga, Kakamega counties.
To properly guide the vegetable value chain development in the target areas, it is necessary to conduct a value chain study that seeks to understand production characteristics of producers, availability and type of markets and the relationship with producers as well as the roles of stakeholders in the enabling environment, rules and regulations, policies and standards set by the government affecting the vegetable value chain and identification of opportunities for youth and women to increase their incomes.
Considering this, SNV Kenya is looking for a qualified consultant/firm who can conduct the value chain study within the stated area and produce excellent reports.
The overall purpose of the assignment at large is to have comprehensive value chain study which will guide the project implementation. The specific purpose of this assignment is
The consultant(s) will conduct rapid assessment, develop selection criteria to select three to four viable vegetable commodities from the prioritized crops and conduct detail analysis for each commodity. Then, recommendations will be forwarded for the selected commodities, based on the identified gaps and proposed solutions and strategies
The consultant is also expected to develop a robust value chain study methodology and analysis plan to assess the potential for increasing income opportunities, enhancing market competitiveness, employment creation, empowerment of rural youth & women, and fulfilling the quality standard requirements of buyers. The consultant will evaluate the value chain development potentials of smallholder farmers, youth and women entrepreneurs. The study methodology and analysis plan will follow a market led-development approach and incorporate the key pillars of a standard value chain study methodology. The final report containing study and data collection methodology; value chain mapping; analysis of opportunities and constraints and the details of the value chain of the selected commodities along with detailed intervention plans and strategies is expected from the assignment.
Scope of the study
Using a Food Systems lens, the consultant(s) will cover the following components:
1. Value chain mapping
2. Production
3. Markets
4. Consumption
5. Enabling environment
Cross cutting issues
Recognizing that youth and women are key target beneficiaries in this project, the consultant will ensure gender and youth roles are clearly highlighted in value chain analysis. A special effort will be made to ensure the study investigates economic and social cultural issues affecting youth and women and bring out entry points and opportunities in each component.
Key Deliverables from the consultant
1. Inception report within 7 calendar days of signing the contract with, but not limited to:
2. Value chain analysis report including raw data (qualitative and quantitative)
3. Conduct a validation workshop with stakeholders to validate findings of the study
4. Final report with incorporated comments from SNV, WorldVeg and key stakeholders from the validation workshop. The final report will be submitted in hard and soft copy
Information generated from different sources should be triangulated for consistency and validity.
The following are the required competencies and qualification requirements of the consultants:
Selection Criteria
Interested consulting firms would be assessed against the following criteria each weighted by relative level of importance:
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