Beschreibung der Beschaffung
The project's overall objective is to enable small-scale farmers and up- and downstream enterprises of the rice value chain to successfully implement the identified innovations in the form of adapted business models. This assignment focuses on rice producer groups and cooperatives, and the specifics of this value chain. The support rendered should focus on consolidated producer groups and formalized cooperatives. The identified innovations will increase farmers` income, improve quality of production and create additional employment opportunities.
The contractor contributes to achieving the below target indicators:
Module Indicator 1: The productivity of 20 000 small scale farmers in the rice value chain who apply the identified innovations is increased, while the use of water, pesticides, and pesticide residues is reduced.
Module Indicator 2: The income of the supported 20 000 small scale rice farmers through sale of their products in the rice value chain is increased by 15 %, and by 20 % in the Mango value chain.
Module Indicator 3: 60 % of the smallholder farms involved apply the promoted climate-smart innovations with a view to overcoming the projected impacts of climate change.
Module Indicator 4: In 70 % of the 40 promoted upstream and downstream enterprises, including agricultural cooperatives, three out of the following five parameters have improved: turnover, number of customers, formalised business relations, production costs, investments.
Module Indicator 5: An additional 200 jobs have been created by the supported enterprises, including agricultural cooperatives, up- and downstream of agricultural production, whereby youth account for 30 %, and women for 30 %.
The contractor is responsible for the following outcomes:
Work package 1: strategies and tools for collective and cooperative development
— 3 master trainers and 30 trainers and coaches for producer group and cooperative development are trained until 3 months after start of contract;
— members of the boards and operational management staff of at least 80 cooperatives and producer groups are trained, master, and implement the training content on cooperative management and accountability, including communication, and diversification planning;
— 20 000 cooperative and producer group members are trained in cooperative governance and management principles.
Work package 2: Business development through training and coaching
— 85 % of the at least 80 trained cooperatives have improved their organisational and business management capacities relevant for the adoption of innovations, based on transparent benchmarking. This results in their members' increased productivity and reduced production cost, adoption of climate, health and environment-focused production techniques, and increased income (by 15 %);
— at least 100 contracts representing at least 50 % of a group's/cooperative´s paddy production volume have been concluded and mutually respected;
— cooperatives have created at least 80 new jobs, out of which 30 % for young people, 30 % for women.
Work package 3: Members involvement, competences and strategic farm business planning through training and communication.
— 20 000 cooperative and producer group members are trained in strategic farm business planning and accounting (based on FBS approach).