RFQ - Impact Assessment of Small Holder Farmer Training

During the pandemic, in order to help small holder farmers “Grow better and Earn more” Bayer Prayas Association was mandated to drive the capacity building of the farmers which is nearing completion. We have worked with multiple NGO Partners, FPOs and Women self-help groups to achieve the objectives of both phases of the project reaching out to 200,000 smallholder farmers. The states covered under this project are majorly Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madya Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. 

 

As part of the capacity building sessions different models have been utilized - 

•  Master training sessions for the partner organizations
•  Partner organizations training the farmer
•  Implementing agency training the farmers with support from the partner organizations 

Given the pandemic situation, the master training sessions were conducted virtually. The trainings were provided by members of the market development team and Bayer Prayas Association. Farmer trainings were done on the identified model plots in the field at two stages of the crop – at the peak growth stage/flowering stage and at the time of harvest. All the trainings included appropriate agronomic practices and advisory for the respective crops, Covid and on-farm safety, safe use and stewardship and control of vector borne diseases. The project was implemented with an aim to support small holder farmers to adopt appropriate farming practices and improve their earnings.  

 

Bayer Prayas is seeking to engage and partner with agencies to conduct the impact assessment study of this project. 

 

Scope of Work:

Sample size: Designated states – as listed in the attached document

•  Survey to be conducted across states to have fair representation.
•  Selected villages should be representative in nature and replicated for the impact measurement.

Timeline:

• RFQ response and proposal submission by Monday, 14^th December 2020 EOD
• Baseline to start by – 1^st Jan 2021
• Impact measurement to start by – 31^th Jan 2021

Indicators:

 

The aspects that need to covered under this study are:

1. Effectiveness of the capacity building sessions
   1. Model of delivery
   2. Relevance of training material
2. Support to the farmers throughout the cropping season 
3. Parameters on harvest and crop yield. 

The population who need to be part of the survey

• NGO Partner organisations
• Implementing agency chosen to handhold the farmers
• Local Panchayats, Municipal Council 
• Beneficiary farmers 

Notes:

• Total beneficiary expected - 2 lakhs
• Provide further information on:

1. Team size as per the locations (deployment process)
2. Provide information on online tools/Apps to be used for capturing the data

 

If you are interested in taking up the impact assessment study, please email your proposal to  chaitanya.krishna@bayer.com  by Monday, 14^th December 2020.

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