Winrock International seeks proposals from qualified local and international firms with experience conducting surveys on agribusiness and economic growth-related activities. Qualified firms are those that have been involved in similar engagements in the past, particularly within the last 3-5 years.
Winrock International (WI) is a non-profit organization that works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment, among other goals. Winrock strengthens the capacity of women, children, youth, and civil society organizations to actively participate in local and national development and to transform their societies.
Winrock International (Winrock) is implementing the Market Transitions to Enable New Growth Opportunities (MTENGO) program, a five-year project under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) program. The Market Transitions to Enable New Growth Opportunities (MTENGO) project uses a farmer-first approach grounded in market incentives to increase resource-efficient, reliable agricultural production in Malawi in the face of climate unpredictability. MTENGO enables farmers to adopt climate smart agriculture and supports medium-sized farmers whose market orientation offers a strong incentive for adoption of climate smart agriculture activities. MTENGO will enable farmers to: 1) Diversify and achieve stable returns from their farming portfolio through climate smart farming by responding to market demands with diversified production; 2) Increase access to water for productive purposes through improved water management practices; 3) Make ecosystem services work for farmers by improving farmer access to, and collective management of, water, soil, and forest products; 4) Increase access to markets and finance so farmers can make climate smart investments.
As part of assessing MTENGO’s overall performance, the Fiscal Year 2024 Participant-Based Survey (PBS) will be used as a primary method for measuring progress toward key outcome indicator targets. MTENGO reports on 17 standard USDA Food for Progress indicators and 4 custom indicators, six of which are covered through the PBS. The selected firm will survey MTENGO participants to gather data and measure outcome indicators for the October 2023 to September 2024 period, covering a 12-month reporting period. The survey shall be representative of each of MTENGO’s four supported commodities (i.e., bananas, chili, honey, and soy) in key project districts (Ntchisi, Nkhata Bay, Rumphi and Mzimba). MTENGO’s existing surveys from the baseline evaluation and further details about the composition of survey participants will be provided to the selected firm. Additional participant feedback and Year 2 Learning Agenda-related questions may also be included in the FY24 Participant-Based Survey to report on the project’s learning priorities.
The selected firm will implement the following activities:
Download a copy of the full Request for Proposals for more information on the assignment and how to apply here: https://winrock.org/contracts/request-for-proposal-rfp-fy24-annual-survey/. The deadline to apply is March 29, 2024.
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