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Endline Study for the Ghana Climate Change and Organizational Strengthening Programme

JOB SUMMARY

Company Fairtrade Afr...
Industry Agriculture/A...
Category Consulting
Location Accra
Job Status Contractor/Co...
Salary GH¢ 
Education Qualified
Experience N/A
Job Expires Aug 15, 2022
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Company Profile

Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the independent non-profit umbrella organization representing all Fairtrade certified producers in Africa. Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organizations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as flowers, coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango, and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea. Currently, the organization represents over 1 million smallholder farmers and workers across 33 countries in Africa.
 
Our Vision
A world in which all producers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfill their potential and decide on their future. 
 
Our Mission
  • To support our members to strengthen their organizations in line with Fairtrade standards.
  • To improve and increase our members’ ability to access Fairtrade markets.
  • To empower our members to advocate for their interests and take active ownership of the global Fairtrade system. 
WHAT WE DO
Our Strategic Plan 2016-2020 provides a comprehensive long-term outline towards achieving our commitment to smallholder farmers, workers, and artisanal miners. By working within the Fairtrade system and with strategic partnerships through country and producer networks, we will deliver on the following: 
  • Deliver relevant valued services to Fairtrade smallholders and workers
  • Build, secure, and sustain access to the market for our members.
  • Advocacy.
  • Build a strong, settled producer network as part of a global system 
WHERE WE OPERATE 
We operate four regional networks: Eastern Africa Network (FTA-ECAN) based in Nairobi, Kenya; West Africa Network (FTA-WAN) based in Accra, Ghana and Southern Africa Network (FTA-SAN) based in Cape Town, South Africa. The North Africa & Middle East Network is through partnerships that are coordinated from the secretariat in Nairobi.

Job Description

Endline Study for the Ghana Climate Change and Organizational Strengthening Programme

Terms of Reference, July 2022

About the Fairtrade-Mondelez Partnership
Together at Mondelez International and Fairtrade, we are proud of our longstanding partnership to secure the long-term future of cocoa farming communities. Fairtrade started working alongside Cadbury in 2009, when cocoa sourced for Cadbury Dairy Milk was Fairtrade-certified for the very first time. In 2012, Cadbury became a part of Mondelēz International, and the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership evolved into what is now Cocoa Life: Mondelēz International’s global cocoa sustainability programme. In 2016, Mondelēz International approached the Fairtrade Foundation to discuss how we could work together to integrate the rigour of the Fairtrade standards and approach into the Cocoa Life programme. Therefore, our relationship has evolved over the years to scale up impact in farming communities, from certification to working together on the ground with farmers where it matters most.

About the Fairtrade – Mondelez Project
In 2020, the partnership started the Climate Change and Organisational Strengthening Programme (CCOSP) implemented in Ghana by Fairtrade Africa, with the aim to support the cocoa farmers in the Mondelēz Ghana Cocoa Life programme to become more resilient against changing climate and to ensure ongoing viability of the Cocoa Life unions. The programme builds on Cocoa Life’s wider goals: Sustainable Cocoa Farming Businesses, Empowered Cocoa Communities and Conserved and Restored Forests. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme was awarded additional funding by the UK Department for International Development (now FCDO) as part of the Vulnerable Supply Chain Facility, and hence has expanded to include two additional aims – to maintain the incomes of farmers through the pandemic and create awareness on safe practices. The Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund was also launched for one year (September 2020-August 2021) as a flexible grant facility to provide start-up capital on climate-smart new business models, and help farmers maintain their cocoa harvest through the 20-21 season. The programme also launched a COVID-19 awareness campaign led by each of the unions to ensure their members and key cocoa supply chain actors were enacting safe COVID practices. Therefore, the programme operates around four key workstreams of:

  • Climate Smart Income Diversification
  • Grant Facility (for one year in 2022 only)
  • Organisational Strengthening
  • Community Adaptation Action Plans

Scope of Work
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct data collection for a household survey (approximate sample size of 200 respondents) and comparative data analysis with the baseline data set to assess the impact of the programme on participating farmer households. Qualitative methods should also be utilised to understand the changes experienced by farmers involved in the programme. Smaller sample surveys (approx. 30) should also be conducted with union leaders to understand the changes experienced at the union level as a result of the cooperative strengthening activities.

The key indicators, for which baseline data already exists and will need to be measured through the endline study include:

The deliverables that the consultant(s) will be responsible for delivering will include:

  • Review and update of the tools used for the baseline study in 2021
    • The farmer survey and union leader survey tools already exist from the baseline study that was conducted in April 2021. The survey tools for endline should closely resemble the baseline tools to ensure comparability of results across the datasets however some revisions may be necessary to ensure the tools are appropriate for collecting data against the proposed indicators.
  • Data collection for farmer survey and union leader survey
    • A sample of approximately 200 farmers and 30 union leaders is suggested but can be discussed during the design of the methodology. The consultant(s) will be responsible for the sampling methodology, suggesting the data collection approach and organising the hiring of data collection enumerators/researchers. Remote or in-person data collection can be discussed.
  • Analysis of data
    • The consultant(s) will be responsible for the data analysis for the farmer and union leader surveys. This will include comparative analysis with the baseline datasets to measure the change experienced during the project. Datasets and analysis files will be shared with Fairtrade.
  • Write-up and presentation of results
    • The consultant will be responsible for writing up a report of the findings from the analysis in English. The report should be organized and clearly indicate the results of the specified indicators. A report structure will be agreed by Fairtrade and the consultants in advance. The consultant(s) will also present the findings to staff of Fairtrade Africa and Fairtrade Foundation through an online webinar.

Inclusive MEL Approaches
The MEL team at Fairtrade Foundation has outlined principles towards an inclusive and anti-racist MEL approach. We have committed to our own reflection and learning on how MEL processes can be more beneficial to the people and farmers we work with. Some of principles adopted include ensuring accountability towards farmers and communities; embedding anti-racism in evaluations; ensuring equity in research teams; and methods for joint or producer-led data analysis. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their own commitment to inclusive MEL practices and how they can contribute to Fairtrade’s inclusive MEL commitments. The protection of farmers’ and project participants’ data is non-negotiable, and we expect applicants to be aware of and compliant with relevant data protection laws in the UK (GDPR) and Ghana.

TIMEFRAME and BUDGET
CCOSP will be closing in December 2022. We therefore require the endline survey results to be written up and shared by end of November 2022 to inform the end-of-project reporting process. The following timelines are suggested and will need to be agreed between Fairtrade, the consultants and the unions. It should be noted that the cocoa harvest season will begin in October.

The budget available for this work is up to £20,000.

Required Skills or Experience

We are looking for a consultant(s) that can provide the services outlined in the ToR. Proposals should come from an individual or company that can oversee all activities. The Fairtrade Foundation is based in London, UK and the Fairtrade Africa office leading on this programme is based in Accra, Ghana. Applying consultants should have:

  • Experience of designing, conducting and analysing quantitative longitudinal household surveys
  • The capacity to independently manage and conduct approximately 200 household surveys in Ghana
  • Experience of evaluating the effectiveness of agricultural development programmes – including process evaluations.
  • Excellent working knowledge of English and report writing skills
  • In-depth knowledge of agricultural supply chains and smallholder farmers, preferably in cocoa in West Africa.

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