Project Background

The Improving Market-led Production of selected Agricultural Commodities in Targeted woredas of Amhara and Tigray regions (IMPACT project) is a three-year consortium project funded by AGRA. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to improvement of income and food security of smallholder farmers and their families in selected woredas of Amhara and Tigray Regions of Ethiopia. The project is designed to increase productivity and strengthen access to output markets of wheat, teff and maize in the targeted woredas. It aspires to increase structured market-oriented production of target commodities value chains in 20 woredas across the two regions.

Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), TechnoServe (TNS), and Farm Radio International (FRI) are the main implementers and members of the IMPACT project consortium, with SAA serving as the lead organization. Each of these partners play distinct role in the project’s implementation working closely with Bureaus of Agriculture and other partners. SAA leads the grassroots efforts and assists SHFs by introducing productivity-enhancing agricultural technologies and practices to increase yields and improve household incomes. TNS focuses specifically on linking the smallholder farmers to structured output market such as food processing industries and institutional market channels. FRI design and broadcast radio programs that support the ground extension efforts by SAA and TNS.

As the project has been running since October 2018 and will end in February 2022, there is a need to systematically document and share significant achievements, best practices, success stories and lessons for potential project/program scaling up to larger audiences. Therefore, this ToR is to invite interested and experienced consultants to submit technical and financial proposals to carry out the project’s outputs documentation and other tasks stated below. 

Objectives of the consultancy service

The main objective of this consultancy assignment is to document project achievements, best practices, lessons learned, success stories, as well as the challenges encountered during implementation of the project in Amhara and Tigray regions. 

Specific objectives of the consultancy assignment

1. To document the IMPACT Project’s major achievements including contributions to strengthening agricultural input systems and supply chains, increasing adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies and practices for target crops, reduced post-harvest losses, strengthening access to structured output markets, increasing women and youth empowerment and livelihoods in agriculture.
2. To record good practices, success stories, and learnings for future planning and programming as well as challenges with a focus on changes in farmers/target groups knowledge, attitude and practices.
3. To generate evidence and develop policy briefs for future market-based production system programming, including the sustainability and scalability of good practices, as well as what we need to do differently within the project areas and beyond.
4. To evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of capacity buildings activities of the project intervention at various level including farmers, Extension Agents (EAs) and groups.

For more information about the Term of Reference please follow this link: ToR for documntation of IMPACT project.doc

Job Requirements

Experience and Qualifications of the Consultant firm/Service Provider

The following qualifications and experience are required of the consultant firm:

• A firm composed of three or more senior experts with a post-graduate degree or higher in a relevant field (agricultural extension, rural development, agricultural economics, development studies, research methods, M&E or related fields)
• Significant experience and track record in the design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative research, high quality documentation and project evaluation in the agricultural sector, particularly experience in agricultural extension, post-harvest management, input and output marketing, agricultural value chains, capacity building and gender in agriculture
• Research experience and expertise in the following areas: (i) Ethiopian agriculture extension system, (ii) rural livelihoods programs, (iii) agricultural extension and value chains development and (iv) agricultural sector capacity building programs
• Proven track record of professional, timely and high-quality consultancy assignments in the field of non-profit sector projects documentation
• Excellent communication, report writing, and presentation skills in English
• Strong critical analysis skills and attention to detail

How to Apply

All interested applicants must submit a technical (no more than five pages) and financial proposal to SAA via e-mail by Thursday, December 24th, 2021 at 12:00pm.

NB: Application must include the CVs of all members of the consulting team as annexes, and firm’s experience/ portfolio of previous work for related assignments. The financial proposal should include a detailed break-down of costs by deliverable and the estimated number of person days required to accomplish each one. Please also include at least three professional references (name, relationship, and email and phone number) who can be easily contacted by SAA. 

Contact address for electronic application submissions: Tenders should be submitted to

Sasakawa Africa Association Administration office,

P.O.Box: 12771 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia| Tel. 0116628810, Email: saa-ethiopia@saa-safe.org copied to fikadu@saa-safe.org and abrahamt@saa-safe.org