Terms of Reference

 I.         General Information

This document is being issued to solicit applications from potential firms/consultants to conduct the Final evaluation for Senegal Signature Project CSRP (SN1713). The purpose of the CSRP is to empower 50,000 farmers to manage risks and adapt to a changing climate in Senegal. This will be achieved through capacity building of active stakeholders in the climate and weather space to develop and communicate tailored and salient climate information services in support of farming communities, including members of both genders, in their decision making. The project will intentionally target young persons aged between 18-40, with a special focus on ensuring that at least 50 percent of the beneficiaries within the target demographic are women. By the end of the project, 80 percent of the participating farmers will have better understanding of the usefulness of climate information services for improving their livelihoods and double their yield and incomes.

 II.        Background

Heifer International is a global non-profit working to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth by using sustainable practices and engaging smallholder farmers in agricultural and animal husbandry development. Heifer was founded on the simple belief that ending hunger begins with giving people the means to feed themselves, generate income and achieve sustainable livelihoods. As a private, non-governmental organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, Heifer has created lasting change for farming households in over 125 countries across Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe for over 70 years. Heifer International partner with institutions and stakeholders at every level to build an ecosystem that fosters scaling of community-based enterprises and generate sustainable and equitable return to the producers and small holder farmers. More information about Heifer is available at: www.heifer.org

Heifer has long been recognized for its drive to end hunger, poverty, and care for the Earth. Heifer's Values-Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) model, with its 12 pillars for Just and sustainable development, is the foundation of her work. With this strong foundation, Heifer focuses her pro-poor work by creating wealth through viable value chains that harness the social capital of communities to drive market development. It is with this strategy that Heifer International Senegal (hereinafter Heifer Senegal) plans to achieve its goal of helping one million families lift themselves out of poverty, have sustainable incomes, and become self-reliant by 2030.

As part of its Signature Program – Building women and youth economic resilience in the Sahel - Heifer International Senegal (Heifer Senegal) is forging partnership with private sector firms, the program will work closely with the Government of Senegal the districts levels who are also targeted for resource mobilization for scaling up successful interventions after proof of concept. With a design phase that just started and ongoing, Senegal Signature Program has a 8-year lifetime (2022-2030) and will be implemented across  ten regions in the country at the initial stage before scale-up of successful interventions to other locations in the country.

The goal of Senegal Signature Program is supporting 246,410 poor, rural smallholder farmers close the sustainable living income gap and lead dignified, self-reliant lives by 2030. The expected impact of achieving this goal is to reduce poverty and hunger in line with the vision of Heifer International. There are five results that are expected to occur:

1. Inclusive (women and youth led enterprises) SHGs and Coops become economically and socially sustainable
2.  Increased food and nutrition security at the household level 
3.  Smallholder households closing the living income gap
4.  Improved environmental sustainability of crop, livestock and poultry production systems
5.  Bridged demand/supply gap in target commodities

The CSRP project is a component of the Heifer Senegal Signature program, which focuses on improving access to agricultural extension services, climate smart agriculture and technological innovation. This project focuses on crops value chains development to increase productivity and income of smallholder farmers through access inputs and financial services, improve food and nutrition security through the development of short-cycle species (peanut, millet, maize, sesame, sorghum, cowpea and market gardening) and market access for vulnerable households. The holistic approach of sustainable development based on values and the promotion of technological innovations will be a central axis in the program's interventions. In addition, the digitalization of Heifer's intervention relating to training, monitoring and access to markets will mark the innovative and technological dimension of the program. The Results Framework at the end of the RFP provides more information about the expected results. A two-pronged approach to achieving these expected results defines the program design and delivery mechanism.

III. Country Context 

Climate Services for Increased Resilience and Productivity in Senegal Project (CSRP) is a tree-year project located in Kaolack, Thies, Diourbel, Kaffrine, Sedhiou, Tambacounda region of Senegal focusing smallholders’ farmers resilience strengthening. The goal of CSRP is to capacitate active stakeholders to develop and communicate tailored and salient climate information services in support of farming communities, including members of both genders, in their decision making. The CSRP will empower farmers to manage risks and adapt to a changing climate in Senegal. By 2025, 50,000 farmers are expected to have timely access to useful climate services and have better understanding of the usefulness of climate information services for improving their livelihoods. Government extension services relative to farming and livestock including decision-makers and private sectors will be able to work together in order to more effectively respond to climate-related shocks. Finally, a framework for sustainable climate information services implementation and for scaling up CSRP beyond Senegal will be developed.

Project goal: Strengthen the resilience of 50,000 families through access to adequate production services and climate information by June 30th, 2025.

The project has three objectives:

• Objective 1: Small holder families make timely weather-related decisions by using digital weather and extension services
• Objective 2: Increase SHF household income
• Objective 3: Improve household nutrition

Increasingly variable climate and the rapid pace of other drivers of change are overwhelming local knowledge and traditional practices for coping with climate related risks. Climate services—climate and weather information and advisories—can help farmers to better manage climate-related agricultural risks and adapt to climate change. Weather-related risks are limiting yield increases, especially in the tropics. 96 percent of cultivated land in Sub-Saharan Africa, 87 percent in Latin America, and 61 percent in Asia is rainfed. 20-80 percent of yield loss is due to weather. Food security is highly sensitive to climate risks in Senegal. Senegal is highly vulnerable to shocks associated with climate change. In Senegal, as in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rainfed farmers are exposed to the effects of climate change, particularly variations in the rainy season starting date, changes in rainfall volume and distribution, temperature variations, and occurrence of extreme events such as strong winds or off-season rains. Smallholder farmers in Senegal dependent on rainfed farming systems are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate variability and change, as they rely on often insufficient and variable rainfall. It is therefore critical to ensure food security in at-risk populations and to enhance the resilience among the most vulnerable populations. Under rainfed conditions, the use of climate information services paired with extension services is considered an effective and relevant strategy for building resilience and reducing risks related to climate variability and to provide support to smallholder farmers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Climate Information Services (CIS) is a vital service for smallholder farmers to better manage climatic risks. Under rainfed conditions, the use of climate information services paired with extension services is considered an effective and relevant strategy for building resilience and reducing risks related to climate variability and to provide support to smallholder farmers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. There is clear evidence that farmers in Senegal both demand and use weather information. This provides Heifer International Senegal the opportunity to further demonstrate the extent to which demand and use weather information can contribute increased resilience and productivity thereby enabling farmers to close their living income gap.

The CSRP capacitate 6 actives stakeholders to develop and communicate tailored and salient climate information services in support of farming communities, including members of both genders, in their decision making. The project empowered 10,000 farmers by June 2022 to manage risks and adapt to a changing climate in Senegal. By 2025, 50,000 farmers in six regions (Thies, Louga, Matam, Diourbel, Kaolack, Kaffrine and Sedhiou) of Senegal are expected to have timely access to useful climate services and have better understanding of the usefulness of climate information services for improving their livelihoods. Government extension services relative to farming and livestock including decision-makers and private sectors will also be able to work together to more effectively respond to climate-related shocks. Finally, a framework for sustainable climate information services implementation and for scaling up project beyond Senegal will be developed.

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