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| RFP for Conducting Baseline survey for the Agriculture and Food Security Project (AFSP II) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of CHTDF, UNDP (Re-advertisement) |
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| Procurement Process : | RFP - Request for proposal |
| Office : | CHTDF, UNDP, Rajbari Road, Rangamati - BANGLADESH |
| Deadline : | 11-Aug-14 | | Posted on : | 17-Jul-14 |
| Development Area : | SERVICES  |
| Reference Number : | 16907 |
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RFP for Conducting Baseline survey for the Agriculture and Food Security Project (AFSP II) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of CHTDF, UNDP
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| Overview : The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a unique region of Bangladesh in terms of topography, culture and tradition of the people, consists of three hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban, located in the south-east corner of Bangladesh with the total area of 13,344 square kilometers and the estimated population of 1.58 million . Apart from the mainstream Bengalis, there are eleven indigenous communities living with distinctive cultures, livelihood patterns and agricultural practices. Most of the people in CHT depend mainly on agriculture for their livelihood and traditionally the indigenous communities practice Jhum (shifting) cultivation. The majority of CHT people live in chronic poverty with very limited access to the services in remote places for their basic needs with high degree of under-employment, low literacy and limited economic opportunities.
In partnership with the Government of Bangladesh (The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs-MoCHTA) and local Government institutions (like, the CHT Regional Council, three Hill District Councils and 3 Traditional Circle Offices) as well as CHT communities and NGOs, UNDP supports the Promotion of Development and Confidence Building in the Chittagong Hill Tracts through its Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF) since 2003.The Facility, with the support from DANIDA, implements the Agriculture and Food Security Project (AFSP) since October 2009 to improve living conditions of poor marginal and small farmer households through enhanced, integrated and sustainable agricultural productivity in CHT. The first phase of the AFSP was implemented from October 2009 to 30 June 2013 in 20 out of 25 Upazilas in the CHT through establishing 690 Farmers Field Schools (FFS) at community level in partnership with 3 HDCs. With the learning of the first phase of AFSP, the AFSP II, in partnership with 3 Hill District Councils (HDCs), is being implemented for five years starting from July 2013 to June 2018. The AFSP II covers 45,000 households ) through Integrated Farm Management approach establishing 1800 new Farmer Field School (FFS) in 25 Upazilas of 3 Hill districts. The project aims, through HDCs, to train 450 farmers as Farmer Facilitators (FF) and each of them will cover 3-5 FFS. The duration of FFS is planned for 15 months with one year follow-up supports and monitoring after completion of the FFS cycle. The plan for establishing FFS under AFSP II is:
Year: 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
Number of FFS 217 645 850 88 1,800
Number of beneficiary farmers 5,425 16,125 21,250 2,200 45,000
The main objective of the AFSP II is to “Increase pro-poor and inclusive growth and sustainable employment creation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) through improved agricultural practices and accelerated implementation of the 1997 peace accord”.
The specific objectives of the action are:
• to increase agricultural production of female and male marginal and small farm households and diversify through IFM FFS in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
• to accelerate the Implementation of the CHT 1997 Peace Accord through further devolution of agricultural services to the Hill District Councils.
Under this overall objective and specific objectives, the project aims to the targets of increasing agricultural production and income; diversifying agricultural practices; increasing food stock and intake that will lead to reduce food shortage period; increasing employment in agricultural fields; strengthening capacity of HDCs for managing transferred subjects etc. The project log frame is attached herewith.
Through the proposed baseline survey, the project aims to establish a benchmark of the project in line with the project log frame and to assess the situation of the participating farmers prior to joining the project. The baseline data will serve as benchmarks against which changes and progress of achievements and results can be measured and evaluated using verifiable indicators presented in the logical framework during the project implementation phase. |
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