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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">SOLICITATION TYPE: Request for Information (RFI)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">DATE<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">ISSUANCE:</span>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">December 8, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">DUE<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">DATE:</span>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">January 6, 2023<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>17:00<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">EST</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">TITLE:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Preliminary<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>Request for Information (RFI)<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Verification Services for DFAT-Funded �Transforming Rice Value Chains for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta� (TRVC) Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">OPEN<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">TO:</span> All<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Interested<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Parties</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">SNV is requesting information from qualified and eligible suppliers who are<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>interested in participating in a potential future procurement to provide verification services for a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia-funded project entitled �Transforming Rice Value Chains for Climate Resilient and Sustainable
Development in the Mekong Delta�. Interested parties are asked to provide a company profile and respond to the questions posed below<b>. Eligible offerors will be included on a list to be notified regarding potential future Request for Proposals solicitation.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">The information contained within the RFI is provided for background only and does not constitute a final Terms of Reference (TOR). This RFI is issued solely for information and planning
purposes as per Section I below, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal, a Request for Quotation, an Invitation for Bids, a Solicitation, or an indication that SNV or any other party will make an award based on information gathered through this RFI.
Responding to this RFI will not give any advantage to any firm or organization in any subsequent procurement and will not lead to an organizational conflict of interest. Responses will be held in strict confidentiality.
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<h1 style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">I.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Request<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Expression<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Interest</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.05pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">This<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>request<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>intended<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">to:</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.45pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Advise organizations that, if the project is fully funded by DFAT, SNV Vietnam intends to issue a Request for Proposals for Verification Services
for the TRVC Project in 2023;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Obtain organization profiles from qualified organizations<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> that</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>may wish to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>participate<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>potential future procurement;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Allow<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>SNV Vietnam<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> and Deloitte Consulting </span>
to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>obtain industry input and feedback to help shape the procurement Terms of Reference (TOR) and to validate industry methods and capabilities to carry out the intended work<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">.</span><span style="color:#1C1C1C"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h1 style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">II.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Submission Instructions<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Interested<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>organizations<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>submit<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>responses that cover the requested items below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Organization Profile<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Contact<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>information<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>(full<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>name<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>the organization,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>contact person and position, e-mail addresses, and website, if any);</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Legal<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Status<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>(firm,<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">NGO, etc) and headquartered location;</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Organization<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Profile<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>include:<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>brief<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>presentation<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>organization,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>including<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>relevant experience and year(s) in business, short narrative<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>describing<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>what<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>makes<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>firm/organization<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> potentially </span>qualified<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>offer<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>the services described in the Verification Concept Note in Section III.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Key Questions guiding the development of your organization�s Verification Concept Note<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">What is your organization�s experience performing similar work?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">When measuring GHG emissions in rice in Vietnam and the Mekong River Delta (MRD) specifically, what are the most critical emissions
factors to measure and/ or model at scale?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">What are the most cost-effective tools, technologies, and approaches to measuring GHG emissions in paddy rice at scale (i.e. 200.000
hectares of rice paddy or more)? What are the most important trade-offs to consider with respect to precision versus cost at scale?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Given the MRV system will be deployed for large scale rice paddy cultivation in 3 major adjacent rice intensive provinces in the
MRD, describe an appropriate/optimal verification scheme and standard that your organization will deploy. Would your MRV system needs time to test and refine the scheme, or would you be ready to deploy on day 1?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">What advantages of your MRV system provide as compared to project specific MRV system that have been deployed to verify the GHG
emissions from rice cultivation in Viet Nam and the region?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">What other considerations should the project designers take into account/ include in any future procurement for verification services
for this project?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.05pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Does your organization qualify as an eligible Verifier in accordance with article 14 of the Degree 06-2022/ND-CP issued on January
7, 2022? See below for qualification parameters:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:46.9pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Article 14. Requirements for verifying units</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">1. Units verifying GHG emissions mitigation (hereinafter referred to as "verifying units") are organisations with verification capacity recognized by the UNFCCC; or be certified 14065
standard to the ISO on requirements for GHG verification and validation bodies to use in accreditation or other forms of accreditation; or have a certified technician who has completed a course on GHG inventory a required by the United Nations Framework Convention
on climate change for the respective sectors.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please find the information via the link
<a href="https://smrtr.io/cqWpy">https://smrtr.io/cqWpy</a> and send responses to this RFI by responding to the instruction in this site and emails to Justin Kosoris,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jkosoris@deloitte.com">jkosoris@deloitte.com</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">, and Tran Thu Ha,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:htranthu@snv.org">htranthu@snv.org</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">, by the
<span style="color:#1B1B1B">closing</span> date listed. There is no page limit but please keep responses concise and specific to the presented issues. Responses should be submitted in English. No feedback or debrief will be provided on comments received. Phone
calls or hard copy responses will not be accepted.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">III.</span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span> Project Background and Verification Concept Note<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">A.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Project Background</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">In 2017, AgResults publicly launched the Vietnam Emissions Reductions Program (AVERP) which was an $8 million prize competition (funded by DFAT Australia, Global Affairs Canada, UKAID,
USAID, and the Gates Foundation) that aimed to incentivize private sector agribusinesses in Vietnam to convince smallholder farmers (SHF) to adopt improved rice-growing practices and technologies while reducing emissions in on-farm rice production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">SNV Vietnam managed the implementation of this project between 2017-2021 which focused on the Thai Binh province in the Red River Delta. The project developed and applied an innovative
approach using Pay-for-Results prize incentives to attract a diverse pool of private sector actors to �compete� against each other to incentivize smallholder farmers in the province to adopt improved farming practices. Outcomes were assessed using a combination
of remote sensing, field observations, and modeling using DeNitrification DeComposition (DNDC) to determine overall percentage yield increases and GHG reductions against a modeled baseline. The prize mechanism worked well as a model to incentivize scaling
of climate-smart/low carbon rice technologies to over 25,000 farming households, especially in comparison with standard push-mechanism approaches generally adopted by government programs and other development projects. Competitors saw the competition as a
motivating factor that compelled them to adjust their business models to promote sustainable rice farming technologies to a greater number of SHFs than before. This outreach led to demonstrated positive impacts such as mitigated GHG emissions, increased yields,
reduced input costs, increased per-unit SHF incomes, and improved land and water management that benefited rice growers and their communities. It was also a strong example for private sector companies and government stakeholders in Vietnam who were excited
to work with a promising new model for private sector engagement that could be replicated around the country. More about this project, the means of verification, and the lessons learned may be found on the AgResults website,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.agresults.org">www.agresults.org</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">, and in the project
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.agresults.org/learning/73-final-report-vietnam-ghg-emissions-reduction-challenge-project/file">final report</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Building on this experience and lessons learned from AVERP, Australia�s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has allocated funding to design and implement a subsequent project
titled �Rice Value Chain Transformation for Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta.� SNV Vietnam will implement this program by employing a results-based financing mechanism that will target private enterprises in the Rice Value Chain (RVC) as key drivers
for innovation, investment, and scaling of sustainable rice production and marketing practices. The project will focus on the most rice intensive production provinces in the Mekong River Delta (MRD): An Giang, Kien Giang, and Dong Thap. It is anticipated that
the project could reach up to at least 200,000 hectares.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">The project will be designed to actively contribute towards the objectives of the Government of Vietnam�s Resolution 120 that outlines climate-resilient and sustainable development
in the MRD as well as accomplish the following objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Improve smallholder rice farmers� livelihoods<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Improve rice value chain linkages for enhanced efficiencies and facilitate rice quality assurance, traceability, and certification
of good agriculture practices/low-carbon rice production<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Reduce vulnerability to climate change via the smart combination of crop-based adaptation and mitigation measures at scale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Develop and pilot a verification scheme that allows for potential carbon credit accreditation to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Contribute to the NDC of Vietnam or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Lead policy dialogues to support the development of an enabling framework for scaling low carbon technologies across large rice
production areas of the Mekong Delta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Deloitte Consulting has been tasked by SNV Vietnam to design a new prize competition that takes into account the previous learnings and experience of AVERP.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Verification of project results will be a key element in measuring the impact of the project on GHG reductions and providing reliable data to the project and its funders. This data
will be the basis for awarding prizes to project competitors, as well as potentially establish the basis for carbon credits that could be traded as offsets, and/ or contribute to Vietnam�s NDCs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Verification will measure two outputs of the project: yield and/ or profit increases, and GHG emissions reductions. Both will be measured and/ or modeled against a baseline, established
through surveys and/ or derived as a modeled counterfactual. Verification will consist of a third-party assessment of the project�s income increases and GHG emissions reductions, and may include any combination of remote sensing, field-based observations,
and modeling at scale to achieve that assessment at scale, i.e. across up to hundreds of thousands of hectares in the MRD.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">At a minimum, the verification design will be expected to work with international standards and employ MRV standards, particularly regarding methane abatement. These standards will
also address options for both rice off-sets. This MRV approach is oriented to the 1) enrollment of participating countries; 2) monitoring agricultural producers; 3) quantification of GHG outcomes; and 4) packaging the data so that it can be used by carbon
trading platforms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">The verification approach will focus on mechanisms to monitor alternate wetting and drying (AWD) as a primary driver of paddy rice emissions, with other potential factors to consider
including residue management, fertilizer application, plant type and density. It is expected that verification will employ a GHG emissions measurement methodology that employs Tier 3 emission factors.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">In addition to GHG quantification, the methodology for verification should address the economic efficacy of the technology utilized (likely in the form of randomized surveys to assess
on-farm profitability of adoption of technology packages), as well as the probability of farmer compliance, and individual competitor performance on which any prizes would be assessed and paid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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