TERMS OF REFERENCE
CONSULTANCY FOR
THE BASELINE SURVEY OF THE GCP COLLECTIVE ACTION INITIATIVE
FOR RESPONSIBLE USE OF AGRO-INPUTS IN VIETNAM
Introduction
The Global Coffee Platform (GCP) is an inclusive multi-stakeholder sustainability platform that convenes coffee stakeholders, prioritizes sustainability issues and catalyzes local action and progress measurement in collaboration with country platforms to create a thriving and sustainable coffee sector. Members of the Global Coffee Platform include farmers and farmer organizations, traders (exporters and importers), coffee roasters and retailers, other supply chain actors, civil society organizations, coffee associations and others.
GCP’s Collective Action Initiatives (CAI) optimize sustainability investments and multiply impact through pooling resources, knowledge, and networks to collectively address country specific sustainability gaps. By partnering with GCP, participants of a CAI support the coffee sector to identify and address complex issues through a structured and collaborative approach.
In June 2020, GCP Vietnam launched a 5-year Collective Action Initiative for effective and responsible use and management of agro-inputs in Vietnam, which focuses on addressing the responsible use of agro-inputs (especially herbicides) in the coffee sector in Vietnam by improving the enabling environment and sector policies, providing support and training to farmers and stakeholders in the Central Highlands and conducting research to gather and document best practices and lessons learned. Results of the Initiative will be shared with Vietnamese and International coffee sector stakeholders in order to upscale best practices. The Initiative has drawn high attention and commitments from roasters, including Nestlé, JDE and Tchibo as well as from organisations as The Sustainable Trade Initiative - IDH, and is being promoted to additional interested actors to participate in this initiative.
In this context, GCP is looking for consulting services to carry out a survey on the plant protection use with special focus on Glyphosate in the provinces of Daklak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong, Gia Lai and Kontum, in the Central Highlands (CH) of Vietnam.
Objectives
The recruited consultant shall conduct a geographic mapping of agro-input use throughout the Central Highlands to identify hotspots and understand why more pesticides/herbicides are used in certain regions in relation to location, climate, type, pest incidence, intercrops/farm systems.
The results of this survey will be the basis to finetune the next steps of interventions by GCP.
Specifically, the consultant is expected to:
- Conduct a survey on weed management and trends including residue levels
- Identify risk regions in the Central Highlands
- Develop a weed management report and a map of Glyphosate use in the Coffee sector in 05 CH provinces
- Formulate a mitigation action plan (aligned with the sector strategy) and
- Organize a sharing wworkshop to disseminate the results to public and private Coffee Sector ‘s stakeholders
Deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
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Deliverables |
Deadline |
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i)Conduct a survey including literature review and field work, including taking samples of green bean produced in the CH (the sampling will be spread over the CH areas) for LAB analysis to identify: the Glyphosate use related risk regions in the Central Highlands and weed management and trends including residue levels |
A weed management report A map of Glyphosate use in coffee production in the 05 CH provinces (Should it be an Agro-input use map which focusses on Glyphosate?) Results of Glyphosate analyses submitted by LABs
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30 November 2020
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ii)Develop a mitigation action plan aligned with the Sector strategy |
A mitigation action plan |
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iii)Compile a final narrative report |
Report in English and all the deliverables mentioned in (i), (ii) and recommendations on next steps |
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iv)Present results of the survey in a sharing workshop |
A PPT in both English and Vietnamese, summarizing the main findings and recommendations on next steps of interventions |
31 December 2020 |
Consultant qualification
- For this assignment we expect an agriculture consultant who brings the following assets/experiences:
- Understanding of the IPM concept, with at least 10 years working experiences in plant protection/agriculture sector
- Education background (Master, preferably PhD degree) on plant protection, agriculture, economics
- Neutral and trusted
- Fluency in both Vietnamese and English languages
- Clear communicator, capable of translating complex information into an accessible and understandable format and
- Ideally knowledge of the Vietnamese coffee sector.
Procedures
The procedure will be as follows:
Announcement of assignment: 20 August 2020
Submission of proposals plus quotations by candidates: prior to 20 September 2020
Criteria for assessment of the proposals:
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Criteria |
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Relevant qualifications on education or other similar disciplines & experiences in similar assignments (Composition of the expert team, CVs of experts & Profile of the Company must be submitted along with the proposal) |
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Reasonable time plan |
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Cost of the assignment |
Evaluation of the candidates’ proposals and decision made on selection of consultant
Contract signing: 30 September 2020.
Deadline for proposal submission: 20 September 2020
Contact information
For any question, please contact Ms. Doan Tran Thu Thuy – Project Officer, via email: [email protected] [1]