Tenders Are Invited For Development Of Programs On Livestock Production, Husbandry And Climate Smart Crop Production

Tenders are invited for Development of Programs on Livestock Production, Husbandry and Climate Smart Crop Production. Closing Date: 6 Nov 2024 Type: Consultancy Themes: Agriculture/Climate Change and Environment Activity 2.1.3: Development of programs on livestock production, husbandry and climate smart crop production. consultant developing, Contextualizing & translating Pastoral field schools manual (develop material and print into book form on Somali language) Consultant developing on agro-pastoral curriculum for livestock and climate smart crop production. Develop radio program (recorded material audio and video material animal husbandry Script writing, Directing, Recording. Local radio program released on monthly based FM and TV Organizational Context World Vision Somalia is a humanitarian organization operating in the country since 1993. Its mission is to support vulnerable children and communities to enhance their resilience and well-being. World Visions main interventions include food security and agricultural recovery, health and nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, education, advocacy, and emergency response. This comprehensive approach directly contributes to improving the well-being and resilience of communities in Somalia, specifically focusing on health, education, water, sanitation, and food security. The impact of climate change is a pressing concern in Somalia, with frequent droughts and floods threatening the food supply and livelihoods of millions. World Visions response includes advocating for policies that address hunger and malnutrition, seeking sustained funding for critical food security actions, and collaborating with partners to strengthen food systems. Their work in the WASH sector also contributes to climate change adaptation by ensuring access to clean water and promoting hygiene practices, essential for health and dignity, especially in environmental challenges. Overall, World Vision Somalias contributions to food security and climate change are multifaceted and deeply integrated into Somali society. Their ongoing efforts to support and empower communities are vital for creating a more resilient and food-secure future. World Vision and other partners such as CARE, Shaqadoon, and WARDI are carrying out an anticipatory action climate resilience project along transhumance corridors in the Southwest State of Somalia. This project, funded by DANIDA, aims to decrease vulnerability and enhance the resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region. Project Overview Anticipatory Action and Climate Resilience Along Transhuman Corridor in Somalia (AART) is a DANIDA-financed multi-sector project to support Somalias recovery and build national resilience to recurrent natural disasters. AARTs primary focus is on monitoring and supporting pastoral communities migration routes during both normal and crisis periods. The project works to establish resources and infrastructure that can be utilized as needed to provide access to animal health services, water sources, and temporary resting camps along the migration routes. Since its launch, the AART project has made significant progress in implementing measures to address the impact of climate change. Given the increasingly severe droughts and flash floods in pastoral communities, the AART seeks to accelerate its intervention in the most common migratory routes in the Southwest state of Somalia. The focus is on enhancing access to early warning information, improving livestock health services, and ensuring adequate water resources along the migratory routes connecting lower Shabelle, Bay, and Bakool. This targeted approach aims to facilitate the swift recovery of the affected communities along these critical migratory corridors. The immediate and rapid implementation of AART is to ameliorate the current high levels of climate risks experienced by many pastoral households in Somalia. The main goal of the project is to: 1) Protective measures must be improved to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and enhance the resilience and social cohesion of vulnerable groups such as displaced populations and host communities. This includes preventing further displacement due to climate change. Additionally, it is crucial to provide livelihood recovery and technical advice packages to small-scale agro-pastoralist, nomadic pastoralist, and riverine agriculturalist communities in the most food-insecure rural areas. This support should be facilitated using an "inputs for assets" modality where appropriate and unconditionally in cases of immediate need. Problems related to traditional farming systems and inadequate adaptation of agricultural technologies are among the main reasons for low productivity and limited progress made in the livestock production sector in Somalia. Smallholder farmers in the country rely primarily on outdated farming practices that are neither efficient nor productive. Livestock farming is based primarily on the use of poor-quality feeds, inadequate animal health management, limited use of improved genetics and materials, and poor animal husbandry and entrepreneurial skills. Livestock producers are also constrained by limited access to modern livestock technologies. There is a lack of access to technical information on animal husbandry and range management, which hinders the improvement of livestock productivity. The pastoral and agropastoral communities are isolated due to the remoteness of their habitat, making it difficult for professionals to reach them. These communities are also mobile, posing a challenge for traditional learning and training methods. Additionally, there are few experts available to share educational information and new techniques in animal and crop production, as well as range management. Limited access to extension services is attributed to weak government institutions, remoteness of pastoral communities, and a lack of current technical information. Somalia has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. The estimated literacy rate for men is 36%, and for women, it is 26%. This means there is a high percentage of people who cannot read or write. As a result, formal educational classes may have less impact on introducing new production techniques. Additionally, Somalis rely on oral tradition, transferring information through storytelling, poetry, and cultural dances. Due to the ongoing insecurity that hinders government or NGO personnel from accessing rural areas, along with the nomadic nature of pastoral communities and the absence of other educational and extension services, radio broadcasting has emerged as the preferred medium for disseminating educational and transformative technical information to pastoral communities. Therefore, educational radio programs would be the most effective way to share technical information on production and animal husbandry. Radio is among the most widely accessible and popular communication tools in Somalia. It allows farmers, pastoralists, and fisherfolk to access information and acquire new knowledge. For this reason, AART project will utilize radio with extensive coverage to deliver informative programs to animal husbandry technicians, farmers, and farm managers. To improve the knowledge and use of improved agricultural techniques among pastoralist, it is important to disseminate information through appropriate communication channels AART project is developing a series of radio programs in selected districts along the transhuman corridor of SWS of Somalia to educate pastoralists in modern livestock production techniques and explore the potential of using radio as a medium to disseminate information on improved livestock technologies to youth and women pastoralists. The intervention targets pastoralists, youth, and women livestock producers engaged in livestock production along the transhuman corridor of SWS of Somalia. The programs beneficiaries will receive a series of radio programs about livestock production and husbandry technologies via radio in their local language. The broadcasts will be specifically designed to improve farming and marketing practices, focusing on feeding formulation and preparation, animal health and disease prevention measures, entrepreneurial skills, and livestock marketing. Therefore, the pilot intervention is expected to provide policy-relevant insights into the potential of using radio to convey information on improved livestock production. This could serve as an entry point for entrepreneurial interventions to enhance the productivity of livestock production and improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers in Somalia. The main objective is to develop a radio program to disseminate information on livestock production to pastoralists along the transhuman corridor in the western state of Somalia. Through the radio program, pastoralists access knowledge on improved livestock production techniques, such as feeding resourcing, formulation and preparation, animal health and disease prevention measures and livestock marketing. Description of the assignment Worldvision, as part of the AART project implementation, plan to engage a consulting company to develop a series of radio programs to educate pastoralists on animal husbandry and broadcast. The consulting company will specifically design radio programs to educate pastoralists to improve farming and marketing practices, focusing on feeding formulation and preparation, animal health and disease prevention measures, entrepreneurial skills, and marketing of livestock. The consultant will develop a series of radio programs in role-play blended with some concert poems and traditional songs that attract pastoralists to listen to the program. The consultant will air the program through a wide range of FM radios. The radio program should create awareness and educate pastoralists on IBLI and its pol Tender Link : https://reliefweb.int/job/4104293/development-programs-livestock-production-husbandry-and-climate-smart-crop-production