Consultancy Services on In-depth Assessment & Engagement to private sectors and start-up companies of Land
and Seascapes commodities for SOLUSI Project in Central Java, Central Sulawesi and Bangka Belitung Provinces
SNV Netherlands Development Organization
SNV is a mission-driven global development partner rooted in the contexts and societies where we work. Our mission is to strengthen capacities and catalyze partnerships that transform the agrifood, energy, and water systems to enable sustainable and more equitable lives for all. We are a team of over 1,600 people, the vast majority of whom come from the contexts where we work in more than 20 African and Asian countries.
In Indonesia, SNV has actively implemented projects in some provinces, including North Sumatera, Jambi, South Sumatera, and West Java, in crucial commodity supply chains, including oil palm, rubber, coffee, dairy, coconut, and cassava.
SOLUSI
SOLUSI is a project funded by the International Climate Initiatives to mitigate the degradation of land and seascapes in Indonesia, increasing the resilience of ecosystems and promoting climate-resilient livelihoods. The national, sub-national, and local stakeholders improve spatial and development planning by incorporating green and blue economy principles. The project supports sustainable business models, ecotourism, integrated waste management, access to sustainable finance, and public-private community partnerships. Upscaling will enhance national planning processes and promote a strong interest among farmers—including young people, women, and indigenous groups.
The project encompasses national and regional interventions in Central Java, Bangka-Belitung Islands, and Central Sulawesi. The three regions are Bappenas' focus areas regarding the land-to-seascape integrated approach. They are diverse in stages of conservation, restoration, socio-economic development, coastal-marine resource management, and land-use change dynamics of the diverse archipelago of Indonesia.
SNV is one of the implementing partners in SOLUSI alongside The German Development Agency (GIZ) as the leading implementing partner, the Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (KEHATI), and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF)). SNV’s role is to support the development of good waste management, innovative finance strategies and mechanisms at national and subnational levels, and public-private community partnerships in at least three models for three provinces.
In the PPCP component, SNV needs to develop gender-responsive and climate-resilient commodities as the living income sources for smallholders both in landscape and seascape located in three provinces, namely Central Java, Central Sulawesi, and Bangka Belitung covering nine districts and city. The nine districts and cities are Banyumas, Cilacap, and Kebumen in Central Java province; Belitung and East Belitung in Bangka Belitung province; Sigi, Donggala, Palu and Parigi Moutong in Central Sulawesi province.
SNV team has shortlisted the 21 commodities identified during the baseline study into 12 commodities using the matrix below. The weight for each criterion is determined by team discussion. The highest weight is for environmental/climate risk (20%) because the environment highly impacts agriculture and fishery. The second highest priority is a) the number of farmers in the village, considering that the higher number of farmers gives higher potency for a) adopting innovations, b) product legality, considering the growing necessity of certification and traceability, c) price formation mechanism, considering that farmers should have a fair price mechanism, not monopoly or oligopoly.
Three criteria weigh 10%. They are a) market scope, considering that different commodities such as cacao, honey, and durian might be developed into the global market. In contrast, a particular commodity like vegetables might be only produced in the local market; b) technical services, considering the technical service is essential to improve quality and productivity; c) farmer institutions that might support the commodity development by providing service and inputs needed.
| No | Criteria | Weight (%) | Score | |||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | Product Legality, like organic or fair trade | 15% | No standard | Having standard legality | Having standard and organic legality | Organic, Fairtrade, traceability |
| 2 | Price Mechanism: Having a standard price and following the rules | 15% | There is no standard price. | Following the price set by buyers, but no standard price | Having price standards locally | Following the standard price locally and globally |
| 3 | Market Scope | 10% | Local Market | Regional market (at a province level | National market | Global Market |
| 4 | Technical Service: The availability of extension officers | 10% | There are no extension officers available | Very limited extension officers | One officer handles many commodities | There is a specific extension officer in a particular commodity |
| 5 | Number of farmers in the piloting village | 15% | Number of farmers less than 10 | The number of farmers ranges between 10-50 | The number of farmers ranges from 50-100 | Number of farmers more than 100 |
| 6 | Farmer/Fisher Institution: the existence of a group/association | 15% | No group | The group exists but is not active | The group exists and is active | The group exists and is active, and there is a more extensive group, such as a cooperative or association. |
| 7 | Environmental/climate risk: Commodities threatened by climate change | 20% | Not impacted | Productivity decrease | Productivity and Quality decrease | Harvest failure |
| Total | 100% | | | | | |
SNV needs to hire a team of consultants to investigate these 12 commodities further and develop interventions and business models involving the public, private, and community sectors. During the investigation, keep in mind the GEDSI and ESG aspects. The consultant is responsible for delivering the works as described below.
WORK DESCRIPTION
We shortlisted 12 value chains to engage in, from landscape to seascape, as follows:
- Value chain analysis of coconut sugar in Central Java, Genjah Entok coconuts plantation for the involvement of women in brown sugar coconut production.
- A value chain analysis of efficient water uses or resilient drought rice in Central Java will further assess the Serayu River's irrigation system to support future paddy field production.
- Value chain analysis of environmentally friendly rice in Central Sulawesi, the specific species of paddy that adapt to climate change and promote the reduction of pesticide usage.
- Value chain analysis of corn in Central Sulawesi to support the private company's supply chain and stock products. The corn cobs will be used as organic fertilizer for local farmers.
- Value chain analysis of durian in Central Sulawesi, focusing on the durian association and durian skin waste product for sources of organic fertilizer.
- Value chain analysis of agroforestry honey-cacao in Central Sulawesi to support the women's activity (generate gender income and economy aspect).
- Value chain analysis of coconut (copra) in Central Sulawesi: copra processing has been done for decades, and there is potential for coconut fiber and shells to be processed into valuable by-products.
- Value chain analysis of shrimp culture (shrimp Vanamea) in Donggala/Parigi Motong, Central Sulawesi. Shrimp demand is increasing, and conventional farming productivity is very low. To improve productivity, further assessment of partners and inputs is needed.
- Value chain analysis of cached fish (tuna) in Central Java: Due to high demand, the high economic value of this product at Jetis still potentially increases.
- Value chain analysis of cached fish (pomfret, mackerel) in Belitung. A group of women in Belitung will use the fish harvest to make high-priced fish chips as an alternative income for their household.
- Value chain analysis of black pepper in Belitung, a historical commodity from Belitung since the Dutch colonial era, an alternative income for the tin mining worker, and one approach for replantation in the ex-tin mining areas.
- Value chain analysis of blue crap in Belitung, this product is used by women groups for alternative income of fried crab snacks product.
In Belitung, the Solusi project pilot areas (Lasar and Prapat) sites are located in the coastal region of Belitung Regency, near the marine conservation area (KKLD), which serves as an intervention area and Belitung Timur. We will work with fish capture, pepper, blue crab, and fish crackers. In Central Java, we will work with coconut sugar, rice, and fish capture. In Central Sulawesi, we will work with Durian, Rice, agroforestry cocoa, corn, and fish culture. These commodities were selected because of the highest scores compared to other commodities, based on seven criteria determined before. During the preliminary pre-assessment, the team also identified the existing challenges in the value chain from those commodities. For the implementation of the PPCP, we need to have a deep insight into each value chain covering several components:
- The geography of the landscape and the commodities' seascape. It will provide information on on-farm potency, profile, and technical challenges that must be addressed.
- Value chain map describing players (producers, traders, off-takers, supporting providers, and enablers) and dynamic open market interaction from upstream to downstream along the value chain (from the farmers/fishermen’s level up to the final off-taker) in the respected geography.
- Analysis of farmers/fishermen Profitability.
- Gender and social inclusion aspects for developing new interventions on those commodities consider balancing the roles of men and women, the decision-making process, access to capacity building, and access to productive assets.
- Environmental impact and climate change threats, as well as the impact of value chain development on gender relations (individual, household, and community level) and social inclusion.
- Conduct a SWOT analysis of the existing individual value chains to explore the internal and external challenges to the existing value chain, what recommendations will be implemented, and by whom.
DELIVERABLES
Inception Report: At the latest, two weeks after the engagement, outline the approach and work plan (activities and timing) and provide a detailed activity budget for the assessment. (Middle of January 2025).
Intermediate Report: the preliminary findings mainly related to stakeholder mapping for each commodity for 12 commodities (Middle of March 2025).
Final Report: In early March, in draft form, there will be two weeks for feedback and verification and two weeks for finalizing. “Initial” refers to the fact that the plan will be further detailed and updated at later stages of project development as more data and information become available. Developments might have happened in the meantime.
REPORTING LINE
SNV in Indonesia will coordinate and manage the work, with technical guidance and quality control from the SNV Project Manager and Value Chain advisor of the SOLUSI Project. The selected team of consultants will be contracted to SNV. All deliverables will be submitted to SNV for final review and approval.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
These are the criteria to determine the contract winner:
- The team should include/have consultants with over ten years of expertise in value chain analysis, private sector engagement for agriculture and fishery, and GEDSI analysis in Indonesia.
- A consulting firm.
- Submit a detailed and reasonable timeline from planning to reporting.
- Submitted detailed and reasonable budget proposal.
PAYMENT TERMS
SNV suggests the following terms of payment:
- 20% after the inception report is approved.
- 30% after the mid-term report is approved.
- 50% after the final report is approved.
TIMEFRAME
The contract will start from January 2025 – June 2025.
KEY COMPLIANCE ISSUES
Key policies and regulations the service provider must comply:
- SNV Financial Guideline.
- SNV child protection policy.
- SNV environmental and social safeguard policy.
HOW TO APPLY
Suppose you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile. In that case, we invite you to apply by sending your proposal to procurement-indonesia@snv.org by 17th December 2024 for the latest with the subject (ITB008 – Solusi Project - Consultant Name). The consultant (team/individual) should prepare a proposal that includes:
- A detailed proposed methodology, work plan, timeline, and budget.
- CVs of team members, highlighting their relevant expertise and experiences.
- Sample abstract from a related or similar assignment.
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