BASELINE STUDY FOR IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AMONG HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

JOHANNITER-UNFALL-HILFE TENDER AUGUST 2025 

BASELINE STUDY: IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AMONG HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

Closing date: 15 Aug 2025

General Information

Project outcomes

• Outcome 1: Increased adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices among schools and kitchen garden groups.
• Outcome 2: Improved nutrition knowledge and practices among learners and kitchen garden group members.

Project target group

The project will target 2,500 children comprising ( 200- direct, 2300- indirect) and 120 people directly from the 6 kitchen garden groups each representing a household. The children will include school-going children from the four targeted schools, as well as children from the 120 households participating in the six kitchen garden groups. The target population will be equally distributed between the host and refugee communities, with a 50:50 ratio. For the 120 kitchen garden group members, priority will be given to the women of reproductive age(15 to 49 years) and female headed households as well as women with disability.

Background.

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. (Johanniter International Assistance) is a German non-governmental organisation, dedicated to excellence in the field of first aid, ambulance service, social service programmes and other projects in the medical and social field. The Federal Headquarters are based in Berlin, Germany (link available here).

Lotus Kenya Action for Development Organization (LOKADO), is a community driven local organization with its headquarters in Kakuma, Turkana County (link available here).

Johanniter International Assistance, in partnership with LOKADO (a local non-governmental organization), will implement a 12-month project (July 2025-June 2026) funded by ADH to contribute towards addressing food insecurity and malnutrition in Turkana West Sub-County. The project aims to scale up the adoption of climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive practices through a school/kitchen garden model, targeting both schools and surrounding communities. The project targets approximately 2,500 children from four schools and 120 households with children under five years. Through the establishment and strengthening of 4K clubs in schools, children will be empowered as change agents to promote climate-smart fruit and vegetable production practices at the household level.

Project Goal and Outcomes

Project Goal: Improved food security and nutrition among households through promotion of sustainable agricultural practices in Turkana County.

Outcome: There is Increased adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices among schools and kitchen garden groups.

The project expected results will be achieved through the implementation of activities under three interrelated outputs;

• Output 1.1: 4 schools and 6 kitchen garden groups strengthened on climate-smart agriculture practices.
• Output 2.1: Strengthened knowledge sharing and advocacy for sustainable agriculture.
• Output 2.2: Enhanced coordination among stakeholders on climate-smart agriculture and nutrition.

Purpose, Objectives and Use of the Baseline Study

The Johanniter International Assistance wishes to hire the services of a qualified consultant to carry out a baseline survey that will establish benchmarks against defined project indicators as indicated in Table 1 for tracking project progress and measuring intervention results overtime in line with the project’s logical framework. The consultant will be supervised by Johanniter International Assistance Country Programme Manager.

The specific objectives of the Baseline study are:

• To provide quantifiable information on the status of target group including the households in line with the indicators outlined in the project Log frame.
• To use information/data to progressively measure project performance against the set targets during and at the end project implementation.
• To contribute to building up of evidence towards evaluating results/achievements that are attributable to the project
• To aid in making practical and realistic recommendations that need to be considered/ addressed during the Project implementation phase and where applicable lead to improvement of the Project design, implementation strategies and indicators or set targets.
• To explore grant opportunities i.e., community needs vs. donor priority.

Key Deliverables

1. Inception Report detailing the process to be undertaken in conducting the baseline survey. This should include the complete set of tools to be used for the survey as well as stakeholder sampling. The inception report should be submitted within 4 days from the time of signing the contract.
2. Draft baseline survey report, to be submitted not later than 8 days after completion of data collection.
3. Conduct an internal validation/presentation meeting to Johanniter Internal Assistance and LOKADO staff outlining key findings and implications, and recommendations. This will be presented in a meeting to the staff.
4. Complete raw and cleaned datasets and transcripts for quantitative and qualitative data collected.
5. Final report, to be submitted not later than one week after Report review by JIA & LOKADO and management response.
6. The final report should be a maximum of 30 pages in the preferred Johanniter International Assistance standard format, exclusive of annexes and should include the following:
7. Executive Summary: One page summary of the Baseline study, with particular emphasis on main findings, conclusions and recommendations.

Introduction and Background;

• Scope of the Baseline Study: Details about the geographic, demographic, and thematic focus of the study.
• Objectives of the Baseline Study: Clearly stated objectives that outline what the study aims to document and measure.
• Methodology: A brief description of the methodology used with details kept in Annexes.
• Findings: Factual evidence> analysis and Interpretation of Findings
• Conclusions: Assessment of the project and its results against given evaluation criteria as stated in the ToR.

Recommendations;

• Suggestions on strategies and approaches to be incorporated into the project based on baseline findings.
• Identified challenges and risks that might impact project implementation, with possible mitigation strategies.
• Annexes: Terms of reference, methodology for data gathering and analysis, references, finalized data collection tools, relevant maps and photographs of the evaluation areas where necessary.

Time frame of the assignment

This survey is intended to take place from 18th August 2025 and should be executed within 20 days working days. The consultant who is bidding for the assignment should give a clear breakdown of how the survey

Financial Evaluation

The consultant will develop a detailed budget and work plan based on the details in the TOR and should include the consultants’ professional fees and detailed logistics costs separately. The Consultancy fees should be inclusive of all relevant taxes. Prices should be quoted in Kenyan Shillings (KES).

The financial proposal validity should be 60 calendar days.

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