ETH-2015-IC-026-Procurement Notice -National Consultancy Service to Documenting Mainstreaming Agro-biodiversity Project Best Practices(Open only Ethiopian Nationalities)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia Country Office is strengthening its engagement and focus on Biodiversity Conservation. As a knowledge organization, it hopes to upscale or replicate mainstreaming Agro-biodiversity Project Best Practice related to biodiversity conservation.

The Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (EBI)  is responsible for the management of the Mainstreaming agro-biodiversity project and the project activities on the four selected crops: Teff in Minjar, Durum Wheat in Gimbichu , Enset in Angacha and  Forest Coffee in Yayau woredas.   As one of its 2015 activities, the project will like to document the four sites project Best Practices for the replication /upscale such practices outside the current project sites and on other crops in other parts of the country.

This assignment is therefore, required to document the four project sites (Teff in Minjar, Durum Wheat in Gimbichu , Enset in Angacha and  Forest Coffee in Yayau ) project implementation  successful practices in their contribution to  Agro-biodiversity conservation  and livelihood.

The main objective of the study is:
To assist the UNDP country office  and  EBI to  collect, synthesize and document  best practices of  the   four project  sites (Teff in Minjar, Durum Wheat in Gimbichu , Enset in Angacha and  Forest Coffee in Yayu ) Best Practices  which can be replicated and or  up scaled outside the current project sites and crops for  lessons and experience sharing.