DEADLINE: 2ND NOVEMBER, 2021
OXFAM INTERNATIONAL
NO, 11, GANGES STREET, OFF ALVAN IKOKU WAY,MAITAMA,
ABUJA-NIGERIA
TITLE: CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER PARITY AMONG RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN PROSELL COMMUNITIES OF TARABA STATE, NORTHERN NIGERIA.
Oxfam, in partnership with Development Exchange Centre (DEC), is implementing a 54-month Project funded by the European Union and Taraba State of northern Nigeria. The Project is titled “European Union Support to Food Security and Resilience in Taraba State(PROSELL)”. The project intends to empower women and youths by enhancing their abilities for transformative leadership, access required services, produce optimally, and earn more income from economic activities. It is being implemented in 80 rural communities across six (6) Local Government Areas of Taraba State. The Local Government Areas of implementation are; Ardo-Kola, Donga, Kurmi, Takum, Wukari and Zing. In the past three years, PROSELL has supported resilience strengthening of a targeted 40,000 farming households in their agricultural productivity, rural financial inclusion, market access, and job creation along crops, fish and livestock value chains. Interventions are being delivered to enhance adaptive capacities of small-scale farmers to climate change and promote cooperation and mutual benefits for farmers, livestock owners, and all value chain actors in the targeted six (6) Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Taraba State. As a development project, interventions have been targeted at addressing the root causes of inequalities (gender, income, social etc) and systemic inefficiencies in economic empowerment among others.
The following are the specific objectives and intended outcomes of the project:
(i) To increase income of small scale farmers by enhancing their agricultural productivity, market access, and job creation along crop, fish and livestock value chains.
(ii) To enhance adaptive capacities and resilience of small-scale farming households to climate change.
(iii) To promote cooperation and mutual benefits of farmers, livestock owners, and all value chain actors.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT
This assessment will help in documenting relevant outcome level indicators of PROSELL as part of the midterm evaluation of the project. Specifically, the scope of this assessment will be on the empowerment, economic and group management outcomes.
