Agricultural Enterprise Initiatives of USAID/Kenya - Land Tenure and ...

3.0 Scope of Work
The ‘LTPR Assessment of Agricultural Enterprises’ team will undertake the following tasks:
• Conduct preparatory work involving: i) Consultation with USAID/Kenya, the ‘LTPR and
Conservation Enterprises’ team and the locally-procured logistical coordinator (the East Africa
Wildlife Society-EAWLS) to finalize logistics for field visits, including arrangements for all necessary
meetings and interviews; ii) Review literature relevant to the case studies, including documents
provided by USAID/Kenya and also sourced independently; iii) Finalize roles and responsibilities
within the team, a methodology for conducting the field assessments, and procedures for
communicating with the ‘LTPR Assessment of Conservation Enterprise’ team, USAID/Washington
and USAID/Kenya as needed;
• Travel to specific agricultural enterprise sites within Kenya as identified by USAID/Kenya and assist
in conducting an assessment of the specific cases based on an agreed upon methodology guided by
the issues noted in Component 1, above;
• Develop an analytical framework for the findings and ‘lessons’ of Component 1, as related to
property rights negotiation, establishment, governance, and transaction and the impacts on investors,
managers, communities, benefit sharing and equity, land and resource use. Work closely with the
‘LTPR Assessment of Conservation Enterprise’ team and the ‘Desk Study and Programming
Roundtable’ team in these efforts;
• Inform the land policy review, and identify important legal and policy changes that are needed to
support the success of the agricultural enterprises;
• Work with the ‘LTPR Assessment of Conservation Enterprise’ and the ‘Desk Study and
Programming Roundtable’ teams to develop a preliminary set of lessons learned that can be used to
contribute to a USAID/Kenya-hosted workshop noted in Component 3, above;
• Work with the ‘LTPR Assessment of Conservation Enterprise’ and the ‘Desk Study and
Programming Roundtable’ teams to present lessons learned at the USAID/Kenya-sponsored
workshop; and
• Finalize a report based on comments received from USAID/Kenya, USAID/Washington and
participants in workshop. The report may be finalized upon return to the US.
5.0 Deliverables
1. A final report (not more than single spaced 30 pages) including an executive summary, introduction
and background for the overall evaluation, detailed findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The
report will incorporate comments from USAID/Washington and USAID/Kenya.
2. Presentation and participation at the Kenya lessons learned workshop.
The ‘overall project team leader’ will submit electronic copies of final report to USAID/Washington and
USAID/Kenya. A final report will be submitted no later than April 30, 2008.
6.0 Schedule
This assignment will begin with preparatory work in the US on or about 1 March 2008 with arrival in Nairobi
o/a 3 March 2008 and end o/a 30 March 2008. The consultants will work six-day work weeks.
7.0 Costs
The costs for this component of the assessment are subject to the cost-plus-fixed fee rates applicable to the
USAID PLACE IQC and the PRRG Task Order.
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