Employment start: August 2024

Number of People: 1

Responsibility:

Pre-survey

• Meet with ISA -MRM Specialist and become familiar with the study purpose and research questions.
• Define sample list smallholders’ farmer using 90% confidence level, 5% margin of error and 70% response distribution.
• Provide technical advice and suggestions for the improvement of the questionnaires provided by ISA team.
• Recruit, contract, train, and supervise experienced enumerators (and supervisors, if necessary)

During the survey

• Use best methods and practices to collect data.
• Conduct survey over physical in person with the smallholders’ farmer that have list from the excel list
• Establish methods for quality assurance, including back checks and re-survey if checking a missing during interview.
• Identify incomplete, inconsistent, and incorrect responses and clean up, correct and organize data collected.

Post-survey

• Provide a short report and presentation containing:
• response statistics
• detailed description of methodology used (timeframes, procedures, resources, etc)
• challenges faced and coping strategies.
• lessons learned and recommendations for the future studies.
• In case data was collected using paper questionnaires: delivery of raw data- completed paper questionnaires and digitization of data (format to be discussed)
• In this case data was collected using electronic devices: raw and final database.
• List of any unreachable smallholders’ farmer
• List of updated contact details for smallholders’ farmer
• By the end, provide the narrative report which finalized by MRM & consultant.

The consultant will work pro-actively with the ISA-Senior MRM officer throughout the assignment to define the study requirements, create the interview plan, clarify any doubts, inform about any arising challenges, and arrange meetings as appropriate.