Endline Survey of PACT Competitive Matching Grants Scheme Evaluation for Call 1 to 4 (2014 to 2018 Projects)

Project Description

The Project for Agriculture Commercialization and Trade (PACT) is a Ministry of Agricultural Development, Government of Nepal (GoN) initiative, funded by the World Bank, to foster commercialization of agriculture in Nepal. PACT was initiated in August 2009 to implement interventions aimed at expediting agriculture commercialization in Nepal. This project has been following a result based approach offering a competitive matching grant for the eligible value chain participants (farmer groups, cooperatives, producers associations and private firms) under an output based financing system. In addition to this, AF extended project’s closing date by additional 3 years till 30th June 2018,
The project has already carried out baseline surveys for calls 1, 2, 3, 4. The collected data will also be used for the impact evaluation of the project, which will be carried out by Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), a unit of the World Bank’s research group
Across the 4 calls, the objective of the study is to track indicators at two levels
• At the level of the sub-project, to track changes in income status, firm productivity and a variety of other business development outcomes.
• At the level of beneficiaries to track changes in human development and productivity outcomes. Direct beneficiaries might include members of the farmer group that received the grant as a sub_x001f_project, for example; or of members of the household of the firm manager who received the grant.

Assignment Description

Prepared list to verify respondents to the Subproject and Household Surveys, the same households and sub-projects who were surveyed then were re-surveyed for endline. Replacement approval was taken from PACT and DIME, where required. • Conducted the Subproject Survey for upto 24 value chain using end line subproject questionnaire developed based on baseline questionnaires used for the baselines of Calls 1,2,3,4, where possible. • Conducted the Household Survey using endline household questionnaire developed based on baseline questionnaires used for the baselines of Calls 1,2,3 where possible. • Conducted phone call survey for 320 NGR (Non Grant Recipient) sub projects • Preparation of questionnaire and data entry format for CAPI for SURVEY SOLUTIONS • Prepared a CAPI protocol that includes an instruction manual to the enumerators and supervisors • Conducted Training for Supervisors and Enumerators • Pre-testing of Questionnaires, Training Enumerators, and Completion of Pilot Test • Conducted Final Cleaning of Data and Fieldwork Report • Preparation of final evaluation report for the Matching Grant Scheme for call 1, 2 and 3. • Presented the Findings from the Final Evaluation Report at a Dissemination Workshop Summary of Activities: Calls Total Beneficiary/ HH Surveyed Total Sub-Project (SPs) Surveyed (Institutional Survey) Total Value chain commodity for all Calls Call 1 to 3 2300 HH 461 SPs Animal Feed, Banana, Cereal Seeds, Citrus, Coffee, Fishery, Floriculture, Forage and Fodder, Fruit/Papaya, Ginger, Herbs, Honey, Lentil, Milk and Milk product, Meat production and Processing, Mushroom, Oilseeds, Onion, Potato (Cash crop) and Seeds, Cardamom, Poultry, Rainbow Trout, Underutilized Indigenous Crops, Vegetables (covering 25 districts in Hill and Terai districts) Call 4 578 SPs (covering 38 districts in Mountain, Hill and Terai districts) Cardamom, Coffee, Dairy Products, Fish, Flower, Ginger, Meat & Meat Products and Vegetables (cauliflower, cabbage and tomato in tunnel))