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to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek
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especially women.

One of the programmes in Papua is Vanill Enterprise Development Programme in
Serui. Currently we are looking for consultant to help the programme, Term of
Reference (TOR) as below.

Terms of Reference

CONSULTANT FOR VANILLA ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION : Serui, Papua-Indonesia
PERIOD : The 3rd week of June until the 4th week of August
2011
BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRAM
Papua’s geographic isolation has contributed to the preservation of a rich
natural heritage, which includes over 60% of Indonesia’s biodiversity, abundant
mineral and water resources. This environment is well suited to the cultivation
of vanilla, a crop which typically grows well in altitudes of between sea-level
and 1,750 meters, with predominately hot and moist climates. Due to the isolated
geography of Papua, crops such as vanilla are by their very nature ‘organic’ as
inputs (fertilizers and pesticides) have not been introduced into the
environment, a fact already recognized by markets for crops from Papua.
Experimentation with vanilla has already started in Serui, attracting interest
from others in their community. The traditional community head of seven
communities in Serui Island has introduced vanilla cultivation to 11 farmer
leaders who have been growing vanilla on their own land for the past three
years. With the help of training and extension services provided by local
government extension staff, from the Department of Forestry, production reached
about 50 kg per 625 square meters small-holding in December 2007, fetching US$
44 per kg of cured and dried vanilla, in Jayapura.

The communities have demonstrated their motivation and willingness to
participate in income generating activities, using their own locally available
resources such as land, tools, and plants. Based on this prospective condition,
Oxfam has been working with the vanilla farmers in Serui to develop community
based vanilla enterprise. This pilot project has involved farmers who have
already started to grow vanilla, as well as other well-motivated farmers, making
it possible to deliver product to market. The purpose is this project stems from
the combined need for development in Papua, previous experience in Serui in
vanilla production, and opportunities for providing development gains for
communities in Papua through developing enterprises that link to vanilla
markets.
As access to market is still a major constraint, in 2010 Oxfam has assisted the
vanilla farmers in Serui to initiate a cooperative involving 200 vanilla farmers
as the members. The cooperative will be a selling point where the farmers can
sell their vanilla, while at the same time the cooperative is expected to
control the quality of vanilla products, as well as to identify and then access
the vanilla markets inside and outside Papua. In order to support this new
initiated cooperative on the above needs, a consultant will be recruited to work
with the cooperative for increasing its capacities in the management aspects;
providing market analysis and marketing plan; and also providing analysis on the
enabling business environment.
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTANCY
§ To work with the vanilla farmers cooperative in analyzing the needs (related
to management of a cooperative) that resulted in a institutional capacity
building plan;

§ To assist the cooperative in developing a business and marketing plan for the
vanilla product;
§ To conduct an analysis on local and national markets of vanilla including an
assessment of market demands, competition, pricing structures, and market
channels àdevelop marketing plan to meet these needs (including assessment of
capacity, market services, and operating environment needs);
§ To conduct an analysis on the enabling business environment in terms of
business regulations and market opportunities for vanilla producers.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Oxfam is requesting an expression of interest for the proposed scope of work. As
part of this, Oxfam is expecting a submission of up to 6 pages (plus relevant
CV). The submission will identify the following:
· Methodology and tools that will be adopted by the consultant to
achieve deliverables and outcomes;
· Scope of work that outlining the main activities to be carried out;
· Identify the time/number of days required to achieve the deliverables
and outcomes: it should be framed in terms of a maximum 9 weeks (from the 3rd
week of June until the 4th week of August 2011);
· Proposed overall costs including daily fee rates, travel costs etc.