72052122R00011_Haiti Resilient Livestock Market Systems_RFP.pdf

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0001 The Haiti Resilient Livestock Market System

Activity will contribute to increased resilience of households and communities in the Northern and

Southern Resilience Focus Zones through the improvement of livestock market systems. This goal is supported by three primary, intertwined objectives:

1. Improve productivity of the livestock sector in the Resilience Focus Zones

2. Increase the accessibility of inputs and services in the livestock market systems

3. Improve marketing2 and private sector engagement in the sector.

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SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

B.3 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE AND OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.4 BUDGET

B.5 COST REIMBURSABLE

B.6 INDIRECT COST

B.7 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

SECTION D – BRANDING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (JANUARY 1993)

D.2 BRANDING POLICY

D.3 BRANDING STRATEGY

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E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.3 CONTRACT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

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F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

F.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.4 KEY PERSONNEL

F.5 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

F.6 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES

F.7 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

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G.1 AIDAR 752.7003 DOCUMENTATION FOR PAYMENT (NOV 1998)

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE

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Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation No. 72052122R00011

USAID/Haiti Resilient Livestock Market Systems

G.5 PAYING OFFICE

G.6 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

G.7 INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 AIDAR 752.222-70 USAID DISABILITY POLICY (DEC 2004)

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H.3 AIDAR 752.228-3 WORKER’S COMPENSATION INSURANCE (DEC 1991)

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H.7 AIDAR 752.7027 PERSONNEL (DEC 1990)

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H.9 AIDAR 752.229-71 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007)

H.10 AIDAR 752.7007 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (JUL 2007)

H.11 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

H.12 AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

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I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT

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L.8 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

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L.9.2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 97

L.9.3 ACRONYMS 97

L.9.4 TECHNICAL APPROACH 97

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SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

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M.3 EVALUATION FACTORS

M.4 SOURCE SELECTION

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to provide services as described in detail in Section C – Statement of Work for the implementation of the “USAID/Haiti Resilient Livestock Market System” Activity.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion type contract. For consideration set forth in the contract, the Contractor shall provide the deliverables or outputs described in the Performance Work Statement and comply with all of the contract’s requirements.

B.3 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE AND OBLIGATED AMOUNT

a. The estimated cost of performance for the work to be performed for the five (5) year period of performance hereunder, exclusive of any fixed fee is $TBD. The fixed fee is $TBD. The estimated cost-plus-fixed-fee is $TBD.

b. Within the estimated Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee specified in paragraph (a) above, the amount currently obligated and available for reimbursement of allowable costs incurred by the contractor (and payment of fee, if any) for performance hereunder is $TBD. The Contractor must not exceed the aforementioned obligated amount.

c. Funds obligated hereunder are anticipated to be sufficient through TBD.

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COST CATEGORIES TOTAL AMOUNT

Total Direct Costs TBD Total Indirect Costs TBD Total Estimated Cost TBD Grants Under Contracts NTE $4,000,000.00 Fixed Fee TBD Total Estimated Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee TBD

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nor does it constitute a determination of allowability by the Contracting Officer of any item of cost, unless specifically stated elsewhere in this contract. Also, these amounts may not be adjusted without a written modification signed by the Contracting Officer.

B.5 COST REIMBURSABLE

The U.S. dollar cost allowable shall be limited to reasonable, allocable and necessary costs determined in accordance with FAR §52.232-22 “Limitation of Funds” if applicable, and AIDAR 752.7003 “Documentation for Payment”.

B.6 INDIRECT COST

a. Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs will be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases:

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b. The Contractor is not authorized to make changes in its established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

B.7 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE

a. Pursuant to FAR 16.306 (b) “Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts”, payment of fixed fee will be based on the completion of the expected end products stated in the Statement of Work in Section C and described in the Work Plan, Annual Work Plan, and/or Activity Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP).

Definite goals, targets, or results must be achieved, and end products must be timely completed, delivered, and accepted by USAID during the period of performance and within the total estimated cost as a condition for payment of the entire fixed fee.

b. The goals or targets that must be achieved and end products that must be completed, delivered, and accepted by USAID (“Milestones”) in order for fee to be payable must be specifically identified in the Performance Work Statement, Annual Work Plan, and/or the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP). Milestones may be a result, output, outcome and/or performance indicator.

c. After award, the Work Plan and AMELP submitted by the Contractor must include a proposed Fee Distribution Scheduled for approval by the Contracting Officer. The Fee Distribution Schedule must take the TBD in fee that has been fixed for this award and distribute it across selected milestones from the Work Plan and AMELP, as both a percentage of total fixed fee and as the total dollar amount represented by the percentage. The Milestones that have a fee associated with their completion or delivery shall be referred to as “Fee Bearing Milestones”.

d. To be eligible to be considered a “Fee Bearing Milestone”, the goal or target and/or end product must be reflected in the Performance Work Statement and Work Plan or AMELP.

e. The Fee Distribution Schedule must include both implementation management and development outcome (not output) results milestones as Fee Bearing Milestones.

f. The total fee must be allocated as follows:

o Implementation and Management (i.e., Annual Work Plans, etc.): 10 percent (maximum) o Development Outcome Results achieved for the following standard indicators associated with the objectives: 90 percent (minimum) o Objective 1 Outcome Result: Custom Indicator: Percent of participant farmer households with increased asset ownership as a result of USG assistance o Objective 2 Outcome Result: EG.3.2-26: Value of annual sales of producers and firms receiving USG assistance [IM-level] o Objective 3 Outcome Result: EG.3.1-14 Value of new USG commitments and private sector investment leveraged by the USG to support food security and nutrition [IM-level]

g. When a Fee Bearing Milestone is not completed on time or requires more cost/effort to complete than projected in the Performance Work Statement, Work Plan and AMELP, the portion of the total fixed fee allocated to the Milestone in the Fee Distribution Schedule shall be subject to adjustment of the fee by the Contracting Officer.

h. The Fee Distribution Schedule must be approved before the fee is paid. Changes to the PWS and Work Plan that affect the achievement of the Fee Bearing Milestone must be approved by the Contracting Officer.

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SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

1. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the USAID/Haiti Livestock Market Systems Resilience Activity is to increase the resilience of households and communities in the Northern and Southern Resilience Focus Zones through the improvement of the livestock market system.1 The Livestock Market Systems Resilience Activity will utilize inclusive, market-based approaches to sustainably intensify livestock production, strengthen animal health and advisory services, increase access to input and output markets, improve processing and marketing operations, while catalyzing private sector engagement and access to finance. Activities will be centered in two Resilience Focus Zones (RFZ); one is located in the southern region (South Department) and the other in parts of the north (North, Northeast and Plateau Central Departments) (see Attachment 15).

Employing an inclusive market systems approach, interventions will improve the productivity and competitiveness of the cattle (dairy and beef), poultry (eggs and meat), and small ruminant sub-sectors, which will increase the resilience of households, communities, and livestock systems to the multivariate shocks that Haiti faces. The shocks include climate change and extreme weather events, the ongoing secondary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and potential emergence of other diseases, conflict and violence, and weak governance and systems.

This Statement of Work is grounded in the following key principles of working in the livestock sector in the northern and southern Resilience Focus Zones:

● Strategically leveraging existing organizations and institutions including local and non-traditional partners drives inclusive development of local markets that better align local market demand with quality goods.

● Strengthening market system resilience in a manner that maintains market system function and builds adaptability of the system helps individuals, organizations, and institutions to respond to changing opportunities and constraints.

● Concentrating interventions and investments in strategic focus zones, with simple, focused activities, is more effective, efficient, and manageable.

● Programmatic design and planning are based on manageable needs and priorities, in close consultation with direct stakeholders.

● Concrete involvement of local government, municipality, and community stakeholders early and at all stages of the implementation processes is crucial for long-term commitment, collaboration, and transformational outcomes.

The following sections will explain the foreseen challenges and opportunities; technical approach;

geographic scope; theory of change; relationship to USAID/Haiti’s Strategic Framework and other relevant Government of Haiti (GOH), donor, and USAID activities in Haiti; guiding principles; and the implementation and performance requirements for the proposed activity.

2. BACKGROUND

1 The Northern Resilience Focus Zone includes: Nord - Ranquite, La Victoire, Pignon, Plaine du Nord, Acul du Nord, Limonade, Quartier Morin, Milot; Nord-Est - Sainte-Suzanne, Mont-Organisé, Carice, Vaillere, Capotille, Terrier Rouge, Perches, Fort-Liberté, Mombin-Crochu, Ferrier, Ouanaminthe, Caracol, Trou du Nord; Centre - Hince, Cerca La Source, Cerca-Carvajale. The Southern Resilience Focus Zone includes: Sud - Amiquet, Camp Perrin, Chantal, Chardonnieres, Coteaux, Les Caves, Port-a-Piment, Port-Salut, Roche-a-Bateau, St. Jean du Sud, Torbeck. See Attachment 16 for the Map of Economic Growth Agricultural Development Current Activities by Commune - December 2021

Development Context Haiti is one of the countries most exposed to natural disasters and climate change, with more than 96 percent of the population affected by shocks and stressors. Nearly half the population lives in rural areas, and a great majority of them rely on agriculture, livestock, and fisheries for their livelihoods. Food insecurity, exacerbated by the negative impact of climate change and political and economic instability, remains one of the biggest challenges that Haiti faces today. Haiti has high levels of food insecurity, where one in three people are in need of food assistance. Local food production meets only 45 percent of the country’s food needs, which leaves Haitians reliant upon imported food products and vulnerable to trade disruptions and currency fluctuations that affect local purchasing power as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic response.

The recent outbreak of Africa Swine Fever (ASF) is yet another serious shock to the livelihoods of the poor and marginalized populations that are already vulnerable and depend on livestock for income, savings, and a source of high-quality nutrients. Thus, there is an urgent need to help small farmers adopt strategies to increase their resilience in the face of shocks and stressors.

Over 70 percent of rural households grow food crops for both consumption and sale, with half of the rural population growing at least one cash crop. In addition, nearly 77 percent of households raise poultry, cattle or other livestock. The broad participation of rural households in livestock production demonstrates a clear opportunity to increase rural household incomes, positive nutritional outcomes, and food security by improving the productivity of the top three livestock that small farmers produce: 1) cattle for meat and dairy, 2) poultry for meat and eggs, and 3) small ruminants (i.e. goats and sheep).

The livestock sector is dynamic, despite being extremely underdeveloped, and thus, there are both opportunities and challenges in all aspects of production, processing, and marketing. Small holder farmers lack access to inputs and services such as quality animal feed and forages, animal health and veterinary services, extension and advisory services, financial services such as credit, and adequate land and water sources. Public veterinary services are constrained by a declining workforce and insufficient funding.

Inadequate animal health and veterinary services including weak disease surveillance systems represents a significant systemic vulnerability and impedance to household resilience. Post-harvest food loss as well as safe food production are impeded by a lack of storage, processing facilities, reliable energy required for cold chains and processing, and food safety and quality control systems. Rural producer’s access to markets is hampered by poor road infrastructure and gang violence along travel routes, which limit transport and opportunities to supply large markets. Livestock theft, particularly of cattle and goats, is an ongoing challenge and additional stressor to livestock keeping households. Low import duties for many livestock products and low productivity of livestock systems impedes the competitiveness of the livestock sector, which acts as a disincentive to private sector investment in the domestic market.

Findings from a 2014 World Bank Study on the challenges and opportunities for rural development in Haiti2 demonstrate that crop diversification is correlated with higher agricultural productivity and incomes. In addition, keeping livestock is positively correlated with higher agricultural productivity. While diversification alone is not a path out of poverty, it is a means to increase the household, community, and market’s ability to bounce back from inevitable shocks and stressors. Farming systems that include crops and livestock production also benefit from environmental resource use efficiencies and nutrient cycling, which can lead to improved soil health when managed appropriately. Increasing productivity will increase the supply of targeted commodities and the sector’s ability to meet local market demand. Improved

2https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/976171468032682306/pdf/955400WP0Box390portunities00PUBLIC 0.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/976171468032682306/pdf/955400WP0Box390portunities00PUBLIC0.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/976171468032682306/pdf/955400WP0Box390portunities00PUBLIC0.pdf marketing has the potential to increase profitability and employment opportunities throughout the livestock market system. Finally, increased access to finance and private sector engagement would make the sector more competitive and drive innovation.

Request for Information In September 2021, USAID solicited feedback via a Request for Information (RFI) from a broad range of stakeholders and experts. Respondents provided detailed information regarding the incorporation of new, innovative, proven, and/or promising solutions to improve the livestock sector (cattle, poultry, goats, sheep, eggs, and dairy) and to increase the resilience of communities in the Northern and Southern Resilience Focus Zones in Haiti.

The RFI sought information and feedback about the underdeveloped livestock sector including production and productivity, the potential for private sector engagement, environmental considerations, and current and past success in the sector. Respondents agreed that the livestock sector offers opportunity for growth as market demands for goods, especially dairy products remain high, and as domestic demand is unmet.

Although a multitude of bottlenecks were listed, respondents labeled many of these challenges as realistic opportunities as well. One opportunity the majority of respondents flagged was access to animal health services including vaccines and training for new veterinary agents and veterinary technicians. Strengthening inputs and services for improved livestock production such as the bolstering of animal health services and quality feed and forage were mentioned as additional opportunities to increase livestock productivity.

Another identified opportunity is to build upon previous investments by partnering with the private sector.

This would allow for the modernization and expansion of production and processing facilities such as production units, mini-dairies and slaughterhouses, cold chain development, and the scaling of successful business models that weave smallholder farmers into diverse value chains. Many respondents highlighted the success of the Lèt Agogo branded mini-dairy network, developed by Vetrimed, a local non-governmental organization. Opportunities to engage the private sector and independent and functioning local organizations direct milk collection and processing operations. Private sector engagement has the potential to bridge the gap and enable farmers’ access to urban supermarkets and other distributors.

Respondents also highlighted the opportunities to engage the private sector to develop and expand the poultry sector, though it is hindered by competition from imported cheap chicken pieces. Respondents underscored the success of Haiti Broiler that supplies chicks and feed. Small broiler farms exist for customers who prefer a local product, especially for celebrations, suggesting that private sector engagement could also bolster and expand this market segment.

Respondents provided inputs on environmental solutions that are community-led and farmer managed approaches to increase livestock productivity with proper attention to environmental stewardship.

Environmental degradation caused by open grazing was a significant challenge raised by respondents.

Suggestions to curtail open grazing ranged from rotational grazing schemes to zero-grazing systems to fodder production as well as a recognition of the challenges to implement these approaches. Additional suggested priorities included emphasis on agrosilvopastoral systems, promoting the use of livestock production byproducts, increasing farm diversification, and the adoption of climate smart and regenerative agricultural practices.

3. GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Livestock systems as a key to household resilience and target for resilience building Over 90 percent of the meat produced in Haiti comes from small producers with nearly half a million households owning cattle, 800,000 producers involved in poultry, and over 600,000 producers raising goats and sheep. In all agro-ecological zones, livestock is often associated with agricultural production activities.

Livestock is thus a very promising avenue to build the resilience of a significant proportion of the population through the diversification of production systems and livelihood options. Livestock also represent an opportunity to build and increase financial inclusion since livestock serve as an important savings mechanism for rural families. Furthermore, livestock provide significant nutritional benefits through the provision of animal-source foods, which supply many nutrients that are critical for health and growth, especially for women of reproductive age and children. In Haiti, milk and eggs are the most consumed animal-source food products by farmers while meat animals are mostly saved and sold for specific events.

Livestock market systems offer on- and off-farm employment opportunities, which can support the mitigation of internal and international migration.

Climatic shocks and stresses, such as drought, increasingly irregular rainfall patterns, hurricanes, severe storms, and recurrent flooding have been a constant and growing challenge to agricultural production in Haiti. Significant changes in average temperature and precipitation can adversely affect livestock productivity, post-harvest handling, and storage, all of which have serious implications for rural households’ income and well-being. Livestock systems are also vulnerable to social and health-related shocks such as conflict, livestock theft, disease, pests, and predators.

Strengthening the resilience of livestock systems by protecting livestock as household assets is a key avenue to strengthening the resilience of livestock keeping households.

Market Systems Approach Well-functioning market systems are competitive (system actors are able to innovate and add value to their products and services to match market demand), inclusive (the market system delivers sustainable benefits to all the system actors, including poor and marginalized groups), and resilient (system actors and segments are able to absorb and overcome shocks and stresses affecting the market system). Market system development involves identifying and minimizing the causes of market failures as well as creating incentives for relevant actors to invest in developing and sustaining productive relationships for the efficient and resilient delivery of goods and services. Effective incentives encourage behavior change among individuals, communities, and institutions to increase system performance, enhance competitiveness, and strengthen resilience to social and environmental shocks and stressors. Inclusive market system development also builds the capacity, competitiveness, and resilience of local systems, leverages the motivations and resources of the private sector, ensures beneficial inclusion of society as a whole, and stimulates change and innovation that continues to progress beyond the life of the project. Market systems development primarily utilizes a facilitative approach with direct service delivery implemented strategically and sparingly. Strengthened coordination and improved information flow between market system actors through efforts such as the promotion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the enhancement of platforms for communication between farmers, the public sector, the private sector, NGOs, producer associations, processing associations, and retailers also improves the performance, efficiency, inclusivity, and resilience of market systems.

Market systems resilience is “the ability of market systems to allocate resources, draw on system-level resources (such as social safety nets, social capital, the financial system, or government assistance), and innovate in order to solve problems in the face of shocks and stresses.3” Increasing the accessibility to inputs, services, and markets as well as promoting social cohesion and local decision-making enhances the

3 https://www.usaid.gov/documents/1866/market-systems-resilience-framework-measurement https://www.usaid.gov/documents/1866/market-systems-resilience-framework-measurement transformative resilience capacity of the system by strengthening the enabling environment necessary for sustainable changes to be realized.4

Local Stakeholder Collaboration Strategic and proactive engagement among key stakeholders within an industry or sector improves the identification and definition of critical economic and social development problems; strengthens the design and implementation of promising solutions to those problems, including the use of market-based approaches; enhances social cohesion; and increases the sustainable impact of our respective interventions.

The activity will work and collaborate with the Government of Haiti (GOH), the private sector, donors, local governments, community leaders, industry associations, producer groups, and other relevant organizations. USAID is interested in strategically leveraging the efforts of existing organizations, associations, and institutions that have a history of functioning effectively for synergy and scale up.

No assistance may be provided to the central GoH under this Contract without the express written approval of USAID which must be obtained in advance.

4. TECHNICAL APPROACH

The Haiti Resilient Livestock Market System Activity will contribute to increased resilience of households and communities in the Northern and Southern Resilience Focus Zones through the improvement of livestock market systems. This goal is supported by three primary, intertwined objectives:

1. Improve productivity of the livestock sector in the Resilience Focus Zones

2. Increase the accessibility of inputs and services in the livestock market systems

3. Improve marketing5 and private sector engagement in the sector

The Activity will employ market system approaches that focus on the following three sub-sectors: 1) cattle for dairy and meat, 2) poultry for meat and eggs, and 3) small ruminants (goats and sheep). The Activity will focus on the top three livestock categories raised by smallholder farmers in Haiti, and it is expected that many of the market system strengthening approaches will benefit multiple sub-sectors concurrently.

Objective 1: Improve productivity of the livestock sector in the Resilience Focus Zones

The first objective of this activity is focused on improving the productivity of livestock systems based on the interests and capacity of smallholder livestock keepers to adopt sound practices that result in financial, social, and environmental benefits. Interventions to sustainably improve the productivity of the livestock sector vary based on the livestock species, production system, and agroecology. Productivity gains can be realized through the strategic improvement of any or all of the following: animal feed and forage, animal health products and veterinary service, genetics and breeds, and animal care and herd management.

Advancements in each of these areas increase productivity for the smallholder livestock keeper through the adoption of improved technologies, management practices and approaches. However, the full benefits will not be realized unless the technologies are introduced through market-based, integrated packages that are agro-ecologically and socially appropriate for the target farming systems. For livestock systems, many

4https://www.fsnnetwork.org/sites/default/files/2021- 03/Resilience%20and%20Resilience%20Capacities%20Measurement%20Options%20Full%20Approach%20Metho dological%20Guide2021.pdf 5 Marketing includes the actors and activities that affect consumer demand and the ability of producers to reach their end market destination safely and efficiently–from postharvest to final sales.

https://www.fsnnetwork.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Resilience%20and%20Resilience%20Capacities%20Measurement%20Options%20Full%20Approach%20Methodological%20Guide2021.pdf https://www.fsnnetwork.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Resilience%20and%20Resilience%20Capacities%20Measurement%20Options%20Full%20Approach%20Methodological%20Guide2021.pdf https://www.fsnnetwork.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Resilience%20and%20Resilience%20Capacities%20Measurement%20Options%20Full%20Approach%20Methodological%20Guide2021.pdf interventions to increase productivity offer co-benefits of increasing adaptation to climate change and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. The Livestock Market Systems Resilience Activity must promote sustainable adoption of climate smart technologies and practices by smallholder livestock keepers in coordination with the Government of Haiti, local organizations, and the private sector to facilitate an increase in production and the diversification of the type of livestock products generated.

The Livestock Market Systems Resilience Activity must build the capacity of farmers and other local actors, in an inclusive manner guided by the USAID Local Capacity Development Policy,6 to improve productivity through the adoption of proven, market-based technologies, management practices, and approaches. The activity must include approaches that increase household and livestock system resilience including the promotion of appropriate livestock breeds, management practices that are climate smart, and approaches that encourage sustainable landscape management, and help livestock keepers to better manage risk.7 Livestock are household assets that are themselves vulnerable to climatic shocks and stressors, social shocks such as conflict and livestock theft, and health-related shocks such as disease, pests, and predators. This activity could implement interventions that increase information flows, combat livestock theft such as animal identification systems and enhanced collaboration with local authorities as well as allow access to financial management products and digital ICT to help farmers to better manage risk and protect their livestock assets. Standard Feed the Future Indicators8 such as the application of improved technologies and management practices, increased asset ownership, yield, and sales will measure the success of this objective.

Objective 2: Increase the accessibility of inputs and services in the livestock market system

Sustainable and resilient supply chains for producer inputs and services such as appropriate improved young stock,9 animal feed, animal health products, and veterinary services are critical to advancing productivity and encouraging investment in the system. Market-based approaches to increasing access to agricultural inputs and services create long-term linkages between farmers, market actors, and agribusinesses in the supply chains, broadens the engagement in the market, and increases effectiveness, profitability with concomitant benefits to the environment, and animal and human health. Inclusive development of local markets also includes efforts to drive demand for products and services from agribusinesses in the supply chain while also supporting and driving innovation. Targeted groups of the Livestock Market Systems Activity, including youth and women, will be empowered to take advantage of economic opportunities and access reliable sources of these inputs and services.

Cost, quality, and seasonal availability of feed resources is one of the key determinants to improving the productivity of livestock market systems. Concentrated feed and feed components (e.g. soybean meal, maize, bran) are mainly used for intensive poultry farming as well as pig and rabbit production in Haiti.

Although some feed is prepared locally, the majority is imported from other countries, including the Dominican Republic. Access to imported feed is constrained by high, fluctuating prices and vulnerable supply chains made more pronounced by COVID-19. This activity must work to improve access to reliable sources of feed through market-based approaches such as supporting the importation of large quantities of

6 USAID Local Capacity Development Policy 7 Mid-term evaluation report for the USAID Reforestation Project (See Attachment 4) 8https://www.feedthefuture.gov/resource/feed-the-future-handbook-of-indicator-definitions/ 9 USAID is particularly interested in improving animal stock through appropriate, proven methods such as community-based breeding of ruminant species or increasing access to young stock of poultry (e.g parent stock one-day old chicks) that meet livestock keeper needs, and USAID is not interested in improving genetic stock through the importation of exotic genetics or breeds of ruminant species that are not appropriate for the target farming systems.

https://www.usaid.gov/local-capacity-development-policy https://www.feedthefuture.gov/resource/feed-the-future-handbook-of-indicator-definitions/ feed and feed components where Haiti’s production is insufficient, reinvigorating competition between importers, and increasing local capacity to produce or add value to feed. Proposed interventions to increase access to feed must build on prior experience of the private sector in this subsector, for example, the experiences and lessons learned from Manufacture, Fabrication and Transformation (MFT) S.A., Haitian Broilers, etc. Fodder and forages are particularly important to the livestock that are less reliant on concentrated feeds such as cattle and goats. Access to forages and fodder in the dry season and during droughts is a significant constraint to the growth of the livestock sector. This activity must increase the availability of forages and fodder through the promotion of agro ecologically appropriate forages, increase use of crop by-products, and management practices that improve production such as improved seeds, intercropping, manure use, processing and storage. The feed and forage sectors also offer a wealth of on-and off-farm employment opportunities. Where possible, The Livestock Market Systems Resilience Activity will build off of the success of the USAID Reforestation Project by promoting integrated agro-sylvo pastoral systems that are agro-ecologically appropriate, synergize animal, forage, and crop production and conserve soil and water. This activity should build the capacity of system actors, particularly youth and women, to take advantage of income-generating opportunities and work through the private sector to deliver inputs and services, where appropriate.

To improve access to animal health products and veterinary services, this activity will apply a market-based approach to strengthen the provision of veterinary services and products. In Haiti, the primary customers for veterinary pharmacies are community veterinary workers, which supply veterinary products to farmers as part of their service provision. In addition to strengthening the connections between agro-vets, animal health paraprofessionals and consumers, this activity must facilitate the improvement and resilience of the supply chains including the system supplying agro-veterinary stores and veterinary pharmacies with quality products. Strengthening the provision of veterinary services will improve animal health, epidemiological surveillance services, and food safety assurance of dairy, meat, and egg products. Building on positive results achieved through the animal health groups (i.e. Gwoupman Sante Bet in creole), this activity must increase the capacity and reach of the veterinary workforce and facilitate access to the equipment needed to provide services, which may include veterinary products and medical equipment, according to their needs and financial capacity.

Water is critical for all livestock, though the needs per animal vary significantly by species and their conditions of husbandry, activity, and environment. Inadequate amounts of water, particularly during the dry season and droughts, constrains animal productivity and forage production, and increases vulnerability to environmental shocks. This activity will increase access to solutions that help smallholder livestock keepers better deal with water access challenges and fodder conservation practices.

Producers who have access to a diversity of financial services that provide liquidity and risk mitigation are better able to access markets, demand quality goods and services, and adopt improved technologies and management practices. Increased access to credit and other financial services can expand smallholder farmers’ limited purchasing power, which is a constraint to their ability to access quality inputs and services.

This activity could collaborate with other USAID and donor activities to facilitate increased access to existing financial services such as credit and savings schemes to support income generation and strengthen resilience. Financing schemes that support inclusive development of market systems could also encourage market system entry and equitable access to related benefits for marginalized groups, including poor households, women, and youth.

Households and communities are more resilient if they have access to information needed to make strategic decisions to mitigate risk, build and protect their assets, and recover from shocks and stressors in a way that protects their wellbeing. Households, communities, and system actors are also more resilient if they plan for and adapt to shocks and stresses to mitigate future risk and where possible prevent negative impacts.

This activity will simultaneously work through and build the capacity of public and private extension and advisory services. Efforts to increase household resilience could also consider coordinating with other USAID and donor funded activities that work to increase access to market systems information and improve early warning systems. It is key to consider sustainability considerations up front and those considerations must be elaborated on to demonstrate the feasibility of the intervention. Feed the Future Standard Indicators such as improved organizational performance10 and sales will measure the success of this objective.

Objective 3 - Improve marketing and private sector engagement in the livestock sector

Political instability, recurrent natural disasters, and high levels of poverty all contribute to the relative fragility of Haiti, which brings with it special considerations for private sector engagement. In addition to facilitating connections at the intersection of shared value between business and development objectives, private sector engagement in the Haitian context must ensure that partnerships and alliances align with principles that foster stability and resilience such as the principle of Do No Harm11. Successful use of PSE as a lever to catalyze systemic change includes the ability to identify the incentives, appetite for risk, and drivers in decision-making across these private sector actors. The promotion of private sector engagement in livestock market systems must result in new private investments and new market-based relationships between private businesses and smallholders that result in positive return on investment for the businesses and new opportunities for marginalized smallholders and micro entrepreneurs. As firms expand investment and broaden their exchange of goods and services with more smallholders, the smallholders become the businesses’ suppliers and/or customers. Broadened engagement and strengthened relationships leads to inclusive market systems, a foundation for more empowered people, and eventually, the generation of demand for improved systems of governance. Private sector co-design and co-funding of activities must be pursued, particularly in areas with high likelihood of mutual benefits such as technical training and vocational education, supporting innovation and entry into new markets and geographies, and improving information flows to consumers.

The Livestock Market Systems Resilience Activity will utilize a private sector engagement approach that strategically capitalizes upon ongoing efforts and initiatives including existing entities and organizations.

The Haitian livestock sector is characterized by the involvement of a small, but dynamic private sector.

This activity will strengthen and expand engagement to facilitate transformational change in this sector.

The Haitian agricultural sector offers multiple opportunities for engagement with existing private sector actors including early adopters of semi-intensive production (e.g., broiler and layer units; goat and cattle breeding farms), mini-dairy networks, private slaughterhouses, importers of day-old chicks and agricultural equipment, hatcheries, agricultural input suppliers, agricultural service suppliers, feed component importers and feed mills, processors, transporters, and retailers.

Interventions to improve the marketing of animal source food products should consider factors that spur consumer demand as well as the various requirements that enable market access, including the hygienic collection, slaughter, processing and transport of animal-source food products; food safety control mechanisms that prioritize consumer well-being; natural resource management; and the fostering of a competitive market system.

10 USAID is not interested in investing heavily into establishing new or building the organizational capacity of producer groups. USAID is particularly interested in strengthening the organizational capacity of public sector organizations and private sector firms, for example processors, feed suppliers, and private-sector-led animal health cooperatives. See CBLD-9: https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CBLD-9-PIRS-FY21.pdf 11 https://www.marketlinks.org/resources/primer-private-sector-engagement-fragile-and-conflict-affected-situations https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CBLD-9-PIRS-FY21.pdf https://www.marketlinks.org/resources/primer-private-sector-engagement-fragile-and-conflict-affected-situations

In addition to strengthening the linkages to smallholder farmers, processors, retailers, and other market actors, this activity, where possible, will use market-based approaches to improve the efficiency of existing slaughterhouses, slaughter slabs, and other animal source food processing units in partnership with actors that have the capacity and interest in sustainably improving management, maintenance, and hygienic production conditions.