Consultant Case Study - Power Program

Background	Mercy Corps Indonesia sees an opportunity to increase Indonesian farming families’ incomes and improve their lives. Through targeted and well planned programs, Mercy Corps Indonesia is working to impact farm household incomes by increasing their access to agricultural inputs including improved seeds, fertilizers, financial services, and modern tools and equipment. Mercy Corps Indonesia also works to change the income of the farmers by developing the farmer model business. There are some groups that have run business opportunities in Subang, Banyuwangi and Lombok, and this can help improve the farmers' economy. To accommodate the project, Mercy Corps Indonesia  decided to make case study to see how the  approach and business capacity building that was developed by POWER (Mercy Corps Indonesia) impacted FGUs and smallholder farmers (FGU members). The Case Study will be to engage FGU members from all three POWER locations to produce a comprehensive set of learnings from all districts. Mercy Corps Indonesia will also engage in key informant interviews with private partners to understand their experience collaborating with POWER and how their engagement has impacted business growth.
Objectives	The Case Study will explore the challenges, opportunities and lessons learned in developing FGU capacity and business models to support FGU members and to contribute to design of future interventions.
Location	Jakarta travel to Subang, Banyuwangi and Lombok
Responsibilities	1.      Conduct Focus Group discussions with selected FGUs POWER has partnered with to discuss the impact of the program and partnerships 2.      Explore learnings, best practices and challenges encountered in establishing agriculture business services to benefit FGU members. Audience : 1.       Mercy Corps Indonesia  Local Implementation Partners 2.       Mercy Corps Indonesia Program and Technical Teams 3.       John Deere Employees and Leadership Implementation time                                                                              2 October – 30 November 2017 (deadline submission for final draft of cases study)
	Qualifications: 1.       Have Experience in Private sector engagement for Agriculture 2.       Possess strong communications skills 3.       Possess strong skills for Written report and possibility of complementary with video and pictures 4.       Fluency in English verbal and written communication is mandatory.

 Please send your application and CV to procurement@id.mercycorps.org before 20 September 2017.