The purpose of the GAIM baseline study is to determine and document reference data and
information for the basic project indicators.
These indicators aim at monitoring all 3 project components.
A) Basic project indicators
• Number of direct beneficiaries
• Number of indirect beneficiaries, mainly households, disaggregated by sex & by age
• Total farm area (in ha)
• Total area under cocoa cultivation (in ha)
B) Project component 1: Strengthen capacities of POs to support their producers in the
agroecological transition
One of the main services that a cooperative provides to its producer members is technical support.
This support is provided by experienced field agents employed by the cooperative, and by the
provision of equipment, inputs, etc. Fairtrade certified cocoa co-operatives seek to support and
accompany their members in the agro-ecological transition of their means of production, for a
more sustainable and environmentally friendly production. Agroforestry methods can only be
disseminated to members if the cooperatives have the skills and capacity to support and
accompany them. To achieve this objective, GAIM will consolidate a training and support system
for field agents, who will in turn train producers. In addition, agroforestry services will be made
available in local service centres (LSCs), as close as possible to the communities. In order to
sustain the strengthening of the skills and capacities of the cooperatives, the inclusion of women
and young people is important; women represent an important part of the workforce in the cocoa
sector, yet they are generally under-represented and their work is rarely recognised or paid.
Finally, intergenerational transmission is necessary to ensure the sustainability of the sector. The
achievement of this specific objective will be measured by (i) the number of cooperatives that
have systemised the agroforestry services to their members, and (ii) the number of cooperatives
that have developed complementary activities to continue the promotion and dissemination of the
conversion to agroecology.
Output indicators
• Number of field officers trained on Dynamic Agroforestry and its associated techniques
• Number of farmers trained by the field officers, disaggregated by gender and age
• Number of youth trained on Dynamic agroforestry who will constitute the workforce to
support the agroecological conversion
• Number of demonstration farms established using the Dynamic agroforestry approaches
• Number of local service centers supported
Outcome indicator
• Number of agroforestry-related services offered by the local service centers (access to
training, inputs and materials and demonstration plots)

Number of communities benefiting from the agroforestry-related services
• Number of producers having used the agroforestry-related services (training, tools, advice,
etc.)
• Percentage of trained farmers applying at least one of the dynamic agroforestry
techniques (FAS, successional island, DAF)
o % of trained farmers applying FAS
o % of trained farmers applying Island
o % of trained farmers applying DAF
• Number of trained producers able to provide quality support or advice to their peers
• Percentage of participants having put theoretical agroforestry-related learning into
practice (via internships, development of income-generating activities, etc.)
C) Project component 2: Income diversification and inclusion
In Ghana’s ‘cocoa belt’, all households live by the same seasonal rhythm: when there is no cocoa,
regional income is low and prices on local markets are low, so that diversified cultivation
generates little or no income. In order for farmers to improve and diversify their sources of
income, support to cooperatives beyond the distribution of seeds and seedlings is needed. This will
be done through the implementation of management and marketing services for products from
diversified crops, via the optimisation of the use of tools and equipment (premises, trucks not used
during cocoa harvests), but also through the carrying out of a market study that will identify new
product/market combinations that are potentially profitable for the farmers. In addition, a
feasibility study for payment for environmental services will be carried out, and an effective
payment pilot project will be set up to encourage farmers to convert their cocoa production to
dynamic agroforestry. At the community level, the establishment and support to the development
of VSLAs will be strongly encouraged to spread access to credit and encourage farmers to save
their extra income. Women will play an important role in these credit unions as they are usually
the participants and beneficiaries. In order for them to be involved in the agroforestry activities
implemented by the project, they will be able to buy improved stoves that are sold by the
cooperatives in order to free up their time for other domestic tasks. If women farmers have access
to these agroforestry trainings, and to capital that they can reinvest, they will drastically
contribute to the improvement of cocoa production and productivity, and reinvest their capital in
their households, or community.
Output indicators
• Number of market research conducted for the marketing of crops from agricultural
diversification
• Number of feasibility study on payment for environmental services
• Number of types of Payments for Environmental Services identified and available/feasible
in Ghana through the feasibility study
• Number of supported VSLA in 3 years in the 3 cooperatives
• Number of VSLA established through “ambassadors”
Ambassadors are people that have witnessed the creation of a VSLA and that then go on
creating one VSLA for their own community
• Number of participants trained and engaged in VSLA, disaggregated by gender
• Number of improved cooked stoves distributed
• Number of women trained to the use and maintenance of the improved stoves
• Number of women and youth trained on Women School of Leadership and Youth modules

Outcome indicators
• Number of participants having added a new source of income through the Dynamic
agroforestry approach
• Number of participants having seen an increase in their income from existing sources
• % of increased income of farmers having benefitted from DAF
• Number of women producers buying stoves from their cooperative in year 2 and 3 of the
project
• Number of women and youth having graduated from WSOL with a certificate
• Number of women having access to a leadership position within their PO
• Number of women doing an internship / settling IGAs
% of increased income of women thanks to their IGAs
D) Project component 3: Ecological intensification of Fairtrade production systems
Climate change is already having an impact on cocoa production in Ghana, with some areas
experiencing drought at certain times and heavy rainfall at others. By implementing dynamic
agroforestry practices in the cocoa plots, the cocoa trees will be less susceptible to drought, as
they are protected by several layers of canopy. By reproducing a forest-like environment that is
favourable for cocoa production, the aim is that cocoa farmers will no longer have to go deep into
the forest and contribute to deforestation to find more fertile soil. In order for them to have the
means to reduce their impact on the environment and to be more resilient to the effects of climate
change, the project plans to i) promote the conversion of farmland to one of the three agroforestry
techniques, ii) effectively convert 100 hectares to dynamic agroforestry, iii) carry out a diagnosis of
land tenure for effective and relevant registration of plots that meets several objectives: clarifying
the issues related to land and tree ownership, facilitating the transparency and traceability
needed to comply with the various legislations (EU, ARS …), contributing to the maintenance of
farms of sufficient size to ensure a decent income, overview of future harvests, etc) and, where
appropriate, iv) ensuring workshops for the exchange of good practices at local and national level,
including stakeholders in the cocoa landscape. This specific objective will be measured by the total
area of converted plots, the number of trained farmers who actually implement agroforestry
activities on their plots, as well as the percentage of farmers who apply these carbon
sequestration reduction techniques within their plots and/or who testify to having become aware
of the related environmental issues.
Output indicators
• Number of promotional material on the project published by the cooperatives to the
farmers
• Number of land tenure diagnosis conducted in the partner cooperatives
• Number of hectares converted using the dynamic agroforestry techniques or approach
• Number of events held on peer to peer and exchange learnings on best practices
Outcome indicators
• Number of promotional material distributed by cooperatives to the farmers
• Number of plots applying at least one dynamic agroforestry technique
• Number of young people that help producers in the conversion of their plots

Number of employees per cooperative that are sensitised or reached by communicational
actions
• Percentage of farmers adopting DAF and FA and Island systems of farming as climate
change mitigation and adaptation measures, out of total farmers trained
• Share of main cash crop of total earnings of the household, last calendar year
• Share of households with min. 3 income sources contributing at least 15 % of household’s
annual income, last calendar year.
• Total land (in Hectares) under cocoa established and managed as DAF plots, renovated,
and replanted

Qualification and experience of the consultant(s)
Fairtrade Africa seeks an experienced, well-skilled, proactive, and dedicated consultant to carry
out this assignment. We welcome applications that meet the following criteria:
• Graduate qualifications/expertise in Agricultural Sciences, Natural Resource Management,
Community Development, Anthropology or related field
• Over 5 years relevant experience in conducting baseline surveys and formative studies
preferably in the agricultural sector.
• Professional qualifications in Project Management and/or Operations Research will be an
added advantage
• Advanced skills and experience in computer applications
• Strong interpersonal, communication and reporting skills