The Radio-Internet climate technology for Agricultural Resilience (RANET-Agric): Harnessing the ...

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), on behalf of Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites qualified interested firms to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in the upcoming solicitation for provision of technical assistance for the Radio-Internet climate technology for Agricultural Resilience (RANET-Agric): Harnessing the combined potential of Radio and Internet to enhance agricultural resilience against climate change disasters in rural Kebbi State, North-western Nigeria. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on behalf of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) requires the services of an institution to deliver the technical assistance. The overall objective of this technical assistance will be to pilot the RANET (Radio Internet System) in Kebbi State, Nigeria. RANET is a unique exploitation of the Radio and Internet to afford rural communities the opportunity to leverage technology and radio, which has widespread use in rural communities to build the resilience of smallholder agricultural practitioners, promote wider use of agrometeorological services to improve data availability, climate forecasting, early warning, adaptation planning and decision making in the agricultural sector for the Kebbi State in Nigeria. In the medium and long term, this project aims to reduce climate risks in agricultural production, thereby improving food supply and livelihood security. Some of the expected activities are: ●Creation of a steering committee, mapping of stakeholders and inception meeting ●Development of implementation planning and communication documents. ●Diagnose existing equipment and define the needs and the characteristics of the optimal system to transfer adequate climate data from the NIMET to local farmers of the Kebbi State, North-western Nigeria to increase their resilience to Climate Change and their decision-making process while managing their land. ●Designing the architecture of the system, identification of relevant technologies and identify the barriers, the challenges, the opportunities, and strength of the systems in place to implement such a technology. ●Organize in-person meeting to validate the prototype technology. ● Piloting the technology in Kebbi state, plan the implementation of the pilot project and validation of the final prototype. The complete details of the requirement will be provided in the tender documents that will be issued to bidders after this request for EOI is closed.