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See also:
- Strategic Planning, Performance Measurement, and Evaluation IQC
- IQC for Agricultural Related Services
- Evaluation Studies of USAID Development Programs IQC


Technical Support to Missions IQC
Funding Source: USAID

This Indefinite Quantity Contract provided professional short-term services in
various disciplines of agriculture and rural development to 24 countries in West
and Central Africa. A total of twenty-two work orders were successfully undertaken
during the three-year life of the contract. The services provided by SECID member
institutions included:

• Planning and preparation of Project Identification Documents (PIDs),
  and Project Papers (PPs);
• Agricultural and Rural Development sector and sub-sector assessments and analyses for agricultural and rural development planning and policy formulation;
• Evaluation and recommendations for improving ongoing technical assistance
  projects; and
• Liaison with REDSO/WCA, USAID, and host country officials on technical and
  analytical requirements for the timing of short-term assignments.

A few of the Task Orders under this IQC were:

• Rural Sector Human Resources Development - Niger
• Managed Inputs and Delivery of Agricultural Services - Ghana
• Cropping Systems Development - Sierra Leone
• Agricultural Production and Institutional Support - Lesotho
• Mixed Farming and Resource Management Evaluation - The Gambia
• Seed Multiplication - Chad
• Evaluation of Agricultural Education Project - Cameroon.