Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) (SCALA) is designed to support transformative climate action in the land use and agriculture sectors to reduce GHG emissions and/or enhance removals, as well as strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change in participant countries (12 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America) including Nepal. Its specific objective is for countries to have translated their NDC and/or NAPs into actionable and transformative climate solutions in land use and agriculture with multi-stakeholder engagement. It emphasizes collaboration between the public and private sectors to drive implementation.
UNDP is requesting technical assistance from a consultancy firm to prepare the business plan of apple value chain and stock take report of opportunities and barriers to formulate de-risking strategy for index insurance in Apple in Nepal.
The overall goal of the assignment is to develop a business plan and assess opportunities and barriers in order to formulate de-risking strategy for apple value chain in consultation with private sector, aiming to mitigate climate impacts and explore potential for scaling up.
The specific objectives are as follows:
i. Conduct assessment to prepare business plan in Karnali province (Jumla, Mugu and Kalikot district) and Gandaki (Mustang and Manang) of Nepal.
ii. Develop business plan of apple value chain for its scaling up to reduce risk of climate change.
iii. Take stock of opportunities and barriers to formulate de-risking strategy for index insurance in Apple in Nepal.
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