REQUISITION FOR QUANTITATIVE SURVEY IN PERU
Consultancy for Survey Implementer to Conduct a
Household and Worker Survey in Peru (Ucayali Region)
CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes
Background
This research study forms the second stage of a two-stage assessment for the CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes. The study assesses the true price of banana/plantain and cocoa production in the Ucayali region of Peru, in Padre Abad and Coronel Portillo provinces, by identifying and unpacking the external costs involved, with particular focus on social and environmental costs. It is designed as a comparative study between the mixed cocoa and banana/plantain systems of the Peruvian Amazon and the agroecological banana/plantain production of Putumayo, Colombia, for which data were collected in early 2026. The specific districts and villages will be selected with in-country partners before listing begins.
The implementer will conduct a household and worker survey to understand current economic status, agricultural practices, labor practices, food consumption, and dietary diversity, as well as gender differences in these areas. The main research questions for the study are:
1. What is the true cost of food production systems, considering externalities related to human/health, social, and ecological/environmental costs and benefits?
2. What policy and investment recommendations can be made to promote agroecology and nature-based solutions for more equitable and sustainable agri-food production systems?
3. How do production practices, including nature-based solutions, relate to human, health, social, and ecological outcomes observed at the level of the production unit?
The implementer will conduct a quantitative survey with producers and farm workers to generate data for the calculation of direct and indirect costs that allow for the estimation of external costs resulting from prevailing production processes, particularly with respect to the use of natural and human resources (labor management practices, hazards in the workplace, farm workers’ conditions, and respect of labor rights). Questionnaire modules, which will be shared with the firm, include the following:
● Producer survey: (a) household roster and demographics, (b) agricultural activities related to focal-crop production, (c) focal-crop production, costs, consumption and sales, (d) other crop production and sales, (e) other income and costs, (f) livestock ownership, (g) use of water, electricity, and fuel/transportation, (h) incidents and compensation of workers, (i) hired labor roster for follow-up. Module (c) is administered once for each focal crop the household grows, so that a household growing both cocoa and banana/plantain completes it twice. The remaining modules are administered once per household.
● Farm worker survey: (a) worker roster, demographics, education and involvement in farm activities, (b) contract types and payments, (c) benefits, (d) working times, overtime and leaving the job, (e) relationship with employer, (f) treatment at work, (g) health and safety, (h) training.
The study will be mostly quantitative with some 8-10 key informant interviews that will be conducted at the same time as the household survey and in the same villages.
The sample of workers to be interviewed will be drawn from the producers interviewed. Where that is not feasible and the prospective sample is small, an alternative approach targeting farm workers within the study catchment areas will be sought and agreed with IFPRI.
Statement of Work
The selected firm will be responsible for coordinating and conducting an in-person household and worker survey among banana/plantain and cocoa producing households in Ucayali region.
The survey will consist of face-to-face interviews with men and women producers, conducted via computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), covering approximately 280 banana/plantain producers and approximately 280 cocoa producers, together with an associated 200 farm workers hired by the producers. Farmers growing the two focus crops are selected and interviewed separately and will complete the crop-related module for each crop grown. A producer interview covering one focus crop will last between 90 to 120 minutes. Fieldwork should be completed by October 31, 2026.
Final allocation between the two crops and between the two districts is subject to refinement after listing/ after creating a sampling frame, which will establish the relative size of the cocoa and banana/plantain producer populations in each pertinent district.
IFPRI will be solely responsible for the design of the quantitative survey instruments. Selection of exact study locations will be conducted in close collaboration with the survey firm and local stakeholders. The firm will obtain approval from a certified research ethics committee accredited in Peru, and any other permits required in country, before any participant contact.
The firm is also expected to:
Obtain enough tablets for CAPI data collection.
Provide the data collection CAPI program to IFPRI ahead of time to ensure all data are collected properly.
Size the enumerator team so that the full sample can be completed within the field window, and state in the technical proposal the assumed number of interviews per enumerator per day, separately for households growing one focal crop and for households growing both.
Give due consideration to local communities by hiring locals where possible and working closely with local leaders and communities.
Where sampled households fall within a recognized indigenous community, inform or obtain authorization from the recognized community authority before household contact, in addition to individual informed consent.
Hire both male and female interviewers with the necessary language skills.
Develop spot- and back-check protocols and share these with IFPRI for feedback prior to the start of data collection.
Participate in weekly meetings with IFPRI throughout data collection.
Share the data generated from the spot and back-checks and additional data collection concerns with IFPRI in a timely manner so that issues can be promptly resolved.
Share the data generated from CAPI (in Stata format) with IFPRI during data collection, as and when the data are uploaded to the servers. These data will not be the cleaned data sets (except for variable and value labels, checking and correcting skip patterns, and formatting the data in long format as required), but the raw data sets as sent to the firm from their survey teams. Conduct data cleaning to ensure consistency and range checks; share the error check do-files with IFPRI. Provide responses to queries from IFPRI in relation to data cleaning as needed.
The activities and deliverables of the survey implementer are detailed as follows:
Activity
Deliverable
Deadline
A. Adapt and translate the producer and worker survey instruments for Peru, and adjustment of currency, units, administrative codes and input lists
1. Adapted questionnaires
September 15, 2026
B. Obtain local ethics clearance, research permits, and any other approvals required in Peru
2. Ethics clearance
September 15, 2026
C. Listing of cocoa and banana/plantain producing households in the data collection sites, recording which focal crops each household grows
3. Household listing
September 15, 2026
D. Develop, test, and finalize the CAPI data entry program that will be used to conduct the interviews in the field
4. Data program
September 15, 2026
E. With assistance from IFPRI, prepare the field implementation manual prior to enumerator training. The field manual will be the basis for quality assurance of the data collection process
5. Field manual
September 15, 2026
F. Organize the selection, hiring, and payment of enumerators to conduct the required data collection work
6. List of enumerators, with age and gender
September 15, 2026
G. Facilitate and ensure the smooth operation of the enumerator training and survey pretest in collaboration with IFPRI staff. There should be a at least 4-day training, followed by a 2-day pretest and debrief
7. Training and pilot testing report
September 15, 2026
H. Develop a field schedule for the producer and worker data collection teams, collect the data, and provide regular status updates during fieldwork
8. Field schedule and progress updates
October 15, 2026
I. Deliver cleaned data sets in Stata format from the producer and worker surveys in long format. The datasets should include translation of any open-ended responses into English where necessary
9. Cleaned data
November 15, 2026
J. Provide a report covering the quantitative survey fieldwork, as well as any issues related to data management and cleaning
10. Fieldwork report
December 15, 2026
Period of performance: September 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.
Required Qualifications — please address each of these areas in your proposal
Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative survey fieldwork in Peru within the past 5 years, preferably including work in Amazonian regions.
Demonstrated experience conducting survey-related training.
Expert knowledge of local context and languages in the target areas, preferably including the indigenous languages spoken in Ucayali region.
Experience in building trust and good relations with community authorities, interviewees, and communities, including recognized indigenous communities.
Demonstrated capacity to operate in dispersed rural areas with variable road and river access, and to adjust field routing where access or security conditions require it.
Strong program management skills.
Demonstrated experience in successfully coordinating large field teams and managing deliverables.
Excellent computer skills and experience using CAPI and statistical software packages.
Demonstrated experience with obtaining appropriate local ethics review and permits in Peru.
Application
Please upload a proposal outlining the approach, details on human resources (rates, number of days, skillsets), timing, and costs (using a provided template that includes details of staff time, training of trainers, field data collection, overhead, and other cost categories), along with CV or resume (including details of previous related experience) for the individual or individuals leading the work. We expect that the applicant will be a local survey firm able to handle a contract with IFPRI and source the required human resources to fulfil the scope of work themselves.
**This requisition is only open to firms. Interested firms must submit and upload a cost proposal with the application.**
**We are unable to respond to every applicant individually; only selected applicants will be contacted.**