Kvuno
Responsibilities
1. Designing and Implementing Impact Measurement Framework
- Work closely with the Kvuno team and other relevant stakeholders to design a technically sound impact measurement framework.
- Utilize technically sound and valid research methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) to measure the impact of bundled services on farmer income, productivity, and empowerment.
2. Attitude Assessment Study
- Develop and conduct an interrupted time-series approach (pre-post) study to gauge the changes in farmer attitudes, knowledge and skills, and other relevant intermediate outcomes related to adopting digital farming services based on Kvuno’s interventions
3. Data Descriptiveness Enhancement
- Identify and recommend approaches to improve descriptiveness of Kvuno’s data
- Work with the Kvuno team to institute data descriptiveness protocols and recode existing data based on the proposed categories.
4. Outlier Detection and Data Cleaning
- Implement appropriate outlier detection techniques, (such as the median absolute deviation (MAD) method), to ensure the quality of crop yield and other data.
- Support the Kvuno team to institute procedures for checking new data for large season-on-season changes in farmer practices and yields.
- Collaborate with field agents to verify and address outlying data (e.g. yield figures), maintaining data accuracy.
5. Capacity Building and Support
- Support the Kvuno team in building capacity among its key team members and lead farmers for effective data collection. Provide consultative support for implementing data validation processes.
Qualifications:
-  Master’s or Ph.D. in Impact Assessment, Agricultural Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
- Â Proven experience in designing and implementing impact assessment frameworks, especially in agriculture or rural development.
- Â Strong quantitative analysis skills and expertise in statistical software (e.g., R, Python, or similar).
- Â Experience in designing and conducting attitude assessment studies Familiarity with quasi-experimental approaches and data quality enhancement techniques.
- Â Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
Contract Duration – 8 Months
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