| Title | Landscape Study and Performance Evaluation of solar Powered Eri Spinning Solution in Assam and Meghalaya |
|---|---|
| Role | Assessment, Research, and Documentation |
| Geography | Assam and Meghalaya |
| Timeline | 3 Months |
| Last date for submission of Proposal | 17th June,2023 |
| Form to submit email ID website link | https://forms.gle/SD1nNZm8GPVVd5v49 procurement@selcofoundation.org https://selcofoundation.org/career/#tab4 |
SELCO Foundation is an open-source research and development organization whose role is to implement solutions to generate learnings that can be replicated in various developing contexts. The sericulture vertical at SELCO Foundation aims to demonstrate how sustainable technological innovations combined with appropriate financial and ownership models can lead to a demonstrable increase in resilience and safety nets for small Eri growers.
Sericulture is one of the major livelihood activities in the North East region of India. However, there exists various kinds of issues in the different value chain nodes of this sector. To streamline the processes for different value chain nodes in Sericulture like farming, rearing, yarn processing, weaving, production, marketing activity for the sustainable livelihood purpose, there is an urgent need of decentralized, need based and locally available technological, social, and financial solutions. This will advantage them by increasing the productivity of the output as well and hence their earning level.
Therefore, there is a scope of development and understanding the usage of Rearing houses, processing machines, conducting training and capacity building, policy level work, access to financial inclusion and market linkages through different channels for audiences belonging to different Silk value chain nodes.
SELCO Foundation has considered this as one of the key resources for livelihood, particularly for the women. Initially Eri silk yarn was handspun in a very crude way in Assam & Meghalaya, which takes a lot of time for the process of eri to be spinned & also not very efficient. There are also other machines available in the market which are not very productive. Over about half a decade we have deployed solutions for converting cocoons to yarn by using solar powered spinning machines. In this machine a maximum of 20-30 grams of high quality yarn can be found in an hour. It is portable which is very light and easy to carry. It has a switch which can control the speed of rotating spindle along with the ring attached to. As its main working principle is Ring Spinning system. There is a provision of light for convenience in getting yarn at night or less later. If the machine operates in a battery as it is in the rural area as we all know that there will be no current supply available, then there is a system that can run for a maximum of 2 hrs without any disposal (Battery Backup). The body of the machine is built by fiber ply which is water resistant. There are two motors fixed in this machine, one motor is used to run the spindle with the help of belt attached to it & another one for the movement of gear in rack and pinion system (it comprises a circular gear which we called it Pinion engaging a linear gear(rack) which operate to translate rotational motion into linear motion. Driving the pinion into the rotation causes the rack to be driven linearly. There is another switch for movement of rack and pinion. These solutions are implemented with both individual end user and collective models with different modes of financing. Through this activity we are planning to understand the efficacy and holistic impact of the solution. Also get a deeper insight of the eri silk sector in the regions of Assam and Meghalaya.
The study seeks to evaluate Solar Powered Eri spinning as a solution and benchmark the solutions package in terms of technology, contextualized to user typology, economics, ownership and financial models.
1. Landscape Study
2. Impact Assessment of Solar Powered Spinning Machine Technologies
Performance of Technology :
Productivity
Business and Financial Model
Post Installation maintenance and troubleshooting
Combination of primary and secondary research, surveys, stakeholder consultations, key informant interviews, User interviews & analysis and an indicative list of respondents from all ecosystem components in broad categories.
1. Impact Assessment
2. Landscaping study
Qualification of Consultant :
| Deliverables | START DATE | END DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation and Work Handover to Consultant | Thu, 20/06/2023 | Tue, 22/06/2023 |
| On Ground Data Collection, End User interaction and stakeholder consultation | Wed, 22/06/2023 | Thu, 20/07/2023 |
| Data Analysis and First Draft Report | Sat, 22/07/2023 | Fri, 18/08/2023 |
| Evaluation of Draft Report | Sat, 19/08/2023 | Tue, 22/08/2023 |
| Final Compiled Deck | Wed, 23/08/2023 | Thu, 31/08/2023 |
Interested consultants/organizations are requested to send their CVs, with a note on previous experience relevant to this project (maximum of 1 page on last experience). Send the details to procurement@selcofoundation.org and CC to apply@selcofoundation.org with the Subject line: TOR for Landscape study & performance Evaluation of Solar powered Eri spinning Solution in Assam and Meghalaya.