Modeling and Reporting Consulting Firm for Crop Monitoring and Production Pilot in Honduras
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This is a consulting contract in the governance and public administration sector. Located in Honduras, Latin America, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums. Proposals must be submitted before June 23, 2026.
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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Modeling and Reporting Consulting Firm for Crop Monitoring and Production Pilot in Honduras
Assignment Countries:
Honduras
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
I.
Background
The Agriculture and Food Global Practice (AGF GP) of the World Bank Group, withfinancial support from the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF), isimplementing an initiative between January 2026 and May 2027 aimed atstrengthening the capacities of the Government of Honduras for remote monitoring and identificationof staple crop (maize and beans), as well as area and yield prediction, using remote sensing technologies, geospatialdata, drone technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), fieldmeasurements and surveys. The project will strengthen the Government ofHonduras’ institutional capacity for agricultural monitoring and reporting,enhance climate resilience and food security, and improve evidence-baseddecision-making in the agri-food sector. This initiative is framed underComponent 2 (Institutional Support to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock(SAG)) of the Innovation for Rural Competitiveness Project COMRURAL III(P174328) and contributes to the first phase of the development and operation ofthe Agri-food Integrated Information System (SISAGRO) focusing on producing and disseminating agrometeorological, and crop production-relatedinformation to improve decision making.
Maize (Zea mays L.) andbeans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are the crops of greatest relevance to Hondurasfood security and have been prioritized for monitoring and reportingunder SISAGRO. They are produced in both commercial and small-scaleproduction systems across Honduras each year from early May to late February. In2025 there were 309,979 maize farmers that planted 283,067 Ha in three seasons(
primera, postrera and late postrera
) and produced 640,421 MT of whitemaize for human consumption. Also, there were 136,109 bean farmers that planted102,141 Ha in two seasons (primera and postrera) and produced 149.928 MT ofsmall red beans, particular type of beans preferred by consumers in Hondurans, Salvadorians and Nicaraguans (Ag Census, 2025).
Currently, SAG crop monitoring has limited coverage, lacks representative samplingand/or survey methodologies, is conducted with centralized, limited humanresources and does not fully use the technical resources at its disposal (including late-generation drones and satellite imaging monitoring software).Area and yield estimations continue to rely on limited use of non-field validated remote-sensing tools (for commercial maize monitoringonly), traditional field data collection methods and a heavy reliance onanecdotal yield and area reporting (from a limited number of trusted farmers) thatare costly, slow, and of limited accuracy. thereby constraining the State’scapacity to plan timely interventions in the sector. To date, SAG does notproduce annual or seasonal maize and bean production reports.
In response to this need, SAG-SISAGRO proposes theimplementation of a pilot project in the departments of Olancho and El Paraíso,selected due to their productive importance and the diversity of agriculturalsystems they host, to remotely identify and estimate the planted area andproduction volume of maize and beans using remote sensing technologies such assatellite and multispectral imagery, drones, and artificial intelligence. Thisconsultancy seeks to contract a specialized firm for the design, development,implementation, and validation of predictive and estimation models forcommercial production pilots, with a roadmap for escalation to other productionsystems and nation-wide implementation. It also includes a knowledge transferand capacity development component for SAG-SISAGRO technical staff and academia for AI-supported modeling and reporting.
II.
General Objective and Scope
To supportcapacity transferto SAG-SISAGRO for the design, development, implementation, and field validation of AI-assistedcrop identification, health monitoring, area and yield prediction, estimation, modeling, and reportingfor maize and bean pilots in selected areas of Olancho and El Paraíso, Hondurasduring the 2026-2027 planting season.
III.
Specific Objectives
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To assess current gaps (policy, architecture, hardware, software, humanresources, etc.) in SAG-SISAGRO and Honduras for AI-assisted staple cropidentification, health monitoring, area, yield modeling and reporting at thepilot level in selected areas of Olancho and El Paraiso.
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To develop a methodological guide and user manual for SAG-SISAGRO andthe Honduras Agriculture Academia for modeling and periodic reporting of staplecrop production information using agrometeorological and soil data, satellite anddrone imagery, artificial intelligence, field data and historical agriculturalproduction data.
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To provide the field data collection consulting
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The submission deadline is June 23, 2026. Proposals must be received by the contracting authority before that date.
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