This guidance has been prepared by HFFA Research GmbH for the Global Programme “Soil Protection and Soil Rehabilitation for Food Security” (ProSoil), which is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-funded by the European Union. This co-funding focuses on agroecological transition towards resilient agrifood systems and is called ProSilience.

The methodological guidance provides an overview of the state of the art in economic and environmental analysis suitable for ProSoil and broader development contexts. It explains the proposed methodologies, their key indicators and results as well as data requirements and provides information on the application context. The guidance also includes advice and tips on what to consider before beginning a study. Practical ideas on how to involve relevant stakeholders in the various steps of an analysis help tailor studies to the needs of the target group and ensure that the results are useful to the stakeholders. Using this product, colleagues in ProSoil partner countries should be able to identify their main research questions and purpose of such and analyses as well as to formulate beforehand what type of results they would like to obtain. They should have a basic understanding of existing economic and ecological analysis methodologies and know which methodology might be suitable for their specific needs. They should feel able to put an analysis out to bit and select an appropriate research partner to eventually embark on a customized study.