Agricultural project planning in tanzania a handbook on cycles and sequences, participation, identification, planning and design, economic and financial analysis, and environmental assessment of agricultural projects. Nalerp was conceived by the government of tanzania in 1987 at a time when the extension services had been fragmented between the ministry of agriculture and livestock development mald and. Evaluation is the periodic, retrospective assessment of an organisation, project or programme that might be conducted internally or by external independent evaluators. This knowledge and new technology can originate from research institutions, peer farmers or the broader community. Reports fees list by project report the fees list by project report displays a list of all the fees being used in all projects per. A monitoring and evaluation report of the conservation agriculture project cap1 in zambia by jens b. Monitoring and evaluating the food security and nutrition. They are coordinated by the section central evaluation of the monitoring and. Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural development projects. Monitoring is the collection and analysis of information about a project or programme, undertaken while the project programme is ongoing. The influence of monitoring and evaluation on environmental. Guidelines for the design of agricultural investment projects 2005 web pdf version of 1995 revised edition editors 2005 note.
Research projects and programmes on agriculture and nutrition. Oecd ilibrary agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation. To facilitate this process, we are designing, building, and evaluating a system for precision agriculture which provides farmers with useful data about the soil, the water supply, and the general condition of their fields in a user friendly, easily accessible manner. Agricultural project planning in tanzania a handbook on. A monitoring and evaluation report of the conservation. A manual on monitoring and evaluation for alternative. Social and environmental sustainability of agriculture and. Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of development assistance to the republic of serbia per sector final report page iv sida swedish international development and cooperation agency sigma support for improvement in governance and management sldp sustainable local development program sme small and mediumsized enterprise sors statistical office of the republic of serbia. Fao investment centre food and agriculture organization. The above project activity is highly diverse with elements of subsistence, combination crops and livestock, income generation alternatives from agriculture or non. Pdf monitoring and evaluating agricultural science and. Provide quarterly synopsis including psip reports on the performance and progress of. Most research projects are directed at improving the production of nutritious foods. A manual on monitoring and evaluation for alternative development.
Figure 7 specific evaluation projects to be undertaken. Terms of reference for a baseline survey for an agricultural water management project rn3. A discussion of best practices in impact evaluation of. First, establishing a clear definition of impact evaluation is both necessary and valuable, as some debate exists in the field of development on what exactly constitutes an impact evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation frameworks and the performance and. Resultsbased monitoring and evaluation for organizations working in agricultural development. Project monitoring and evaluation in agriculture english the. Directorategeneral for agriculture and rural development.
Improving the monitoring and evaluation of agricultural. Improving the monitoring and evaluation of agricultural extension programs meas discussion paper series on good practices and best fit approaches in extension and advisory service provision dr. Gizs independent evaluations take place either at the closure of an intervention endofproject evaluation or two to five years later expost evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural policy indicators. This handbook is directed primarily to those working within a specific project, whose task it is to operate the monitoring andor evaluation systems, and secondly to those responsible for management of the project so that they may better assess what they can expect their monitoring and evaluation operations to provide. Costs of ag projects vary enormously trying to define specific nutrition marginal costs minimizes the importance of the projects primary production objectives, and the potential for integrated winwin projects. This is a project performance evaluation report pper of the national agricultural and livestock extension rehabilitation project nalerp in tanzania.
The land evaluation is based on data from the national cooperative soil survey often called the largest and most valuable natural resource database in the world. Why agricultural projects fail poor strategy ineffective planning inappropriate organizational design poor technology inappropriate organizational design lack of customer commitment to project poor execution inadequate senior management oversight lack of welldefined and delegated authority and responsibility inefficient. Monitoring and evaluation frameworks and the performance and governance of international funds 4 1 introduction this paper presents deskbased research examining the key institutional and design features of a range of multilateral funds and institutions. Dear esteemed alumni of imtc, we will like to use this opportunity to check on your wellbeing. In 1997, new york city adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid f.
A discussion of best practices in impact evaluation of agricultural projects by mackenzie hickman, oleg firsin and alexandre monnard background. The primary evidence is qualitative interviews with staff at the gaap member projects, the gaap core team, senior staff at ifpri and ilri, funders of gender and agricultural development projects. Factors influencing implementation of agricultural. Guided by the assumption that monitoring and evaluation may lead to an. Project monitoring and evaluation in agriculture english abstract. Some current definitions of monitoring and evaluation are analysed, with the conclusion that monitoring should be taken as the process of setting targets for implementation and operation, and comparing actual progress with these, and evaluation, as the process of establishing whether the aims of the project are being achieved and what factors are contributing to the observed result. Download sample agriculture project report document. Training on monitoring and evaluation for agriculture and. The nature of the hvap, based on the development on various value chains, demands that its monitoring and evaluation system captures both the market dynamics per value chain and infuses social.
Monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural projects 1. Agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation 2019 this annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all 6 continents, including the 36 oecd countries, the 5 nonoecd eu member states, and 12 emerging economies. Agriculture and rural development discussion paper 20 riikka rajalahti johannes woelcke eija pehu monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural research and extension projects. Agricultural extension systems have evolved such that extension workers are trained for and engaged in the communication of agricultural research findings and. Monitoring and evaluation tools and techniques plays a key role in ensuring agriculture and rural development ard projects are designed, implemented as planned to aid in ending hunger and poverty.
Current research is of a range of types, including evaluations of agricultural development projects, research focused on specific agricultural interventions, and the creation and analysis of large datasets on agricultural and nutritional change. Conservationbased farming practices monitoring and evaluation project project as a technical assistance program to aid growers in the associated reporting of monitoring data for the implementation of. Monitoring and evaluating agricultural science and technology projects. Monitoring and evaluation in agricultural and rural development. The design and process of the training workshop on monitoring and evaluation for alternative development ad projects. This paper argues a that project design is a significant factor in project failure and b that the over. Monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural research and. Impact evaluation in agriculture workshop lecturers samuel bazzi phd student university of california, san diego samuel bazzi is a 4th year ph. Toolkit for monitoring and evaluation of agricultural. His research focuses on international migration, economic growth, and other topics in. Wireless sensorbased agricultural monitoring system.
Some current definitions of monitoring and evaluation are analysed, with the conclusion that monitoring should be taken as the process of setting targets for. Agricultural projects project sites ujuwanga and moshi 1. The agricultural water management council awmc is proposing the. While monitoring has been described as the systematic and routine collection of information from projects and programmes scriven, 1991, evaluation is a systematic process used to determine the merit or worth of a programme or strategy in a specific context guskey, 2000. Pdf on apr 1, 2004, ponniah anandajayasekeram and others published agricultural project planning and analysis. A sourcebook second edition edited by p anandajayasekeram cj van rooyen f. Monitoring and evaluation frameworks and the performance. Agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation oecd ilibrary. A handbook on monitoring and evaluation of agriculture and. A guide for practitioners berhanu gebremedhin, abraham getachew and rebeka amha improving productivity and market success ipms of ethiopian farmers project, international livestock research institute ilri, addis ababa, ethiopia ilri international. Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of development. Webbased system for monitoring and evaluation of agricultural projects article pdf available january 20 with 10,015 reads how we measure reads. The use of monitoring and evaluation in agriculture and.
Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural subsidy programs. Rick davies, a monitoring and evaluation staple and manager of the monitoring and evaluation news website, has expressed similar sentiments, arguing that the lfa is not appropriately structured to capture the complexity of social change and change theory required to explain success or failure in international development planning. Project monitoring and evaluation in agriculture english. Brazil, the peoples republic of china, colombia, costa rica, kazakhstan, the philippines, the russian federation, south africa, ukraine and viet nam. Monitoring and evaluation of agriculture and rural development projects dennis j. Background and objectives of evaluation survey in many subsaharan african countries, the achievement of selfsufficiency in food production is the highest priority of agricultural policy. Number of farmers, processors, others who adopted new technologies. Monitoring and evaluation for ad projects tools and methods for field test. David howlett and joseph nagu part 1 introduction agriculture development in tanzania agricultural projects.
Jul 01, 2011 rick davies, a monitoring and evaluation staple and manager of the monitoring and evaluation news website, has expressed similar sentiments, arguing that the lfa is not appropriately structured to capture the complexity of social change and change theory required to explain success or failure in international development planning. Because of the need to monitor the implementation of agricultural projects and to evaluate. Although the key focus of the paper is on the monitoring and evaluation. Conduct training seminars in the new and updated monitoring and evaluation tools. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the influence of monitoring and evaluation on the working process between environmental grant makers and their beneficiaries, with focus on financial giving. Midterm evaluation of the usaid agricultural extension. Agricultural projects can produce unintended consequences that may be masked by nongender sensitive outcome measures. Provide quarterly synopsis including psip reports on the performance and progress of agricultural projects. Main report 4 degree of price distortion or the nominal protection rate and the relative importance of the commodity to the total value of agricultural production. This report is the 31st in the series of oecd reports that monitor and evaluate agricultural policies across countries, and the 6th report to include all 35 oecd countries, the 6 nonoecd eu member states and a set of emerging economies. Because of the need to monitor the implementation of agricultural projects and to evaluate their achievements, these activities are now a routine part of project appraisal. Monitoring and evaluation in agricultural and rural. The use of monitoring and evaluation in agriculture and rural.
The world bank monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural research and extension projects. However, with continued reliance on rainwater for cultivation, it is not easy to secure stable. Read chapter 6 tools for monitoring and evaluation. Conduct schedule and unscheduled checks on projects and activities both locally and foreign funded countrywide. Agriculture and rural development discussion paper 20. Monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural projects. Land evaluation and site assessment activities such as measuring land and productivity assist landowners and others prior to making land use conversions to nonagricultural uses.
Large sections of part ii have been updated, in particular chapter 4. The primary audience is agriculture and rural project managers, specifically field personnel, communities, client governments, other stakeholders, and world bank task teams. If you dont see any interesting for you, use our search form on. Research projects and programmes on agriculture and. On this page you can read or download sample agriculture project report in pdf format.
Oct 20, 2012 monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural projects 1. Monitoring and evaluation public disclosure authorized of. In agriculture, for example, there are many approaches to inproving. The toolkit for integrating gender into monitoring and evaluation has been developed to assist project task teams, borrowers, and partners to recognize and address gender concerns in designing rural development sector projects, to monitor progress in gender integration during implementation, and to evaluate its impact. Conservation based farming practices monitoring and. Price incentives faced by farmers are also affected indirectly by the nominal rates of. Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural development. Factors influencing implementation of agricultural projects. Evaluating barriers to effective implementation of project. Pdf webbased system for monitoring and evaluation of. Data collection monitoring and evaluation and data analysis group presentation, report write up and communicating results figure 1. An example is increasing workload for women who manage new agricultural assets. Monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural. To create this web pdf it was necessary to change the layout and page numbering from the 1995 print edition.
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