Monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: Istanbul

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Apr-08-2024

    Istanbul

  • May-13-2024

    Istanbul

  • June-10-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-08-2024

    Istanbul

  • Aug-12-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Oct-14-2024

    Istanbul

  • Nov-11-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-09-2024

    Istanbul

Dates in Other Venues

  • Apr-01-2024

    London

  • Apr-01-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-08-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-15-2024

    Paris

  • Apr-15-2024

    Singapore

  • Apr-22-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-22-2024

    Barcelona

  • Apr-29-2024

    London

  • Apr-29-2024

    Dubai

  • May-06-2024

    Amsterdam

  • May-06-2024

    London

  • May-13-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-20-2024

    Paris

  • May-20-2024

    Singapore

  • May-27-2024

    Dubai

  • May-27-2024

    Barcelona

  • June-03-2024

    Amsterdam

  • June-03-2024

    London

  • June-10-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-17-2024

    Paris

  • June-17-2024

    Singapore

  • June-24-2024

    Dubai

  • June-24-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-01-2024

    London

  • July-01-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-08-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-15-2024

    Singapore

  • July-15-2024

    Paris

  • July-22-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-22-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-29-2024

    London

  • July-29-2024

    Dubai

  • Aug-05-2024

    London

  • Aug-05-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-12-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-19-2024

    Singapore

  • Aug-19-2024

    Paris

  • Aug-26-2024

    Dubai

  • Aug-26-2024

    Barcelona

  • Sep-02-2024

    London

  • Sep-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Sep-16-2024

    Paris

  • Sep-23-2024

    Barcelona

  • Sep-23-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-30-2024

    London

  • Sep-30-2024

    Dubai

  • Oct-07-2024

    London

  • Oct-07-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-14-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-21-2024

    Singapore

  • Oct-21-2024

    Paris

  • Oct-28-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-28-2024

    Dubai

  • Nov-04-2024

    London

  • Nov-04-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-11-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-18-2024

    Paris

  • Nov-18-2024

    Singapore

  • Nov-25-2024

    Barcelona

  • Nov-25-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-02-2024

    London

  • Dec-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-16-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-23-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-23-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-30-2024

    London

  • Dec-30-2024

    Dubai

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Introduction to monitoring and evaluation

 

  • Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Why Monitoring and Evaluation are important
  • Key principles and concepts in M&E
  • M&E in project lifecycle
  • Complementary roles of Monitoring and Evaluation

 

Agriculture and Rural Development Policy issues

 

  • Sustainable agriculture and rural development
  • Economic contribution of agriculture
  • Link between agriculture and rural development
  • Agriculture and food security
M&E Frameworks in Agriculture and Rural Development
 
  • ARD Conceptual Frameworks
  • ARD Results Frameworks
  • Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
  • LogFrame - Design of ARD projects using LogFrame

 

 

 

Agriculture and Rural Development Indicators

 

  • Indicator metrics
  • Linking indicators to results
  • Indicator Matrix
  • ARD indicator performance tracking
  • Sector-wide indicators for Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Specific indicators for Sub-sectors of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Indicators for Thematic Areas related to Agriculture and Rural Development

 

M&E System and M&E Planning in ARD

 

  • Importance of an M&E Plan
  • Documenting M&E System in the M&E Plan
  • Components of an M&E Plan-Monitoring, Evaluation, Data management, Reporting
  • Using M&E Plan to implement M&E in a Project

 

Data Management for M&E in Agriculture and Rural Development

 

  • Sources of Data: Information systems, surveys, participatory poverty assessments, financial management tools
  • Use of different Surveys in data collection for ARD
  • Participatory methods of data collection for ARD
  • Data analysis for ARD

 

Gender integration in M&E for Agriculture and Rural Development

 

  • Gender integration during project activities design
  • Gender indicators in ARD
  • Cross cutting gender issues in ARD
  • Measure of gender outcomes
Performance Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Development programs

 

  • Determining evaluation points from the results framework
  • Components of evaluations: implementation and process evaluations.
  • Evaluation designs- experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental
  • Performance evaluation process
  • Evaluation questions
  • Evaluation findings sharing and dissemination

 

Impact Evaluations for Agriculture and Rural Development

 

  • Introduction to impact evaluation
  • Attribution in impact evaluation
  • Estimation of counterfactual
  • Impact evaluation methods: Double difference, Propensity score matching

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