Agriculture forms the backbone of many developing countries and is the main economic activity for rural communities. Since its modest beginnings, the agricultural sector has become increasingly complex and multi-faceted.
The challenge agriculture faces today is how to feed the world population in an equitable manner while protecting the environment from irreversible negative changes. Monitoring and Evaluation tools and techniques play a key role in ensuring Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) projects are designed and implemented as planned to aid in ending hunger and poverty.
Monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development Course equip the participants with adequate skills to develop and manage robust M&E systems to effectively manage ARD projects and programs. The learner is introduced to M&E frameworks indicators, tools and techniques for M&E for ARD.
By the end of this monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development course, the participants will be able to:
- Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for ARD programs
- Design ARD projects using a logical framework analysis approach
- Define different ARD indicators
- Track performance indicators over the life of the project
- Evaluate ARD programs against objectives and targets
- Understand gender roles in M&E in ARD programs
- Conduct impact evaluations of ARD programs
Monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development Training course is designed for:
- Project staff, development practitioners,
- Managers and decision-makers are responsible for the project,
- Program or organization-level M&E in Agriculture and Rural Development programs.