Africa RISING, ESA Project Monitoring and Information Management Africa RISING–CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 November 2013 Festo Ngulu, IITA and Charles Ainsley, IFPRI
Jul 11, 2015
Africa RISING, ESA Project
Monitoring and Information Management
Africa RISING–CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 November 2013
Festo Ngulu, IITA and Charles Ainsley, IFPRI
• How to track activities & outputs• Type and number of indicators• Integration of information from external
sources• Data management and reporting• Need for custom indicators
Presentation Outline
Step 1: • Project Log frame – goal > outcome> output >
activities > performance indicators• Work plan – what, when, by who &resources
needed• Key parameters for assessment – agronomic &
end users point of view /perception
HOW to track project Activities and Outputs
Step 2: Actual monitoring:
• Field visits & data collection
• Interaction/interview - farmers, collaborators / other beneficiaries
• Progress reports –quarterly/annual
• Publications
How to track---ctd.
1. Field & Demo Trial:
• Agronomic indicators- qualitative & quantitative (e.g. maturity, yield, grain type, pest and disease resistance, drought tolerance, resilience to lodging )
• Utility indicators - famer preference by gender (e.g. coockability, taste, marketability, compatibility in farming system )
Number &Type of Indicators
2. Initial Uptake phase indicators
• Number of beneficiaries reached /exposed to the technology
• Number of farmers linked to traders and /or sales volume /value
• Technical report
Indicators –ctd.
3. Indicators on capacity building
• Number of trainees by gender by topic
• Feedback from trainees – content & relevance of the training
• Technical & Financial report
Indicators ---ctd.
• Meteorological data – e.g. amount and distribution of rainfall / annum:- useful in interpretation of trial data
# A-R installed rainfall gauges in action sites (mostly in pr. Schools)
Integration of information from external sources
•Markets & access to market information – which product for which market
• Bylaws- existing/need for new ones
• Policies –e.g. subsidy, quality declared seed
• Social-cultural norms --- positive/negative
Information integration ---ctd.
• Data quality –design of trial/study, parameters and assessment protocol & data analysis
• Data management–soft/hard copies
• Report submission timeline and circulation - to donor, partners and beneficiaries
•Media used for publicizing the information
Data management & reporting
• Influence of project outputs on social - cultural values / perception
Need for custom indicators
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