Monitoring And Evaluation Of Agricultural Programmes
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Re:Monitoring And Evaluation Of Agricultural Programmes
FineResults Research would like to invite you to a high impact training on Monitoring And Evaluation Of Agricultural Programmes to be held in Nairobi from 14th to 18th October 2019
Event information
Course Name: Monitoring And Evaluation Of Agricultural Programmes
Venue: FineResults Research, Nairobi, Kenya
Event Date: 14th to 18th October 2019
Course Fee: KES 65000 or USD 800
Online Registration: Register here
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture forms the backbone of many developing countries and is the main economic activity for the 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 plays a key role in ensuring Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) projects
are designed, implemented as planned to aid in ending hunger and poverty. This course equips the participants with adequate skills to develop and manage robust M&E systems for effective management of ARD projects and programs. The learner is introduced to
M&E frameworks indicators, tools and techniques for M&E for ARD.
DURATION
5 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course the participants will be able to:
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Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for ARD programs
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Design ARD projects using logical framework analysis approach
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Define different ARD indicators
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Track performance indicators over the life of the project
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Evaluate ARD programs against objectives and targets
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Understand gender role in M&E in ARD programs
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Conduct impact evaluations of ARD programs
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1
Introduction to M&E
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Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation
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Why Monitoring and Evaluation is important
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Key principles and concepts in M&E
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M&E in project lifecycle
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Complementary roles of Monitoring and Evaluation
Agriculture and Rural Development Policy issues
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Sustainable agriculture and rural development
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Economic contribution of agriculture
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Link between agriculture and rural development
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Agriculture and food security
Module 2
M&E Frameworks in Agriculture and Rural Development
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ARD Conceptual Frameworks
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ARD Results Frameworks
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Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
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LogFrame - Design of ARD projects using LogFrame
Agriculture and Rural Development Indicators
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Indicator metrics
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Linking indicators to results
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Indicator Matrix
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ARD indicator performance tracking
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Sector-wide indicators for Agriculture and Rural Development
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Specific indicators for Sub-sectors of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Indicators for Thematic Areas related to Agriculture and Rural Development
M&E System and M&E Planning in ARD
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Importance of an M&E Plan
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Documenting M&E System in the M&E Plan
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Components of an M&E Plan-Monitoring, Evaluation, Data management, Reporting
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Using M&E Plan to implement M&E in a Project
Module 3
Data Management for M&E in Agriculture and Rural Development
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Sources of Data: Information systems, surveys, participatory poverty assessments, financial management tools
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Use of different Surveys in data collection for ARD
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Participatory methods of data collection for ARD
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Data analysis for ARD
Gender integration in M&E for Agriculture and Rural Development
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Gender integration during project activities design
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Gender indicators in ARD
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Cross cutting gender issues in ARD
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Measure of gender outcomes
Module 4
Performance Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Development programs
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Determining evaluation points from results framework
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Components of evaluations: implementation and process evaluations.
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Evaluation designs- experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental
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Performance evaluation process
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Evaluation questions
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Evaluation findings sharing and dissemination
Impact Evaluations for Agriculture and Rural Development
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Introduction to impact evaluation
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Attribution in impact evaluation
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Estimation of counterfactual
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Impact evaluation methods: Double difference, Propensity score matching
Module 5
M&E Results Use and Dissemination
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Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen ARD projects
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Use of M&E Lessons learnt and Best Practices
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Organization knowledge champions
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M&E reporting
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How to participate
Individual Registration
Contact information
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Website: fineresultsresearch.org/training/
FineResults Research Services offers training solutions to individuals, communities, governments and civil society organizations, both local and international.
We also provide application-oriented and field-based consultancy services in all aspects of research and evaluations from inception to completion. This includes research designs, designing monitoring and evaluations systems, technical reviews, programme evaluations, questionnaire validation, data collection, data capture, data analysis and report writing. FineResults Research Services is a limited company incorporated under the laws of Kenya. Its head office is in Nairobi Kenya.
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