{"id":169502,"date":"2020-10-21T08:23:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/training-on-monitoring-and-evaluation-for-agriculture-and-rural-development\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T08:23:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:23:52","slug":"training-on-monitoring-and-evaluation-for-agriculture-and-rural-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/training-on-monitoring-and-evaluation-for-agriculture-and-rural-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Training on Monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Training on Monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Kenya Event on 2020-11-09 08:00:00<\/i><\/p>\n

About the course
\nAgriculture 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Target Participants
\nThis course is designed for researchers, project staff, development practitioners, managers and decision makers who are responsible for project, program or organization-level M&E in Agriculture and Rural Development programs.<\/p>\n

Course duration
\n 7 days<\/p>\n

What you will learn
\n By the end of this course the participants will be able to:<\/p>\n

Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for ARD programs
\nDesign ARD projects using logical framework analysis approach
\nDefine different ARD indicators
\nTrack performance indicators over the life of the project
\nEvaluate ARD programs against objectives and targets
\nUnderstand gender role in M&E in ARD programs
\nConduct impact evaluations of ARD programs
\nCourse Outline
\nIntroduction to M&E<\/p>\n

Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation
\nWhy Monitoring and Evaluation is important
\nKey principles and concepts in M&E
\nM&E in project lifecycle
\nComplementary roles of Monitoring and Evaluation
\nAgriculture and Rural Development Policy issues<\/p>\n

Sustainable agriculture and rural development
\nEconomic contribution of agriculture
\nLink between agriculture and rural development
\nAgriculture and food security
\n M&E Frameworks in Agriculture and Rural Development<\/p>\n

ARD Conceptual Frameworks
\nARD Results Frameworks
\nLogical Framework Analysis (LFA)
\nLogFrame – Design of ARD projects using LogFrame
\nAgriculture and Rural Development Indicators<\/p>\n

Indicator metrics
\nLinking indicators to results
\nIndicator Matrix
\nARD indicator performance tracking
\nSector-wide indicators for Agriculture and Rural Development
\nSpecific indicators for Sub-sectors of Agriculture and Rural Development
\nIndicators for Thematic Areas related to Agriculture and Rural Development
\nM&E System and M&E Planning in ARD<\/p>\n

Importance of an M&E Plan
\nDocumenting M&E System in the M&E Plan
\nComponents of an M&E Plan-Monitoring, Evaluation, Data management, Reporting
\nUsing M&E Plan to implement M&E in a Project
\nData Management for M&E in Agriculture and Rural Development<\/p>\n

Sources of Data: Information systems, surveys, participatory poverty assessments, financial management tools
\nUse of different Surveys in data collection for ARD
\n Participatory methods of data collection for ARD
\nData analysis for ARD
\nGender integration in M&E for Agriculture and Rural Development<\/p>\n

Gender integration during project activities design
\nGender indicators in ARD
\nCross cutting gender issues in ARD
\nMeasure of gender outcomes
\nPerformance Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Development programs<\/p>\n

Determining evaluation points from results framework
\nComponents of evaluations: implementation and process evaluations.
\nEvaluation designs- experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental
\nPerformance evaluation process
\nEvaluation questions
\nEvaluation findings sharing and dissemination
\nImpact Evaluations for Agriculture and Rural Development<\/p>\n

Introduction to impact evaluation
\nAttribution in impact evaluation
\nEstimation of counterfactual
\nImpact evaluation methods: Double difference, Propensity score matching
\nM&E Results Use and Dissemination<\/p>\n

Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen ARD projects
\nUse of M&E Lessons learnt and Best Practices
\nOrganization knowledge champions
\nM&E reporting
\nTraining Approach
\nThis course is delivered by our seasoned trainers who have vast experience as expert professionals in the respective fields of practice. The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group works and case studies.<\/p>\n

Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.<\/p>\n

Certification
\nUpon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued with a certificate.<\/p>\n

Tailor-Made Course
\nWe can also do this as tailor-made course to meet organization-wide needs. Contact us to find out more: training@devimpactinstitute.com<\/p>\n

at NAIROBI,KENYA<\/a>
\nP O BOX 10549-00400
\nNairobi, Kenya<\/p>\n

Add your Kenya<\/em> event for free here<\/a> on MyZA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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