Monitoring and Evaluation for Agriculture and Rural Development

Overview

About the course

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.

Target Participants

This 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.

What you will learn

What you will learn

 By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for ARD programs
• Design ARD projects using 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 role in M&E in ARD programs
• Conduct impact evaluations of ARD programs

Course Outline

• Introduction to M&E
• Agriculture and Rural Development Policy issues
•  M&E Frameworks in Agriculture and Rural Development
• Agriculture and Rural Development Indicators
• M&E System and M&E Planning in ARD
• Data Management for M&E in Agriculture and Rural Development
• Gender integration in M&E for Agriculture and Rural Development
• Performance Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Development programs
• Impact Evaluations for Agriculture and Rural Development
• M&E Results Use and Dissemination

Training Approach

This 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.

Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued with a certificate.

Tailor-Made Course

We can also do this as tailor-made course to meet organization-wide needs. Contact us to find out more: 

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Phone: +254 714349537