Presented by Festo Ngulu, IITA and Charles Ainsley, IFPRI at the Africa RISING–CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 November 2013

1. Africa RISING, ESA Project
Monitoring and Information Management
Festo Ngulu, IITA and Charles Ainsley, IFPRI
Africa RISING–CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 November 2013

2. Presentation Outline
• How to track activities & outputs
• Type and number of indicators
• Integration of information from external
sources
• Data management and reporting
• Need for custom indicators

3. HOW to track project Activities and Outputs
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

4. How to track---ctd.
Step 2: Actual monitoring:
• Field visits & data collection
• Interaction/interview - farmers, collaborators /
other beneficiaries
• Progress reports –quarterly/annual
• Publications

5. Number &Type of Indicators
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 )

6. Indicators –ctd.
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

7. 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

8. Integration of information from external
sources
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)
•

9. Information integration ---ctd.
• 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

10. Data management & reporting
• 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

11. Need for custom indicators
• Influence of project outputs on social cultural values / perception

12. THANK YOU