Advanced M&E and Data Management for Agriculture and Rural Development

About the Program

Agriculture forms the backbone of many developing countries and is the main economic activity for 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 crucial role in ensuring Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) projects are designed and implemented as planned to aid in ending hunger and poverty

This training on monitoring and evaluation for agriculture and rural development program equips the participants with adequate skills to develop and manage robust M&E systems for effective management of ARD projects and programs. The participant is introduced to M&E frameworks indicators, tools, and techniques for M&E for ARD.

By the end of this training, the participants will be able to understand about:

1. Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for ARD programs
2. Design ARD projects using logical framework analysis approach
3. Define different ARD indicators
4. Track performance indicators over the life of the project.
5. Evaluate ARD programs against objectives and targets
6. Understand gender role in M&E in ARD programs
7. Conduct impact evaluations of ARD programs